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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


STARKs, Part I: Proofs with Polynomials

Special thanks to Eli Ben-Sasson for ongoing help, explanations and review, coming up with some of the examples used in this post, and most crucially of all inventing a lot of this stuff; thanks to Hsiao-wei Wang for reviewing Hopefully many people by now have heard of ZK-SNARKs, the general-purpose succinct zero knowledge proof technology that can be used for all sorts of usecases ranging from verifiable computation to privacy-preserving cryptocurrency. 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


Huobi Partners Will Have The Ability To Develop Digital Asset Exchanges Rapidly

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi which is in Singapore launched its Cloud businessarm, which will allow associates to develop digital asset exchanges rapidly. Huobi Cloud depends on Huobi’s existing exchange platforms to offer solutions of putting together over-the-counter (OTC) exchanges and cryptocurrency exchanges for partners who have little to no IT abilties. дальше »

2018-7-20 17:30


“Big 4” Auditors Deloitte, EY, KPMG & PwC To Test Blockchain Financial Reporting Platform

“Big Four” Auditors To Test Blockchain Platform For Financial Reporting The biggest four auditing firms of the world, Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC, are getting together with 20 banks in Taiwan to trial a new service that will use the blockchain technology to make auditing for public companies and their reports. The main reason why the […] дальше »

2018-7-19 20:47


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Op Ed: Addressing the Threat of Cryptomining Malware

One major class of attacks to hit the hacking landscape recently is cryptomining. While cryptomining on its own supports a good cause when being done consciously, it also allows nefarious actors to make a lot of money fast, and, with the sheer number of cryptocurrencies available to mine, it is becoming a popular choice for attackers. дальше »

2018-7-18 23:18


IBM and Columbia University are tag-teaming the blockchain

IBM are showing no signs of slowing its rampage across the blockchain sector: now teaming up with prestigious Columbia University to solidify its role in the industry. Inventively named the Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency, the partnership is looking to leverage Columbia’s academic and scientific networks to further develop blockchain technology. дальше »

2018-7-17 18:13


BX.BET ICO

BX is a blockchain-based betting and prediction market ecosystem, designed to change the way the world bets. With BX, we are creating a decentralized betting exchange without a middleman and centralized structures, that has the ability to disrupt and redefine the traditional betting industry by offering its users a unique and enhanced experience. дальше »

2018-7-16 21:37


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ConsenSys Is Bringing Together Blockchain Enthusiasts from over 50 Countries

ConsenSys has been building a global network of technology experts and entrepreneurs who are developing products for a decentralized world. The Brooklyn based blockchain software company was founded by Joseph Lubin in October 2014 and has since expanded its operations to several other countries with offices in London, Dublin, and Paris. дальше »

2018-7-17 21:00


Elm And IBM To Work Together To Deploy Blockchain Solutions In Riyadh

Saudi company Elm is going into a partnership with IBM to facilitate the implementation of blockchain in Riyadh municipality. ITP.net, a Dubai-based news agency reported on Wednesday that Riyadh municipality would be going into a partnership with US technology Giant IBM to enable the implementation of the blockchain technology in payment and government services. Riyadh […] дальше »

2018-7-13 18:43


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Bitcoin price statistics manipulated by Tether in 2017

In practice, just as Bitcoin, all the Tether transaction chain or ledger is public and can be accessed through https://www.omniexplorer.info. In the following plot I show the Tether printing events (gray vertical bars) corresponding from March 2017 to July 2018, together with the cumulative printed Tether in red, the Bitcoin price evolution and the Bitfinex/Tether дальше »

2018-7-13 06:19


OpenLedger Becomes Advisory Partner To genEOS Blockchain Enterprise Project

It has been announced that the OpenLedger is going to work together with the genEOS on a blockchain 4.0 project. genEOS will be receiving Open Ledger ApS (OpenLedger ApS offers the startup a platform to provide the range of support and services for planning and executing an ICO). genEOS team has expertise in developing blockchain […] дальше »

2018-7-12 11:20