One of Bitcoin’s Biggest Investments Might Finally Be Paying Off Old hands aren’t quite sure why there’s been a spike in new contributors to bitcoin’s open-source code, but they’re quite pleased to see it happen.… Read More
Bitmain’s Latest Crypto ASIC Can Mine Zcash The company announced that it has developed hardware to mine the Equihash algorithm, spelling big changes for zcash and other coins.… Read More
New Ideas Energize Ethereum Though True Signaling Solution Still Elusive At an invitation-only meeting in Toronto, ethereum developers and companies met to discuss how best to alter the platform given its variety of users.… Read More
Vitalik Releases Partial Proof-of-Concept for Ethereum ‘Sharding’ Tech Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted the proof-of-concept for adding sharding to ethereum’s current mainnet. … Read More
How to Fight the ASIC Mining Threat Defending cryptocurrencies against the centralizing forces of ASIC mining chips requires more than coding fixes; human governance is also critical. … Read More
Ethereum’s Dialogue Divide Is Slowing Answers to Its Toughest Questions In the wake of new growth, developers working on the world’s second-largest blockchain are struggling to determine how best to gauge user sentiment.… Read More
Bitcoin Cash Is Bitcoin? Lawsuits Won’t Stop the Fight Over Bitcoin’s Name Roger Ver’s decision to call bitcoin cash “bitcoin” has dredged up a byzantine debate on how exactly the software should be defined and by whom.… Read More
Mastercard Seeks ‘Fast Track’ Way to Sync Blockchain Data A Mastercard patent application outlines how nodes could be quickly added to a blockchain.… Read More
ASX Exchange Targets 2020 for DLT Settlement System Launch The Australian Securities Exchange provided an update on its plans to replace its settlement and clearing system with blockchain technology.… Read More
Bigger Blocks and Smarter Contracts: What’s In Bitcoin Cash’s Next Fork? Bitcoin cash’s most ambitious hard fork upgrade is coming in May, backed by the promise of taking its “on-chain scaling” philosophy to new heights.… Read More