Ethereum Watch

September 25, 2018 11:49 PM Advertisements A new blockchain protocol might make the bidding process more secure and fair for all participants. A researcher at the University of Waterloo, in collaboration with Germany-based aircraft manufacturer Airbus, has developed a blockchain auction protocol intended to guarantee the confidentiality of bids and eliminate the chance of “nepotism […]

September 25, 2018 3:23 PM Advertisements MakerDAO ain’t like all the other stablecoins out there, apparently. MakerDAO produces a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, called Dai. What makes Dai different from other stablecoins is that it is not backed through a third-party account, but instead by Ether held in an executable distributed code contract […]

September 25, 2018 7:01 PM Advertisements The newest version of the protocol is now live. On Monday, September 24, Will Warren of 0x announced the launch of v2.0 of the exchange protocol. This release comes after more than a year of development and various rounds of security audits, both internal and external. He indicated “that […]

The ability for the Ethereum (ETH) network to scale and provide a greater throughput than the current 15 – 25 transactions per second (tps), has been the subject of debate for quite sometime now. Some have even postulated that Ethereum could continue dropping in the markets as other fresh and faster blockchain projects are being […]

September 24, 2018 11:53 PM Advertisements The IBM-developed blockchain has been designed to quickly identify the source of diseases such as E. coli. Retail giant Walmart has given all its suppliers of fresh greens a 2019 deadline to join the Food Trust blockchain platform developed by IBM. The blockchain is meant to provide traceability, particularly […]

There is doubt that XRP has experienced one of the most impressive last few days in the crypto markets. It all started on the 17th of September when one of Ripple’s Executives hinted that xRapid would be going live in the next month or so. Sagar Sarbhai, head of regulatory relations for Asia-Pacific and the Middle […]

Over the last 6 months or so, ETH has been on a bearish market, dropping from the peak of $800 to below $200 in a matter of months. This unfortunate turn of events has left many traders and analysts wondering where Ethereum’s true bottom lies. However, the crypto has improved its stand over the last […]

Advertisements Source: CoinDesk

September 21, 2018 9:16 PM Advertisements The US Navy wants a blockchain platform that can handle huge data sets. The US military is very often on the front lines when it comes to finding use cases for emerging technology. In line with this tradition, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is looking into blockchain technology […]

September 21, 2018 8:26 PM Advertisements The Fair Political Practices Commission considered several possibilities that would have allowed cryptocurrency donations to political candidates, but ultimately rejected them all. The California Fair Political Practices Commission recently decided that political candidates in the state cannot receive cryptocurrencies as campaign contributions. To make its decision, the commission was […]