Ethereum Watch

Vitalik Buterin has penned a new proposal that could lay the foundation for resolving one of the ethereum network’s biggest outstanding questions – whether a limit on the amount of ether that could be created would ever be set. Advertisements In a new ethereum improvement proposal (EIP) authored April 1, the cryptocurrency’s creator issued his […]

So-called “sharding” may still be theoretical, but the promising implications of the concept are becoming more and more real. Advertisements At least that’s the case on ethereum, where developers are beginning to see the scaling solution, which would essentially split the blockchain into parts that would run on different servers, as an opportunity to test fundamental […]

Could adding a new fee help preserve ethereum in the long term? Advertisements It’s a contentious statement in light of the debates ongoing across blockchains over how and when users should pay to support what amount to global computing networks. However, the concept is now gaining notable momentum on ethereum, most recently from the creator of […]

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 […]

A TechStars-incubated startup has launched what looks like the first production-ready platform designed to increase the capacity of ethereum. Advertisements Called Loom Network, the little-known company is today releasing a developer toolkit that makes it possible to deploy scalable ethereum apps on the second-largest cryptocurrency network, effectively leapfrogging ongoing efforts such as Raiden Network and Plasma. […]

“Can’t we just solve scaling? Can’t we just solve privacy? Can’t we just say ‘done’ and get to feature-complete?” Advertisements That was the question Bob Summerwill asked the audience at the ethereum conference EthCC in Paris on Thursday, the comments coming as part of a broader talk that called for an end to “tribalism” in the community supporting […]

What do private blockchain builders really want? Advertisements According to JP Morgan blockchain lead Amber Baldet, they’re faced with the same concerns as anyone building public blockchains today. “These problems really aren’t so far apart, it’s just that people are trying to solve the problems in different ways,” Baldet told the audience at EthCC, an […]

In a surprise appearance at the ethereum community conference EthCC in Paris Friday, ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin presented a scaling solution for Plasma, a system of smart contracts that seeks to increase the computational potential of the world’s second-largest blockchain. Advertisements Created by Buterin and Bitcoin Lightning Network co-creator Joseph Poon last year, the scaling […]

Ethereum’s moon math is showing signs of coming back to earth. Advertisements Such was the feeling at EthCC, an ethereum developer conference in Paris, Thursday, where a dedicated privacy track struck a somber note compared to years past. Indeed, despite a software upgrade in October that saw improvements built to pave the way for confidentiality, […]

The non-profit dedicated to advancing and maintaining ethereum’s software  has officially announced the recipients of its first wave of development grants. Advertisements A total of 13 projects received more than $2.5 million combined to work on scalability, security, development experiences, user interface study and other derivatives of the ethereum blockchain, according to a Wednesday announcement. […]