Rachel-Rose O'Leary

Rachel-Rose O'Leary is a coder and writer at Dark Renaissance Technologies. She was lead tech writer for CoinDesk 2017-2018, covering privacy tech and Ethereum. She has a background in digital art and philosophy, and has been writing about crypto since 2015.

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How to Send Bitcoin on Lightning (The Early, Risky Way)

Using bitcoin's lightning network can be dangerous – but it could also help propel the cryptocurrency toward its next growth stage.

Flare Network's Spark token appears to be coming to Coinbase.

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Musicians Turned Miners? How a DJ Is Disrupting Spotify With Blockchain

DJ Gareth Emery has no problem selling out shows. Will he have the same success launching an ICO for his new crypto asset?

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Ethereum Devs Call for Public Debate on Fund Recovery

A controversial proposal that would seek to alter how ethereum's developers approach software changes saw debate at a meeting Friday.

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Ethereum Users Are Losing Money and Devs Don't Quite Know What to Do

Ethereum's developers are once again grappling with the issue of how to solve major fund losses on the world's second-largest blockchain.

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Why Crypto Is Spreading Up the Dublin Coast

The crypto landscape in Dublin has changed rapidly, and with an enthusiasm perhaps disproportionate to the city's scale.

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Part One of Ethereum's Sharding Roadmap Is Nearly Done

Ethereum is getting closer to deploying new technology that would allow the network to scale, its founder Vitalik Buterin said. 

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Lightning Has a Problem: People Are Already Using It

Early use of the Lightning Network is catching bugs, but developers are concerned that it could also slow down the building of bitcoin's second layer.

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MakerDAO and More: The Quest for a Stable Stablecoin Continues

Even with a tumultuous past and harsh critics, stablecoin projects keep popping up, aiming to relieve some of the volatility in the crypto markets.

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Blockchain Bloat: How Ethereum Is Tackling Storage Issues

With long-term fixes like sharding a ways off, ethereum developers are making the software run more efficiently to ease growing storage requirements.

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White Paper Published for Blockchain Privacy Tech Zk-starks

The highly-anticipated white paper for zk-starks, which does away with the so-called trusted setup made famous by zcash, is out.

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