Governance

Governance

New Ideas Energize Ethereum Though True Signaling Solution Still Elusive

At an invitation-only meeting in Toronto, ethereum developers and companies met to discuss how best to alter the platform given its variety of users.

Tech  ·  3 May 2018
Governance

Why Ethereum Can’t Tell What Its Users Want

In the wake of new growth, developers working on the world's second-largest blockchain are struggling to determine how best to gauge user sentiment.

Tech  ·  1 May 2018
Governance

Polkadot’s Plan for Governing a Blockchain of Blockchains

Blockchain governance is getting a shake-up by a forthcoming blockchain created by one of the co-founders of ethereum.

Tech  ·  22 March 2018
Governance

Ethereum Is Throwing Out the Crypto Governance Playbook

An ethereum event provided evidence that when it comes to a path forward on governance, the world's second-largest blockchain is going its own way.

Tech  ·  14 March 2018
Governance

No-Fork Guarantee? New Cryptocurrency Touts Resistance to Code Splits

Hedera, a new public ledger developed by enterprise DLT software firm Swirlds, uses a patented codebase to prevent forking or cloning of the currency.

Markets  ·  13 March 2018
Bitcoin

Major Blockchains Are Pretty Much Still Centralized, Research Finds

Researchers wade into the centralization debate, setting out data analysis they think could help shed light on the issue.

Tech  ·  5 March 2018
Governance

No Blockchain Is an Island

Blockchain governance is shaped by much more than protocol rules: the underlying internet rails, social norms, markets and laws all have an influence.

Tech  ·  28 February 2018
Governance

$35 Million Refund? Developer Appeals to Ethereum for Hack Reversal

An early ethereum developer is speaking out about why he feels a platform-wide software upgrade should be used to help him recover lost funds.

Tech  ·  28 February 2018
Governance

Magic Solution? ‘Fellowship’ of Coders Embark on Ethereum Quest

A group calling itself the "Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians" is seeking to change how the world's second most valuable blockchain makes decisions.

Tech  ·  15 February 2018
Governance

Avoiding Digital Feudalism Built on Blockchains

Blockchains may be transformative for society, but if that's the case, we should ask what society will remain, regulator Cab Morris argues.

Business  ·  29 December 2017
Bitcoin

You Want Democracy? Try a Hard Fork

The mere option of forking not only empowers cryptocurrency users when they leave a project, but also when they stay, writes Taylor Pearson.

Tech  ·  15 November 2017
Governance

Swarm Closes $5.5 Million ICO for Alternative Investment Fund

Another experiment in blockchain powered governance went underway nearly as soon as its token sale ended.

Markets  ·  31 October 2017
Bitcoin

Jeff Garzik Startup Bloq to Launch Cross-Blockchain Cryptocurrency

The figure at the center of bitcoin's scaling debate is launching a new cryptocurrency aimed to quell longstanding issues with public blockchains.

Business  ·  24 October 2017
Governance

The ICO Governance Deficit

Attention on ICO classifications may be blinding market observers from other failings in the market, according to one blockchain lawyer.

Markets  ·  10 September 2017
Governance

Primavera de Filippi on Blockchain and the Quest to Decentralize Society

The Harvard researcher talks blockchain governance and her novel alternative to proof-of-work.

Tech  ·  18 April 2017