Other Public Protocols

EOS

Early Execs Leave Block.one, the Peter Thiel-Backed Crypto Startup Behind EOS

As Block.one was raising $4 billion from Silicon Valley and Wall Street, a group of executives decided to quit and build a bigger, better blockchain.

Tech  ·  25 September 2018
Bitcoin

When Blockchains Go Down: Why Crypto Outages Are on the Rise

It used to be that downtime was unheard of on blockchain networks. As new protocols and new trade-offs emerge, that's no longer the case.

Tech  ·  23 September 2018
Bitcoin

One of Investors’ Favorite Governance Blockchains Is Handing Over $20 Million

Investors are looking forward to Decred's new approach to blockchain governance – in part, because its devs are opening up $20 million in tokens.

Tech  ·  20 September 2018
Hard Forks

Leading Bitcoin Cash Developer Says Future Fork Unlikely

Cryptocurrency forks may slow down in the future, as argued by leaders of several crypto hard fork projects at the CoinDesk Consensus Singapore event.

Tech  ·  20 September 2018
Privacy

Ecash’s Creator Is Back – And He Thinks He’s Built the Fastest Blockchain Ever

Famed cryptographer and digital money pioneer, David Chaum, revealed he thinks he's built a "better" cryptocurrency.

Tech  ·  20 September 2018
Ethereum

Ethereum Dapp Bancor Is Expanding to EOS for Fast, Free Transactions

Bancor has announced plans to launch on EOS, expanding its decentralized token exchange protocol to a second blockchain.

Tech  ·  17 September 2018
Mining

Grin Is Hard Forking Every Six Months to Keep ASICs Off the Network

Amid crypto's war on ASICs, the Grin community is taking a new approach – shut them out for a limited time with consistent hard forks.

Tech  ·  15 September 2018
Tezos

The $1 Billion Tezos Blockchain Is Officially Launching Monday

Starting Monday, the beta phase for the Tezos blockchain will be over.

Tech  ·  14 September 2018
Tron

BitTorrent Courted EOS, Filecoin Crypto Creators Prior to Tron Sale

Tron and Neo weren't the only crypto projects interested in acquiring BitTorrent; in fact, CoinDesk has learned, five others were tempted to buy too.

Tech  ·  10 September 2018
Proof-of-Stake

The Creator of Proof-of-Stake Thinks He Finally Figured It Out

Pseudonymous developer Sunny King, the creator of proof-of-stake, has a new approach for the consensus mechanism – and it revolves around hardware.

Tech  ·  7 September 2018
Tron

Not Just Tron: Neo’s Failed $170 Million Bid to Buy BitTorrent Revealed

It turns out that more crypto companies explored buying BitTorrent than just Tron. Not previously reported, Neo Global Capital made a much higher bid.

Business  ·  4 September 2018
EOS

RAM It All: Rising Costs Are Turning EOS Into a Crypto Coder’s Nightmare

With lightning speeds and zero fees, EOS blows other blockchains out of the water for user experience. For developers, though, it's proving costly.

Tech  ·  4 September 2018
Ethereum

There’s a Problem With Crypto Funding – And Vitalik Just Might Have a Solution

A new paper by Vitalik Buterin and other researchers proposes a novel way to finance the public goods a decentralized ecosystem needs.

Tech  ·  4 September 2018
Investments

The Fight Over Masternodes: The WTF New Way to Earn Money With Crypto

There's a battle going on and it displays how popular masternodes have become. But wait, what's a masternode? And how can you earn money with one?

Markets  ·  2 September 2018
Ripple

Former Ripple CTO’s Blockchain Project Coil Enters Closed Beta

The new company, which incorporates the Interledger and Codius technologies Thomas helped develop at Ripple, is now available to try out.

Tech  ·  31 August 2018