Ethereum Watch

“We look at ethereum like AOL or Myspace.” Advertisements That’s how Mobius Network co-founder and CEO David Gobaud explains why his startup ran its initial coin offering (ICO) on the Stellar network instead of ethereum, the most popular blockchain for token sales. The comment underscores the growing interest in some corners of the crypto community […]

You can’t have your cake and eat it too, the old saying goes. In the cryptocurrency space, the big question is whether you can have decentralization and scale it too. Advertisements The struggle between these two goals has become more noticeable as a rush of new enthusiasts have entered the space, lured by the technology […]

Ajit Tripathi is a EMEA partner at Consensys Enterprise, and a former director of fintech and digital banking at PwC, where he co-founded its UK blockchain and smart contracts practice. Advertisements The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. I have come to trust Vitalik Buterin to ask the most important questions […]

24,270 tokens. 27,358 pending transactions. 463,713 digital kittens. Advertisements Ethereum has hosted a lot of activity recently, and while many crypto enthusiasts see that as a positive sign, as the network’s usage soars, its history gets longer and its blockchain more unruly. And although network congestion leading to transaction backlogs and rising fees has taken […]

Roger Boodoo, MD, is a radiologist and clinical informatics fellow actively seeking opportunities where blockchain technology might be applied to challenges in healthcare. Advertisements The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. Let’s start with the problematic scenario. Advertisements A medical researcher stands behind the podium at a prestigious healthcare conference […]

Peter Loop is associate vice president and senior principal technology architect at Infosys, where he focuses on delivering enterprise cryptocurrency and blockchain ledger technologies, API management and cloud migration of enterprise systems. Advertisements This article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review opinion series. During the course of 2017, we saw big technology players making […]

Arthur Camara is a co-founder of CryptoKitties, created by Canadian innovation studio Axiom Zen, where he focuses on product and engineering to help bring blockchain technology to the masses. Advertisements The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. I admittedly wasn’t investing in any cryptocurrency in the early 2010s. Advertisements By […]

Jez San is founder and CEO of FunFair Technologies, an ethereum-powered casino platform. A vocal supporter and critic of blockchain technologies, San was also a pioneer in real-time, 3D games. Advertisements The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review series. As a long time investor in bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, 2017 has been remarkable. But it’s […]

Shawn Wilkinson is the co-founder and chief strategy officer at Storj Labs where he oversees strategy, vision and architecture for the Storj network. Advertisements It’s pretty clear that 2017 was the year of the token. Whether you’re reading the news, attending a trade show or just minding your own business working in your preferred coffee […]

Thessy Mehrain is director of product and innovation at ConsenSys, where she works on dapps and protocols to enable social innovation via the ethereum blockchain. She is also the founder of “Women in Blockchain” New York, a distributed global network building diversity and inclusion. Advertisements The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in […]