Governance

Governance

Why Crypto Should Care About Justin Sun’s Steem Drama

The implications reach much further than just Steem or Tron, underlining the fundamental message of the "not your keys, not your crypto" mantra.

Tech  ·  2 March 2020
Governance

Ethereum’s DAOs Continue to Gain Momentum

Ethereum’s largest hackathon in North America, ETHDenver, showcased DAOs for event management and more.

Tech  ·  28 February 2020
Governance

WATCH: Zcash Foundation Explains ‘Compromise’ Path to Funding ZEC Development

We asked the Zcash Foundation's Josh Cincinnati about finding sustainable ways to fund the development of zcash, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency some view as a public good.

Tech  ·  27 February 2020
Governance

Cut the Consensus: You Can’t Run a Business Like a Blockchain

What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations.

Business  ·  27 February 2020
Governance

Compound Extends DeFi Ethos to Itself, Launches Governance Token

DeFi platform Compound is launching the testnet of a new platform today for decentralizing the site's governance.

Business  ·  26 February 2020
Governance

Justin Sun Bought Steemit. Steem Moved to Limit His Power

The people who run the Steem blockchain executed a reversible soft fork Sunday over concerns about Steemit's new owner.

Tech  ·  24 February 2020
Governance

On EOS Blockchain, Vote Buying Is Business as Usual

Buying votes is a big no-no in traditional democracies, but on the world’s eighth-largest blockchain it’s become an accepted way of doing business.

Tech  ·  24 February 2020
Governance

Tim Draper Buys 2.5% of Aragon Tokens, Becomes Governance Whale

Venture capitalist Tim Draper now controls about 2.5 percent of ANT, the token behind Aragon Network’s digital court system.

News  ·  19 February 2020
Governance

Hedera’s Token Price Spikes Prematurely After Google Joins the Network’s Governing Council

The cloud services arm of the Silicon Valley tech giant becomes the 11th member to join the council, but has no plans to further endorse the network.

Business  ·  14 February 2020
Governance

Zcash’s Funding Vote and the Woes of Decentralized Governance

The zcash community has agreed to continue funding the development of its privacy coin after a months-long – and often contentious – campaign to address imminent funding losses.

Tech  ·  1 February 2020
Governance

Roger Ver’s Mining Pool Pulls Support for Bitcoin Cash Dev Fund Over Chain Split Threat

Ver said he was "mostly just along for the ride" as some mining pools stepped back from the prospect of competing hard forks.

Tech  ·  28 January 2020
Governance

Bitcoin Cash Miners Propose Controversial Soft Fork for Zcash-Style Development Fund

The proposed fork will see 12.5 percent of block rewards diverted to a new BCH-specific development fund. Reactions have been mixed.

Tech  ·  23 January 2020
Governance

DAO Platform Aragon Begins Recruiting Jurors for Tokenized ‘Court’

The blockchain-based court system will allow humans to arbitrate on disputes brought forward by ecosystem members.

Tech  ·  7 January 2020
Governance

Gemini’s Head of Risk on How Crypto Beats Traditional Finance

The arc of crypto bends toward regulation, so we might as well be prepared, says Gemini's risk chief and the president of the Virtual Commodities Association, Yusuf Hussain.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 January 2020
Bitcoin

Blockstream’s ‘Watchtowers’ Will Bring a New Justice System to the Lightning Network

Watchtowers, a semi-trusted payment channel sheriff, is designed to keep the peace among lightning nodes.

Tech  ·  20 December 2019