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Governance

cryptocurrency December 27, 2021

Imagine a world that instead of being controlled by closed-door board room meetings and backroom lobbying, is operated by distributed governance on open-source networks. This vision is what blockchain-based decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) are hoping to fulfill by creating platforms that replace traditional hierarchies and are governed by token holders. Advertisements In essence, DAOs are […]

cryptocurrency May 12, 2019

Taylor Monahan, the CEO of crypto wallet startup MyCrypto, has been moderator for the ethereum subreddit channel since 2016. Advertisements That year, the ethereum Reddit channel was just breaking over the 10,000 subscribers mark, according to SubRedditStats. Today, the same channel boasts over 400,000 subscribers and is ranked within the top 600 most popular channels […]

cryptocurrency April 19, 2019

Two weeks from now, token-holders for the Aragon application will put the efficacy of its on-chain governance model to the test. Advertisements The Aragon project, launched in 2016, is envisioned as a way to offer users the tools to build decentralized organizations that are secured cryptographically and run natively on top of the ethereum blockchain. […]

cryptocurrency March 26, 2019

Vitalik Buterin, Zooko Wilcox, Simon de la Rouviere, Santiago Siri – all are prominent leaders in the blockchain technology sector who regularly attend and speak at conferences around the world. Advertisements In this way, the RadicalxChange Conference in Detroit this weekend might not have seemed different than the many crypto conferences globally, but if its lineup […]

cryptocurrency March 3, 2019

“When the Ethereum Foundation was founded, the Ethereum Foundation was ethereum. People in the Foundation were the ones that were building ethereum. Now, that’s not the case.” That’s Aya Miyaguchi, executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, the non-profit organization founded and dedicated to the continuing development of the world’s second-largest blockchain by total value. Advertisements […]

cryptocurrency July 19, 2018

Ethereum’s most polarizing debate is back – and, arguably, as complex as ever. Advertisements Largely undiscussed since April, the question of whether the world’s second-largest blockchain would consider a system-wide software upgrade as a way to return $239 million lost due to a mishap at a major startup resurfaced with a new round of infighting among […]

cryptocurrency May 23, 2018

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 […]

cryptocurrency May 3, 2018

Put enough heads together and you might just solve governance. Advertisements At least, that was the idea behind a private, two-day meeting of top researchers, who met in Toronto this week to discuss how decisions should be made on ethereum, the world’s second most valuable blockchain network. Named “EIP:0,” a nod to the platform’s process for […]

cryptocurrency May 1, 2018

As ethereum, now the world’s second most valuable blockchain, grows larger and more diverse, it’s becoming clear its mechanisms for getting input from its constituency are proving problematic. Advertisements Indeed, a series of proposals targeted at controversial topics – lost fund recovery, the ether supply rate and the emergence of new mining hardware – have […]

cryptocurrency March 22, 2018

Who has the authority to change a public blockchain? Advertisements It’s a question that has been in the minds of top cryptocurrency developers as the many available networks struggle to serve their diverse, often conflicting stakeholders. But that’s not to say there aren’t norms and best practices – the ability to make and enforce software […]