One of Ethereum’s Earliest Smart Contract Languages Is Headed for Retirement
One of the oldest ethereum smart contracting languages is showing signs of age – and it may point to underlying weaknesses in the token economy.
One of the oldest ethereum smart contracting languages is showing signs of age – and it may point to underlying weaknesses in the token economy.
Missed Tuesday's bitcoin fork? CoinDesk recaps the day's events, outlining how a band of miners broke off of bitcoin to create a new network.
A controversial bitcoin spinoff called Bitcoin Cash has officially broken off from the main network, forging ahead with its own blockchain.
A planned split of the bitcoin blockchain began on schedule on Tuesday, but at press time, no new blockchain had been created as a result.
Bitcoin's UASF activated last night to little fanfare, as the contentious code change was largely mitigated in impact.
CoinDesk's Alyssa Hertig looks at the varied industry reactions to Bitcoin Cash, a variant of bitcoin said to be launching today.
CoinDesk compiles its feature articles and explainers on Bitcoin Cash ahead of its expected fork on Tuesday.
Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash? Here's the step by step of what's likely about to happen to the bitcoin blockchain.
The bitcoin blockchain is expected to fork on Tuesday, but what does that mean for bitcoin users?
The research arm of Japanese IT firm Fujitsu has unveiled new technology it developed for the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain project.
A deep dive into claims that it's safe to remove bitcoin's block size limit and instead rely on existing "simplified payment verification" methods.
A controversial mining pool arguably at the center of bitcoin's upcoming Bitcoin Cash fork is opening up about its position and global perception.
How can miners block bitcoin changes? CoinDesk takes a look at how the network upgrades and the role these parties play.
Chip maker AMD has seen its sales buoyed in recent months by big demand for graphics cards by cryptocurrency miners.
A milestone has been hit in the potential activation of Segregated Witness, code that would upgrade the network's capacity.
CoinDesk takes a look at new developments in the Mt Gox case, attempting to provide an easy-to-read overview of the complex events.
A group of miners unhappy with scaling proposal Segwit2x have created Bitcoin Cash, an alternative that could fork the bitcoin network on Aug. 1.
How far away is bitcoin from a capacity upgrade? While technical progress is being made, things are far from set in stone.
The creative coder behind a clever way to enact SegWit doesn't believe a new proposal for the network is in its best interest.
Perhaps no coder is more at the center of bitcoin's raging scaling debate than Jeff Garzik – here he talks about the network's future.
Cato Institute's Jim Harper argues that, since the scaling debate is so political, the community has something to learn from Washington, D.C.
BIP 91 has locked in. Before you celebrate, here's what you need to know about what's happening with bitcoin's code.
With a number of developer proposals set to collide in the coming days, exchanges are issuing policy updates for bitcoin users.
New research has provided a rare academic lens to the conversation on how to best scale bitcoin's technology for more users.
Feeling lost in the bitcoin scaling discussion? CoinDesk provides a selection of must-read content to quickly bring you up to speed.
A bitcoin scaling proposal is close to enact the Segregated Witness upgrade as step one of its larger roadmap.
With bitcoin poised for a number of possible code changes this summer, CoinDesk offers a visual guide to potential paths forward.
Daimler AG's blockchain-based "Schuldschein" bond signals the first step in a much larger plan to explore the technology.
CoinDesk gives a broad overview of BIP 91, a code proposal that could prove integral to bitcoin's upcoming scaling upgrade.
A popular bitcoin developer conference is set to hold its fourth installment at a famed California university in November.