Ethereum Watch

Two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) have been approved for inclusion in ethereum’s next major upgrade, Istanbul. Advertisements These are the first two code changes to be officially approved for the Istanbul upgrade, which is tentatively targeted to activate on ethereum mainnet in October. In today’s bi-weekly call, developers discussed which of the nearly 30 EIPs […]

iStock.com/josefkubes Bitcoin Price Recovers If you like your investments to be exciting—if at times unnerving—then cryptocurrency is the market for you. While the bitcoin price soared to new heights in 2018, it came crashing down just as fast in a massive meltdown that had many detractors dolling out “I-told-you-so’s” left and right. But now the […]

One ethereum community member is about to begin what one might call a “friendly fork” of the ethereum blockchain. Advertisements Called “Alternateth,” James Hancock, project team lead at ethereum startup ETHSignals, told CoinDesk in interview that he hopes the network will act as “a sister chain” to ethereum validating ideas and proof-of-concepts before adoption on […]