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.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted the proof-of-concept for adding sharding to ethereum's current mainnet.
Defending cryptocurrencies against the centralizing forces of ASIC mining chips requires more than coding fixes; human governance is also critical.
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.
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.
Five firms across Europe and Asia plan to adopt Ripple's xVia protocol to bring their payments services to emerging markets.
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.
Giving up full decentralization could solve many of blockchain's existing problems, says Yao Qian, research director at China's central bank.
Parity Technologies has said it has no plans to move forward with a code change that would result in an ethereum blockchain split.
17 million done, four million to go.
A pair recently-published bugs allow an attacker to create an inordinate number of ERC-20 tokens
Canadian government-backed Blockchain Research Institute announced the addition of 12 new members today, including cloud computing company Salesforce.
Parity is set on implementing their new proposal to recover frozen funds, and ethereum devs are worried there's nothing to stop a blockchain split.
Snoop Dogg will perform at Ripple's Community Night during this year's Blockchain Week in May.
A proposal up for consideration on the ethereum classic blockchain could open the $2 billion network to a controversial type of mining hardware.
Verge may have burst onto the crypto scene seemingly overnight, spurred by a deal with a top porn site, but its history and controversies run deep.
The ethereum network's transition to proof-of-stake is getting closer to reality, beginning with a hybrid system that could soon begin testing.
The 450-plus member Enterprise Ethereum Alliance is set to release its common blockchain standards for business users before the end of 2018.
The Batavia blockchain trade finance platform has completed a pilot that conducted live cross-border transactions involving corporate clients.
Researchers have unveiled a new ethereum scaling project with a focus on security, and even Vitalik Buterin wants to see it grow and succeed.
A new proposal for unfreezing millions in ether is easier to swallow since it's focused specifically on Parity, but it's still causing a stir.
A new proposal explores the combination of the lightning network and NFC to move the layer-two bitcoin tech forward.
Decentralized protocol 0x has raised $775,000 through a SAFT sale last year.
CoinDesk examines the arguments for and against a proposal that would limit the total number of ether that could ever be issued.
One of the largest crypto assets has been under fire for its technical decisions, with some developers even branding IOTA the coin they love to hate.
The zcash community has finished its Power of Tau ceremony in anticipation of the Sapling hard fork, which will occur later this year.
The arrival of more powerful mining hardware is splitting sentiment in major cryptocurrencies, with users taking sides over how best to respond.
Protocol Labs, the company behind Filecoin and other projects, has announced a research grant program worth $5 million initially.
It's time to get rid of your bitcoin "dust," some developers argue. CoinDesk explains why.
Ledger hardware wallet users are still unable to access their bitcoin cash.
A long-awaited ICO project for allowing people to get paid for their extra CPU power launched on ethereum's mainnet today.