Do Crypto-Token Sales Make Sense for Open-Source Projects?
Investor Nick Tomaino discusses how open-source developers have been incentivized historically – and how blockchain tokens could come to play a role.
Investor Nick Tomaino discusses how open-source developers have been incentivized historically – and how blockchain tokens could come to play a role.
Microsoft is organizing a working group dedicated to improving the security of smart contracts.
The Bank of Canada has published a new staff working paper on the valuation of digital currencies like bitcoin.
Samsung SDS, an IT affiliate of the South Korean electronics giant, is one of 17 new members to join the Hyperledger Project.
The US government's Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has announced the winners of a blockchain research paper contest.
A new proposal could make it easier for bitcoin exchanges to guard against hacks, but key challenges around enacting the change are slowing advances.
Do events like The DAO collapse prove blockchains need formal governance? Blockchain analyst Josh Stark argues that it's too early to tell.
Should code be law? In this opinion piece, Lukas Abegg argues there are many scientific hurdles to cross before this is likely to be possible.
One ambitious bitcoin company is seeking to make mining a hobbyist activity again.
CoinDesk explores how the ethereum hard fork affected sentiment regarding bitcoin's long-raging block size debate.
One of ethereum's best-known wallets released new updates today, though one drew outsized attention and provoked discussion.
A type of anonymous bitcoin transaction that privacy enthusiasts have been awaiting for years has finally been tested successfully.
An anonymous cryptographer named after Harry Potter’s archenemy has put forth a proposal experts believe could help solve major issues facing bitcoin.
In an effort to build a standard for IoT, Chronicled is open sourcing a tool for registering connected devices on the ethereum blockchain.
Litecoin prices rose nearly 10% today as word the digital currency would be listed on Coinbase's GDAX exchange spread among traders.
A federally funded research laboratory run by a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin is developing a bitcoin analytics tool for the US government.
It's been a month since the ethereum hard fork moved $150m worth of DAO ether into a withdraw-only account. Today, $25m is still unclaimed.
Guest contributor Alex Millar examines bitcoin through the lens of scientific law in an attempt to show that money is energy.
The Bank of England is on the hunt for an economist to spearhead its research into a central bank-issued digital currency.
A forthcoming bitcoin software update will be the first to feature preliminary code for a future scaling upgrade.
A new post to the Bitcoin.org website indicates its contributors have reason to believe it may soon be targeted by malicious actors.
A new prediction market is set to go live on the ethereum network this week.
In this Op-Ed, investor Jacob Eliosoff argues that the ethereum community needs to rally around one blockchain.
CoinDesk profiles ongoing developments at business blockchain consortium Hyperledger and its collaborative effort to launch an open-source tool.
A preliminary sale that would find bitcoin mining firm KnCMiner continuing under new ownership has been approved.
Bitcoin startup Blockstream has announced a slew of new hires that serve to further boost the firm’s already impressive development team.
In this piece, CoinDesk explores Steemit, a social media blockchain that rewards users for creating and voting on content.
The Linux Foundation-led Hyperledger blockchain project will soon elect a new technical steering committee (TSC) and TSC chairperson.
An MIT Media Lab research affiliate believes that by using the blockchain to distribute information, robots could solve problems more efficiently.
The DAO hacker may walk away with millions in spite of efforts by the ethereum community to prevent this outcome.
