Ethereum Watch

If there’s anywhere in the world where it feels right to believe in magic, it’s Devcon 5 in Osaka, Japan. Advertisements The ethereum community faces a daunting task: scale its blockchain ecosystem to securely support the growing demand for mainstream use cases. Thousands of technologists and passionate fans gathered at Devcon this week to grapple […]

CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert has said ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, is a commodity. Advertisements Speaking at the Yahoo! Finance All Markets Summit Thursday, Tarbert said he believes ether is not a security. “We’ve been very clear on bitcoin: bitcoin is a commodity. We haven’t said anything about ether – until now,” […]

Venture studio Consensys is giving $175,000 to seven different open source software projects on the ethereum network. Advertisements Announced on Oct. 10, these projects include a forward-looking ethereum software client called Lighthouse, an oracle network for off-chain data called Tellor, as well as, a mobile decentralized app builder called Alice, among others. About the new […]