Parity

Ethereum

‘Internet of Blockchains’ Project Polkadot to Launch First Proof-of-Concept

Parity Technologies and Web3 Foundation will soon launch the first proof-of-concept of their blockchain interoperability protocol, Polkadot.

Tech  ·  12 May 2018
Ethereum

Kasireddy: Fund Recovery Ethereum’s ‘Defining Moment’

Developer Preethi Kasireddy believes what the ethereum community decides to do in terms of fund recovery will be the network's "defining moment."

Tech  ·  5 May 2018
Ethereum

Parity Says ‘No Intention’ to Split Ethereum Over Fund Recovery

Parity Technologies has said it has no plans to move forward with a code change that would result in an ethereum blockchain split.

Tech  ·  26 April 2018
Ethereum

Ethereum Infighting Spurs Blockchain Split Concerns

Parity is set on implementing their new proposal to recover frozen funds, and ethereum devs are worried there's nothing to stop a blockchain split.

Tech  ·  25 April 2018
Ether

The New Last-Ditch Effort to Unfreeze a $260 Million Ethereum Fortune

A new proposal for unfreezing millions in ether is easier to swallow since it's focused specifically on Parity, but it's still causing a stir.

Tech  ·  18 April 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
Ether

Ethereum Users Are Losing Money and Devs Don’t Quite Know What to Do

Ethereum's developers are once again grappling with the issue of how to solve major fund losses on the world's second-largest blockchain.

Tech  ·  7 February 2018
Ethereum

$160 Million Stuck: Can Parity Still Shake Up Ethereum?

After a year in which the company suffered a high-profile hack, ethereum startup Parity is now moving forward on key project development.

Tech  ·  1 February 2018
Ethereum

Blockchain Bloat: How Ethereum Is Tackling Storage Issues

With long-term fixes like sharding a ways off, ethereum developers are making the software run more efficiently to ease growing storage requirements.

Tech  ·  18 January 2018
Hack

Hacks, Scams and Attacks: Blockchain’s 2017 Disasters

Hackers and scammers netted nearly $490 million in 2017. In this recap, CoinDesk takes a look at the most important incidents and their impact.

Markets  ·  29 December 2017
Ethereum

‘Clear and Loud’: Parity to Drop First Bid for Frozen Ether Fix

After critical feedback from the ethereum community, Parity Technologies will not follow-up on any of its proposals for restoring frozen ether funds.

Tech  ·  15 December 2017
Ethereum

Yellowing Paper: What’s Delaying a Crucial Ethereum Update?

The paper that's meant to provide the rules for computers running ethereum's software is out of date, and agreeing an update may not be so easy.

Tech  ·  14 December 2017
Ethereum

Parity Urges ‘Rescue’ Fork to Reclaim Frozen Millions

Parity Technologies has just released a proposal for reclaiming the millions in ether frozen last month due to a fault in its code.

Tech  ·  11 December 2017
Ethereum

Brain Freeze? Parity Bug Continues With No Easy Solution in Sight

With $160 million in funds frozen on the ethereum blockchain, a search for solutions is ongoing – if not altogether promising so far.

Tech  ·  24 November 2017
Ethereum

Parity Team Publishes Postmortem on $160 Million Ether Freeze

Parity has released new details on how a critical code flaw resulted in the freezing of $160 million worth of ether.

Tech  ·  15 November 2017