Ethereum Watch

A critical consensus bug has been uncovered in a testing environment used by one of the two principal softwares crucial to the operation of the world’s second-largest blockchain. Advertisements Revealed last night by UK-based Parity Technologies in a blog post, the issue was found to cause those running the software to fall out of sync, […]

Ripple’s former CTO Stefan Thomas is going up against Ethereum with the launch of a new smart contracts platform. Advertisements Well, “new” isn’t quite right – the platform Thomas released implementations for today is Codius, an open-source project that Ripple released in beta in 2014 but shelved the following year. Now, though, having announced his departure […]

A hotly anticipated change aimed at ridding ethereum of its bitcoin-inspired mining process is moving forward in testing, with the platform’s popular software clients now participating in review. Advertisements Following on an April software release that saw the idea formalized in code, the upgrade looks to transition the world’s second largest blockchain to a new […]

“[For the] entirety of the history of technology, open-source software developers have had to live like paupers.” Advertisements While this is a bit of an exaggeration, Kevin Owocki has a point: making a living can be rough for developers of open-source software, that is, software for which the code is made freely available to use, […]

Ethereum classic (ETC) is set to fork in the coming days as part of a bid to diffuse a so-called ‘bomb’ in its code. Advertisements Set for block 5,900,000, the change, in which all users of the original ethereum blockchain will need to update their software, is meant to disable a feature that is designed to […]

That decision will cost you half a cent. Are you sure that’s the right move? Advertisements If you’re a gamer, decentralized applications (dapps) hold an enticing promise: you might finally be able to truly own virtual in-game items and accumulate them without worrying about a company changing the rules and taking them away. But as with other […]

Three years ago, Augur, a prediction market system that runs on the ethereum blockchain, held one of the first initial coin offerings (ICOs), long before the funding mechanism gained mainstream momentum. Advertisements Between August 7 and September 5, 2015, the project issued 8.8 million reputation (REP) tokens from a maximum circulating supply of 11 million […]

Smart assets for businesses with easy-to-use templates, public and private blockchain support, and a growing ecosystem. Public and Private Blockchain NEMjas battle for dominance. (Video version: youtu.be/XlvVrMXMcpw) We’ve been investigating decentralized application platforms that might challenge Ethereum’s future market share. Advertisements So far, our Ethereum Challengers series has covered RSK (Rootstock), EOS, Cardano, and NEO. […]

When people think of ethereum, they generally think also of the protocol’s developer Vitalik Buterin, now – off his creation – a multi-millionaire. Advertisements No doubt, Buterin is a leader of sorts for the community, even if decision-making is somewhat decentralized. And above that, ethereum’s most active developers have a significant amount of say in […]

iStock.com/tigerstrawberry Crypto Rally Slows Down As I write this report, cryptocurrency prices are in the middle of a vicious tug of war between the bulls and the bears. And the bears are winning right now. Advertisements Most, if not all, of our favorite cryptocurrencies trended down over the last seven days, erasing the progress they […]