$35 Million Refund? Developer Appeals to Ethereum for Hack Reversal
An early ethereum developer is speaking out about why he feels a platform-wide software upgrade should be used to help him recover lost funds.
An early ethereum developer is speaking out about why he feels a platform-wide software upgrade should be used to help him recover lost funds.
Universities in China are joining the country's private sector in an effort to patent blockchain solutions, new filings reveal.
The man credited with completing the first bitcoin transaction for a real-world good has replicated his historic test with experimental tech.
The Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 update has been officially released, introducing full support for the SegWit wallet and user interfaces.
As the reality of faster, cheaper bitcoin payments approaches via the Lighting Network, concerns are spreading about the privacy it will offer.
A conference in Miami played host to evidence of a growing schism in the crypto community between passionate developers and fly-by-night traders.
During an ethereum core developer meeting Friday, Vitalik Buterin argued the protocol's governance isn't functioning poorly, it's just misunderstood.
Ethereum is facing what might be its biggest tech crisis in some time, with developers split over whether software changes should recover lost funds.
Bank of China has filed a patent application for a process it says is better able to scale blockchain systems.
Not so long ago bitcoin's transaction fees were over $20, but now they're down to around $3 again. CoinDesk explores why.
Bitcoin Core developer Jimmy reveals Platypus Labs, a project at Blockchain Capital to provide fellowships and more to support bitcoin development.
With all eyes on the Lightning Network, bitcoin developer Laolu is working on a technology which takes fraud watching off the hands of users.
Ripple, the startup behind the world's third-largest cryptocurrency, has released two white papers that it hopes will move the technology forward.
Only a week. That's how long Crypto All Stars, an ethereum-based collectable game modeled off CryptoKitties, lasted once founder in-fighting started.
A month after ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin proposed a new twist on the ICO funding model, a Russian video game firm is putting it into practice.
Venezuela's government has reportedly launched the pre-sale of its controversial "petro" cryptocurrency, saying 82.4 million tokens are now available.
An upcoming Bitcoin Core software release is finally making it easier to use a code change called SegWit in the software's standard wallet.
What makes a nocoiner a nocoiner is not simply the absence of cryptocurrency from his investment portfolio, but his sanctimonious attitude about it.
Years after it was written off as a joke, dogecoin continues to prove useful, this time factoring into a major ethereum test.
Instead, we may have something that does what a blockchain does, only faster, cheaper and scalable. It'll look more like a graph than a linear chain.
CryptoKitties may be the best-known ethereum app, but other games are fast winning users and registering notable volumes for expensive collectables.
Community members have taken to Github to express their discontent over a controversial proposal for lost fund recovery.
A group of notable ethereum startups are partnering to create a new financial fund designed to boost the blockchain's ecosystem.
Litecoin cash, that's like bitcoin cash, right? As always in crypto, branding might be deceiving when it comes to a new upstart project.
A number of Coinbase users report unauthorized charges to their bank accounts, in some cases draining funds and leaving them with overdraft fees.
Ethereum dev Yoichi Hirai has resigned as GitHub editor, airing concerns that a contentious proposal may be in violation of Japanese law.
A spate of major cryptocurrencies are looking to lightning network-like systems as part of an effort to scale their platforms for more transactions.
A group calling itself the "Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians" is seeking to change how the world's second most valuable blockchain makes decisions.
John Perry Barlow fought for an open internet. Late in life, he cautioned blockchain innovators that the technology could be liberating or oppressive.
Using bitcoin's lightning network can be dangerous – but it could also help propel the cryptocurrency toward its next growth stage.