Other Public Protocols

Monero

Crypto’s War On Miners? It Might Already Be Over

Months ago, savvy coders were taking an any-means-necessary approach to keeping big miners off their blockchains. Now, reality is setting in.

Tech  ·  31 May 2018
Markets

EOS Is Coming, If Anyone Can Figure Out How to Vote

After a roughly year-long initial coin offering (ICO), what has become perhaps the most hotly anticipated blockchain is scheduled to launch on June 2.

Markets  ·  30 May 2018
Ethereum Classic

Ethereum Classic Claims Successful Blockchain Fork

The ethereum classic difficulty bomb has been successfully removed, at least, according to the developers backing the 17th largest blockchain.

Tech  ·  30 May 2018
Security

EOS Forced to Patch ‘Epic’ Security Loopholes Ahead of Launch

Blockchain platform EOS says serious vulnerabilities reported by an internet security firm just days before its mainnet launch have been fixed.

Tech  ·  29 May 2018
Ethereum

What to Expect When Ethereum Classic Defuses Its ‘Difficulty Bomb’

The upcoming ethereum classic fork will disable a 'difficulty bomb,' committing the network to a proof-of-work consensus algorithm.

Tech  ·  28 May 2018
Privacy

Startup Behind Zk-Starks Tech to Seek Cryptocurrencies as Customers

Lead scientists behind privacy tech zk-starks have started a business providing the solution to blockchains in exchange for tokens.

Tech  ·  26 May 2018
Ethereum

A New Startup Has Zooko and Naval Betting on Better Crypto Contracts

A group of old-school security researchers have raised funds to build a better smart contracting language.

Tech  ·  21 May 2018
Hard Forks

Bitcoin Cash Fork Leaves Users Behind, But Does It Matter?

Bitcoin cash recently hard forked and a little less than 20 percent of nodes didn't upgrade. The industry argues over whether that matters or not.

Tech  ·  19 May 2018
Markets

At Ripple’s Snoop Dogg Party, A Search for XRP

So what we get drunk? So what we smoke weed? We're just having fun, something something XRP.

Markets  ·  19 May 2018
News

Cornell Professor Unveils ‘Simple Yet Powerful’ Consensus Protocols

Cornell University professor Emin Gun Sirer announced a new family of consensus protocols at Token Summit on Thursday.

Tech  ·  17 May 2018
Zcash

Whitfield Diffie Talks Cryptography ‘Resurgence’ and Blockchain

A pioneer of public-key cryptography said the blockchain boom represents a "resurgence" of the work he helped start in the 1970s.

Tech  ·  15 May 2018
Interoperability

Aion Is Launching a ‘Token Bridge’ to Connect Blockchains

Aion will ask its token holders to destroy their erc-20 aion tokens so that they can move to the aion mainnet, launched last month.

Tech  ·  14 May 2018
Investments

This Blockchain Tosses Blocks: Naval, MetaStable Back Twist on Crypto ‘Cash’

A new blockchain startup is coming out of stealth Wednesday and boasting a significant cast of investors.

Business  ·  9 May 2018
Markets

Zilliqa Becomes Latest Crypto to Break $1 Billion Market Cap

A cryptocurrency that boasts sharding has broken a key threshold.

Markets  ·  9 May 2018
Ethereum

A Chain of Its Own: Mobile App Kik to Fork Stellar for Fee-Free Blockchain

Kik has decided that fees just won't work for its crypto token mission and has decided to fork stellar to create its own blockchain.

Tech  ·  8 May 2018