Ethereum Watch

A phone call that brought together a broad representation of the ethereum community to discuss critical code changes on which decisions need to be made ahead of a software upgrade scheduled for October, failed to produce immediate results Friday. Advertisements The bi-weekly developers call, which this week included a majority of the network’s miners and […]

Miners, investors, developers and more. Advertisements That’s a summary of the diverse set of ethereum stakeholders that will be in attendance at an upcoming developer call, according to Ethereum Foundation communication officer Hudson Jameson. Set to take place at 14:00 UTC Friday, the live-streamed meeting aims to address some of the platform’s most challenging questions ahead of […]

The blockchain network now has PlasmaChain, GameChain, and SocialChain in production. Advertisements Known for its “truly scalable” blockchain trading card game Zombie Battleground, the Loom Network has been making headway in the Ethereum scaling space. Loom’s software development kit apparently enables developers to build scalable blockchain games and social networks. Most recently, though, the team […]

The bounty-issuing software improvement community’s new offering allows individuals to make bounty suggestions for GitHub issues. Advertisements Vivek Singh, community builder at Gitcoin, recently announced the alpha release of Gitcoin Requests. This feature will allow members in the community to request bounties for certain GitHub issues and propose how much they should be funded, though […]

MtGox is accepting civil rehabilitation claims until October 22. Advertisements Creditors who lost their bitcoin when Japanese cryptocurrency exchange MtGox went bankrupt in 2014 can start filing civil rehabilitation claims in an attempt to recover their lost virtual currency. An online guide published by MtGox rehabilitation trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi outlines three ways in which users […]

Modex wants to create a unified marketplace for Blockchain and provide the developers with convenient tools to easily create their dApps from scratch. It’s worth noting that the first version of the platform is also available to check and get the grasp of the idea. Advertisements Developing Bounties One can already access the Modex platform […]

Crypto Community Watch launched, China Seeks to Block Access to Foreign Exchanges, Post-ICO Projects Burning Tokens; Investors pleased. Advertisements Consortium Launches Self-Policing Program In an effort to increase self-policing within the cryptocurrency industry, Ecoinmerce, a DAO e-commerce platform, has partnered with ICO Alert, GZH, Step VC and NewEconomies. The consortium will create an anonymous tip […]

Someone has received a $2.9 million jackpot from the baffling game. How? Advertisements A week ago, the first round of the FOMO3D “long game” seemed like it may never end. In fact, it seemed like it may have been designed to never end. But early Wednesday morning, Team JUST, the group that created the game, […]

The recent appointment of Toshihide Endo may mean that the regulator’s stance on crypto regulations is softening. Advertisements According to an August 22 report in Reuters, the new chief of Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) sees no need for excessive regulations governing the use of cryptocurrency. Toshihide Endo, who was appointed chief of Japan’s FSA […]

The platform’s recent “brand expansion,” as the team calls it, signals a heightened focus on privacy. Advertisements ZenCash, a privacy-driven blockchain and cryptocurrency (ticker symbol ZEN), is donning a new look: Horizen. The brand expansion (not a rebrand, the team notes) zeroes in on the crew’s “refined strategic vision” moving forward. Besides a different name, […]