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Bitcoin

What It’s Like to Review Bitcoin’s Code

CoinDesk dives deep into the complex process of reviewing code for the Bitcoin Core software.

Tech  ·  19 July 2019
Bitcoin

Coder Proposes Alternative to Bitcoin’s ‘Notoriously Unreliable’ Testnet

Introduced Wednesday, a new proposal called Signet offers a fresh alternative to bitcoin's test network.

Tech  ·  18 July 2019
Patents

Korea’s Biggest Credit Card Firm Wins Patent for Blockchain Credit System

Shinhan Card has been granted a patent for a blockchain payment system that could reportedly do away with physical credit cards.

Tech  ·  15 July 2019
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Could Help Stop News Censorship – From Space

An advocacy group is testing out the idea that the combination of bitcoin and orbital communication can help fight news censorship.

Tech  ·  12 July 2019
Ethereum

Safety Without Silos: Why Businesses Will Learn to Love Public Ethereum

Enterprises are finally realizing that mainnet ethereum is a way to end decades of brittle, balkanized and bespoke system integration, writes John Wolpert.

Business  ·  9 July 2019
Security

Facebook’s Libra Lacks Foundational Components for Crypto Key Security

After a review of documentation for the Libra protocol and its planned ecosystem, Steven Sprague believes Facebook left out key security components.

Business  ·  7 July 2019
Bitcoin

Electrum Wallet Is Adding Support for Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

The popular wallet service Electrum is soon to add official support for bitcoin's lightning network, its founder has told CoinDesk.

Tech  ·  5 July 2019
Security

Fujitsu Develops Blockchain ID Tech That Scores Trustworthiness in Transactions

Fujitsu Laboratories has unveiled digital identity tech that scores users' reliability to increase the security of online transactions.

Policy & regulation  ·  4 July 2019
Bitcoin

Blockstream Launches Atomic Swaps on Liquid Bitcoin Sidechain

Blockstream has created an "experimental" tool making it easier for users to trade "trustlessly" between tokens on its Liquid sidechain.

Tech  ·  3 July 2019
Huobi

Huobi to Target Decentralized Finance With New Public Blockchain

Huobi Group is building a "regulator-friendly" public blockchain specifically designed for use cases within decentralized finance.

Tech  ·  2 July 2019
Sberbank

‘Disappointed’ by Central Bank Blockchain, Russia’s Largest Bank Eyes Alternatives

Enterprise blockchain project Masterchain is falling short of expectations – and Russia's largest bank is looking for other options.

Tech  ·  2 July 2019
Ethereum

Metronome Now Lets Users Move Tokens Between Blockchains

Co-founder Jeff Garzik says the insistence on one currency to one blockchain introduces unnecessary risk for token holders.

Tech  ·  1 July 2019
Monero

Monero and Zcash Conferences Showcase Their Differences (And Links)

The future of privacy coins relies on technologists getting the governance setup right. Here are both sides of the zcash debate.

Tech  ·  30 June 2019
Facebook

Facebook’s Libra Crypto Code Draws Critiques and Clones on GitHub

Would-be coders and eager trolls are digging into the early code for Facebook's Libra blockchain.

Tech  ·  29 June 2019
News

Kakao’s Klaytn Blockchain Has Gone Live With Support From Major Firms

The Klaytn blockchain from the fold of messaging app giant Kakao has launched on its mainnet, with a governing body including big enterprises like LG.

Business  ·  27 June 2019