Untangling Bitcoin: Why Russell Yanofsky Is Taking Apart Crypto’s Oldest Code
One developer is quietly working on splitting up bitcoin's codebase – an effort aimed to give users more flexibility and developers more clarity.
One developer is quietly working on splitting up bitcoin's codebase – an effort aimed to give users more flexibility and developers more clarity.
The upcoming "Byzantium" hard fork of ethereum will usher in new cryptographic procedures that should eventually pave the way for increased privacy.
The planned roll-out date for ethereum's "Byzantium" network upgrade is being postponed to October 17.
The developers behind a bitcoin privacy solution called Dandelion have unveiled a new roadmap that addresses previously discovered code issues.
Ethereum's answer to bitcoin's Lightning Network will have one notable difference – a publicly traded token to be sold in a Dutch auction in October.
The lawyer who asked a Nebraska state ethics board about accepting bitcoin says his practice will soon begin taking the cryptocurrency.
A new audit of the complex and controversial zcash key generation ceremony has found any serious security compromises were unlikely.
Urbit, the galactically inspired network of cloud servers, has announced plans to rebuild its infrastructure based on ethereum tech.
A Chinese government-backed IT research body has launched a new research lab in order to support the development of blockchain technology in China.
The developers behind Raiden Network have launched an early, simplified version of the scaling solution on the ethereum test network.
Bitcoin Core's latest software includes optimizations designed to boost SegWit, a scaling upgrade that's still slowly rolling out across the network.
Part of a zcash transaction was verified on an ethereum testnet amidst testing for the upcoming Byzantium upgrade.
The testing of a forthcoming ethereum upgrade is now underway, with the process expected to last up to three weeks.
BitTorrent developer Bram Cohen has published a white paper setting out an eco-friendly alternative to bitcoin's proof-of-work process.
The chaos of bitcoin's scaling debate has pushed other public protocol's consensus mechanisms into a more strict and orderly framework.
Researchers at RMIT speculate on the potential impact of blockchain technology, theorizing it could undo centuries of business thinking.
A new version of Geth, a command-line interface for running ethereum nodes, includes changes that could see the software running at far higher speeds.
Two formerly cautious blockchain collaborators are rekindling their relationship with an effort that could result in new Hyperledger consortium code.
The ethereum scaling solution Raiden has reached a notable milestone in a launch designed for early testing and developer feedback.
Privacy-oriented Zcash is getting a speed boost with researchers investing a faster elliptic curve for generating zk-SNARKs transactions.
The price of ether continues to struggle following news the world's largest market will no longer support perhaps the platform's biggest use case.
Ethereum's ERC-20 standard – which sets the rules for token issuances – has been finalized after being introduced in 2015.
Blockstream co-founder Mark Friedenbach is breathing new life into bitcoin smart contracts with his MAST proposal.
A new proposal for optimizing bitcoin's Lightning Network suggests off-chain micropayments could become even more scalable than conceived.
Ethereum's next big upgrade is approaching – but how soon and just what will it entail? To the question, there are shifting answers.
IOTA's price has tanked since an MIT researcher revealed that code vulnerabilities had led to a patch for the widely-touted cryptocurrency.
Ethereum is inching closer to its 'Metropolis' upgrade, announcing today the date for the launch of a new testnet.
The date of a planned hard fork of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency monero has been brought forward by an increase in its hashrate.
Could the same mechanisms used in the Lightning Network have the unintended benefit of also decentralizing mining?
Filecoin's initial coin offering has ended, raising more than $257 million over a weeks-long token sale.