Ethereum Watch

The Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians plans to hold its Council of Prague prior to the global Ethereum developer conference. Advertisements According to an August 10 announcement from the Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians, a self-organized gaggle of Ethereum developers, the group will meet up for its Council of Prague in the days leading up to the […]

After Medium began censoring certain cryptocurrency posts, decentralization advocate Aragon decided to move to a new platform. Will others follow? Advertisements You probably didn’t notice. Sometime between March and June, Medium, a publishing platform ubiquitous in the blockchain sphere, updated a page called “Cryptocurrencies on Medium.” (ETHNews reached out to Medium for this article but […]

Q&A With Apollo18’s Founder, Kirk Durbin Advertisements ICO Alert: For those who are not familiar with Apollo18, can you explain what it is, and what the team aims to accomplish? Apollo18 is a cryptocurrency mining operation based in Central Pennsylvania. Token holders are rewarded with Ethereum based on the profits generated by the mining farm. Apollo18’s […]

ShapeShift buys crypto-conversion startup Bitfract, Thailand says 20 companies have applied for Exchange Licenses, 94 companies join IBM and Maersk Blockchain. Advertisements ShapeShift Buys Crypto Conversion Startup Bitfract The cryptocurrency conversion platform ShapeShift has purchased Texas-based startup Bitfract. The startup has created a tool that allows users the ability to purchase multiple cryptocurrencies through a single […]

Microsoft has just rolled out an additional consensus mechanism for clients building ethereum-based apps on Azure that does away with mining. Advertisements Called “proof-of-authority,” the mechanism notably replaces the proof-of-work mining process that is common in public blockchains. However, it is only applicable in a permissioned network scenario – that is, on private or consortium blockchains […]

The incentive-based software development community has partnered with the Ethereum address-naming provider. Advertisements According to an August 9 announcement, the team behind Gitcoin, which is a community that incentivizes collaboration in open-source software development, is pushing for Ethereum Name Service (ENS) integration into Dapps. To accomplish this, Gitcoin is funding bounties to encourage Dapp developers […]

Participation by big names in a big industry could impact international trade. Advertisements Tech giant IBM and Danish Shipping and logistics company Maersk have announced the creation of a global, blockchain-powered shipping platform, TradeLense, in an official August 9 press release. As of today, 94 organizations have either been early adopters of the program or […]

The US Patent and Trademark Office recently granted the financial software company a patent to create a bitcoin payment processing system. Advertisements On Tuesday, the US Patent and Trademark Office published a patent submitted by Intuit Inc. that enables the company to develop a novel procedure for processing bitcoin transactions. The process described in the […]

Ukraine uses blockchain for voting trail; SEC postpones decision on Bitcoin ETF; Opera browser to add wallet feature to desktop. Advertisements Image courtesy of DailyNews. Ukraine uses Blockchain for Voting Trail According to a Facebook post, Ukraine is working on a voting platform using the NEM blockchain. The head of the State Register at the Central […]

The day Augur launched it breezed into the rankings of top ethereum dapps by daily active users – but the momentum didn’t last long. Advertisements Released on July 10, Augur allows users to create and bet on prediction markets tied to real-world events, such as World Cup games, elections and – unfortunately – murders. Having […]