The US Department of Energy (DoE) has become the latest US agency to look into blockchain projects.
Researcher Nolan Bauerle looks at Zcash, its privacy-powered blockchain technology and how he believes it could empower economics in the future.
Industry insiders share their thoughts about a mysterious group known as Enterprise Ethereum.
A new bitcoin software update boasts more than 50 changes to the digital currency's codebase.
Despite the hype around enterprise blockchain technologies, achievements in the bitcoin community have been greater, argues Ferdinando Ametrano.
2016 may have been a big year for blockchain, but there were failed ideas, too. DeRose lists eight he thinks won't carry over to the new year.
Bitcoin Core developer David Vorick explains why ensuring bitcoin's fungibility remains a top priority for 2017.
As bitcoin's price surges, Third Key's Pamela Morgan suggests best practices for users who want to secure their digital cash.
CoinDesk looks back on the big stories that shaped the industry in 2016, and that may cast a shadow on the year ahead.
As 2016 comes to a close, bitcoin development remains at a crossroads. Take the long-anticipated scaling solution, the Lightning Network. An open-source project that aims to boost bitcoin’s capacity to millions of transactions per second (and by extension the technology’s value), it’s code is nearly ready to go live. Yet, bitcoin isn’t exactly ready for the […]
The DAO loomed large over 2016 – now, its developers have their sights on new steps that can be made in the year ahead.
Markit's Jeffrey Billingham recaps the successes and tribulations of a year spent working on smart contract applications.
A group of global banks and financial institutions has completed the first pilot of a new blockchain-based gold trading platform.
12 members of Hyperledger conducted a first-of-its kind test by sending an unusual digital asset across an ocean.
France’s central bank quietly released new details about its work with blockchain last week.