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ConsenSys

ConsenSys Spin-Out 3Box Raises $2.5 Million to Build ID Tools for Dapp Devs

ID startup 3Box is spinning out of ethereum incubator ConsenSys with $2.5 million in new funding.

Tech  ·  26 June 2019
Bitcoin

Meeting Bitcoiners Online When They Live in the Same City

Bitcoin developer Mark "Murch" Erhardt tells CoinDesk about the most surprising interaction he ever had in his years of running the Bitcoin Stack Exchange. Turns out the crypto world *is* that small!

Tech  ·  23 June 2019
Ethereum

Why Ethereum’s Privacy Matters and What’s Being Built to Support It

With the goal of boosting adoption, these four projects are building tools that advance privacy on ethereum.

Tech  ·  23 June 2019
Staking

Staking Isn’t Just a Way to Earn Crypto Money – And It Shouldn’t Be

Staking is getting attention for all the wrong reasons, and it’s time to re-examine its role, argues Decred's Jake Yocom-Piatt.

Tech  ·  22 June 2019
Ethereum

Ethereum Devs Approve First Code Changes for ‘Istanbul’ Hard Fork

Developers today approved two Ethereum Improvement Proposals for the blockchain's system-wide upgrade in October.

Tech  ·  21 June 2019
NEM

NEM Launches Development Studio Ahead of Major Blockchain Upgrade

The NEM blockchain project is launching a development studio to support its move towards a major protocol upgrade later in 2019.

Tech  ·  21 June 2019
Ethereum

Meet Alternateth: A ‘Friendly Fork’ of the Ethereum Blockchain

One community member holds plans to execute a "friendly fork" of the ethereum blockchain in two months time.

Tech  ·  21 June 2019
Hard Forks

Ethereum Classic’s Next Crypto Code Upgrade Set for September

After dissent earlier this month, ethereum classic developers decided today to recommit to a hard fork activation date in September.

Tech  ·  20 June 2019
Ethereum

‘Phase Zero’ of a New Ethereum Blockchain Could Go Live Next January

Ethereum may begin transitioning to its next-generation, proof-of-stake blockchain model at the beginning of next year – pending more tests, that is.

Tech  ·  19 June 2019
Facebook

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Wants to Take on Banks, Not Bitcoin

If bitcoin doesn't need to worry about competition from Facebook. Who does? You've guessed it, the banks.

Tech  ·  18 June 2019
Exchanges

Binance to Launch Bitcoin-Pegged Token on Its Own Blockchain

Binance will issue a number of tokens pegged to leading cryptocurrencies on Binance Chain to boost the number of trading options on its platform.

Tech  ·  18 June 2019
Enterprise Blockchain

Microsoft, Salesforce Join Hyperledger Enterprise Blockchain Consortium

Microsoft and Salesforce have joined Hyperledger, lending their enterprise software heft to the DLT consortium.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 June 2019
News

IBM Unveils Upgraded 2.0 Version of Enterprise Blockchain

The IBM Blockchain Platform has just been revamped, adding flexibility for deployment in different environments and new tools.

Business  ·  18 June 2019
Facebook

Libra White Paper Shows How Facebook Borrowed From Bitcoin and Ethereum

Cryptocurrency, at scale. That's Facebook's vision as laid out in the long-awaited, just-released Libra white paper.

Tech  ·  18 June 2019
Security

Facebook’s Libra Cryptocurrency: A Technical Deep Dive

Technical details of Facebook's Libra blockchain were published Tuesday in a white paper by the Libra Foundation. Here's what stands out.

Tech  ·  18 June 2019