MIT Is Testing A Smart Contract-Powered Bitcoin Lightning Network A recently completed MIT test showcases how bitcoin might not just scale, but do so in a way where it’s transactions are more expressive than today.… Read More
The Auto Industry Is Gearing Up for a Blockchain-Powered Future Automotive executives are starting to wake up to the use cases of blockchain in the industry, but there’s a way to go. … Read More
Initial Coin Offerings Are Setting Capital Free. That’s Huge ICOs offer a more direct route for both tapping and deploying funds, for matching founders with investors. That turns out to be quite revolutionary. … Read More
A New Startup Has Zooko and Naval Betting on Better Crypto Contracts 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 the tech since the 1980s just might. Announced Monday, computer scientists M…… Read More
Blockchain’s Killer App? Making Trade Wars Obsolete A confluence of technologies is poised to dramatically reshape manufacturing and, in the process, render obsolete the international trade regime. … Read More
Crypto Tribalism Is Holding Back Blockchain A more united front among all who believe in blockchain tech’s sweeping potential could help ensure a more constructive legal environment.… Read More
Not Just a Bubble: Blockchain Is Already Delivering on the Hype The new digital gold standard? Well, of course. That goes without saying! … Read More
Move ‘Em Out: ICOs Don’t Seem So Scary Outside the US A popular event forged during the token boom of 2017 saw discussion about the changing regulatory environment that has resulted.… Read More
Bitcoin Cash Fork Leaves Users Behind, But Does It Matter? Bitcoin cash recently hard forked and a little less than 20 percent of nodes didn’t upgrade. The industry argues over whether that matters or not. … Read More
At Ripple’s Snoop Dogg Party, A Search for XRP So what we get drunk? So what we smoke weed? We’re just having fun, something something XRP.… Read More