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Inside Monero’s ‘Last Ditch Effort’ to Block Crypto Mining ASICs

12.6.2019
The Monero community is making one last attempt to block specialized mining hardware devices from the network

Enigma Launches Second Testnet for ‘Secret Contract’ Blockchain

11.6.2019
Ethereum developers can now start coding specialized smart contracts – called "secret contracts" – leveraging the Enigma protocol for data privacy and protection

Fraud-Fighting ‘Watchtowers’ Are Coming With the Next Big Lightning Release

11.6.2019
So-called lightning network “watchtowers” — a much-anticipated next step for securing the network — are coming soon. Watchtowers have long been considered a missing piece of bitcoin’s lightning layer, as they’re crucial for squashing fraud on the experimental, off-chain...

Michael Ford Named Newest Bitcoin Core Code Maintainer

11.6.2019
Long-time Bitcoin Core contributor Michael Ford has been named the newest maintainer of the open-source software project

Bitcoin Users Perform What Might Be The Largest ‘CoinJoin’ Ever

10.6.2019
The startup behind the privacy-centric bitcoin app Wasabi Wallet recently brought together 100 people to collectively execute a "CoinJoin" transaction

Zilliqa Passes ‘Milestone’ With Addition of Smart Contracts to Its Blockchain

10.6.2019
"Next-generation" cryptocurrency Zilliqa has announced the launch of smart contracts on its platform

Samourai, Nodl to Launch Bitcoin Lightning Node With Mixing Features

10.6.2019
A new hardware partnership is helping the team behind Samourai Wallet extend their obsession with privacy to the world of bitcoin nodes

Why Academics Love Bitcoin – and Crypto

10.6.2019
For academics, bitcoin, and more broadly crypto, is an exciting space where the ideas they write up in papers actually get built and tested

I Started the Silk Road Wikipedia Page (Because Bitcoin)

8.6.2019
Online black marketplace Silk Road had quite the effect on bitcoin, being one of the technology's biggest use cases in the early days, and for a while it didn't have its own Wikipedia page – until this man

Ethereum Classic to Test Code for ‘Atlantis’ Upgrade This Month

7.6.2019
Ethereum classic developers discussed during a call today the possibility of speeding up mainnet activation of system-wide upgrade, Atlantis. In compromise, a slightly adjusted test network activation timeline for June 19 was collectively agreed upon

Crypto Developer Komodo ‘Hacks’ Wallet Users to Foil $13 Million Hack

7.6.2019
Cryptocurrency wallet developer Komodo has effectively hacked its own customers to protect their funds from an external attack

Kadena Releases Updated Smart Contract Language for ‘Hybrid Blockchains’

6.6.2019
The enterprise blockchain startup has updated its Pact programming language to allow smart contract execution between private and public networks

Privacy Crypto Grin’s First Hard Fork Planned for Mid-July

5.6.2019
This summer will see the first network upgrade for Grin, a privacy-oriented cryptocurrency that uses the technology Mimblewimble

Former Mt Gox CEO Karpeles Launches Startup to Build a Blockchain OS

5.6.2019
Former Mt. Gox chief Mark Karpeles has reportedly revealed he's "starting from zero" with a new blockchain project

Lightning Network Pioneer Releases New Code for Bitcoin Scaling Concept

5.6.2019
Co-author of the lightning network white paper Tadge Dryja has released new code for a proposed scaling solution he's been working on for a year

Game Creator Lucid Sight Bringing ‘Star Trek’ to the Blockchain

4.6.2019
Blockchain games developer Lucid Sight is teaming up with media firm CBS Interactive to bring "Star Trek" game play and collectibles to ethereum

Bitcoin’s First Public Mining Pool Is Rebranding

3.6.2019
The company behind Slush Pool, the first cryptocurrency mining pool to make its services publicly available, is rebranding. The Prague-based company Braiins is perhaps less well-known than Slush Pool, one of the largest bitcoin mining pools as it makes up more than 9 percent of...