Ethereum Watch

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

If a series of high-profile vulnerabilities weren’t enough to persuade you that today’s smart contracts are insecure, a group of computer scientists that have been researching them since the 1980s just might. Advertisements Announced Monday, computer scientists Mark Miller, Dean Tribble, Brian Warner and Bill Tulloh have launched a new startup, Agoric, to develop a secure, blockchain-agnostic […]

Former members of Deloitte’s blockchain team are joining a new startup that seeks to bring a tokenized blockchain protocol to one of the world’s most inefficient markets. Advertisements Announced Monday, a startup called Citizens Reserve is coming out of stealth, revealing it has hired former Deloitte global blockchain leader Eric Piscini, as well as at […]

It’s a little bit like “Finding Nemo” – except at the end, you get to eat the fish. Advertisements During the Ethereal Summit, hosted May 11-12 by ethereum startup/incubator ConsenSys in Queens, New York, attendees were given an immersive experience to highlight the benefits a blockchain could have of tracking goods as they move along […]

“Make blockchain stylish again, that’s my motto.” Advertisements So quipped the emcee of the third Ethereal Summit in Queens, NY, during one of the final talks of the two-day event. He’d been asking attendees to ask embarrassing questions they might have about the technology. Joseph Lubin, founder and CEO of event host ConsenSys, had touted the occasion […]

As JP Morgan Chase’s new blockchain lead, Christine Moy has big shoes to fill. And a quandary to resolve. Advertisements Moy took over last month from Amber Baldet, one of the most prominent figures in blockchain, after she left to form an as-yet-unnamed startup. Around the same time, Baldet announced her departure, word leaked out […]