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Out of Testnet and Into Alpha: Lightning Labs’ Desktop Application Is Live

Lightning Labs just released an alpha version of its Lightning Network wallet. The desktop application is now compatible with Bitcoin’s mainnet and it leverages Neutrino (the protocol, not the analytics company acquired by Coinbase) to give users a lightweight option to “control their own funds,” as opposed to running a full node or trusting a third party to play custodian. дальше »

2019-4-24 01:38


Leading Bitcoin Developer Company Blockstream Releases Lightning Update With a New Plugin

The Bitcoin Lightning Network is always trying to offer the best scaling solution for the crypto investors who use Bitcoin and several companies create their own programs to support it. Now, Blockstream is making a large update to its c-lightning program, which is set to be released in around eight months from now. This new […] дальше »

2019-3-2 01:16


Only In February: Ethereum Developers Delay The Launch of Constantinople

Today is certainly a day of big disappointment for the Ethereum community. Constantinople, the long awaited update, has been delayed to block 7,280,000, which is set to hit on February 27. Constantinople was set to launch this week but a core developer phone call which included the superstart Vitalik Buterin and other relevant names such […] дальше »

2019-1-19 01:42


Are Cardano (ADA) updates to vague or are the holders just to impatient?

Cardano developer and CEO if IOHK Charles Hoskinson has been quite busy since the turn of the year. As the project moves towards implementing the Shelley update, one that is expected to bring several long-awaited features (like decentralization and staking), Hoskinson decided to hold another impromptu YouTube AMA and answer some popular community questions. дальше »

2019-1-17 00:16


Are Cardano (ADA) updates too vague or are the holders just to impatient?

Cardano developer and CEO if IOHK Charles Hoskinson has been quite busy since the turn of the year. As the project moves towards implementing the Shelley update, one that is expected to bring several long-awaited features (like decentralization and staking), Hoskinson decided to hold another impromptu YouTube AMA and answer some popular community questions. дальше »

2019-1-17 00:16


Ethereum (ETH) developers have reached agreement on an activation time for Constantinople

Speaking at a bi-weekly core developer meeting Friday, members of ethereum’s open-source development team have reached agreement on anactivation time for Constantinople, a proposed code change designed to give users the option to update the blockchain with additional features, CoinDesk reported. дальше »

2018-12-7 21:13


Cardano Updates Roadmap, Details Upgrades and Testnets

According to the latest roadmap update from Cardano, the highly innovative blockchain developer is nearly halfway through the development of its Cardano Testnet. As well as improving the existing Cardano blockchain and testing for a completely decentralized protocol, the next upgrade for Cardano will also add instant functionality for ADA owners and users. дальше »

2018-9-13 06:40


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DevCon 4 Will Set the Stage for Ethereum’s Next Milestone: Constantinople

Ethereum is embracing the Constantinople milestone at the end of November 2018, after DevCon4 in Prague. Constantinople is the latest Ethereum release, introduced through a hard fork, that will include five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs):Bitwise shifting instructions (EIP 145) in the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) allow for direct manipulation of bytes on the EVM layer. дальше »

2018-9-11 18:15


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Governance, Part 2: Plutocracy Is Still Bad

Coin holder voting, both for governance of technical features, and for more extensive use cases like deciding who runs validator nodes and who receives money from development bounty funds, is unfortunately continuing to be popular, and so it seems worthwhile for me to write another post explaining why I (and Vlad Zamfir and others) do not consider it wise for Ethereum (or really, any base-layer blockchain) to start adopting these kinds of mechanisms in a tightly coupled form in any significant way. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


Notes on Blockchain Governance

In which I argue that “tightly coupled” on-chain voting is overrated, the status quo of “informal governance” as practiced by Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Zcash and similar systems is much less bad than commonly thought, that people who think that the purpose of blockchains is to completely expunge soft mushy human intuitions and feelings in favor of completely algorithmic governance (emphasis on “completely”) are absolutely crazy, and loosely coupled voting as done by Carbonvotes and similar systems is underrated, as well as describe what framework should be used when thinking about blockchain governance in the first place. дальше »

2018-7-21 23:03


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PoWx Seeks to Change Bitcoin Mining with “Optical PoW”

Nonprofit organization PoWx has launched this week with the goal of boosting the idea behind proof of work (PoW) through more innovative algorithms. The company is seeking to decentralize Bitcoin mining and make it more accessible to consumers through a new technology that executives have dubbed “optical PoW” — a new type of hardware that utilizes a more advanced and energy-efficient form of laser technology as the cornerstone of mining. дальше »

2018-7-14 01:04