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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A Phone Call Could Change Ethereum's Future – And It's Happening Today

Tension is building ahead of an ethereum developer meeting, where a diverse set of stakeholders will be weighing in on contentious changes.

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Threats Fly As Fight Over Siacoin's Crypto Mining 'Kill Switch' Intensifies

A cryptocurrency community is devolving into infighting amid a controversy that has ensnared its creator and the founder of two of its key startups.

Feature Stage at Consensus 2022

Tech

The Code for an Anonymous Lightning Network is Now Live

A private version of the crypto protocol lightning network is headed to zcash, with the potential it could be added for other blockchains soon.

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Coders Renew Efforts to Fork Mining Giant Bitmain Off Siacoin Blockchain

Coders on a smaller cryptocurrency protocol are showing why expansion might not be so easy for Bitmain, a mining giant that's soon to file for an IPO.

vorrick, siacoin

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Code as a Weapon: Amir Taaki Wants You to Join the Real Crypto Revolution

Infamous developer Amir Taaki believes bitcoin's potential is exhausted, but he's not giving up the fight to change the world with cryptocurrency.

amir taaki

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Before the 'Bomb' Hits: Why the Race Is on to Alter Ethereum's Economics

At least six proposals have been recently put forth, all of which could change the economics of the ethereum blockchain if enacted.

burnt, charred, gears

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Monero-Style Privacy Is Ready for Ethereum – Who Will Implement It?

A new white paper contends that monero-style privacy can be implemented on ethereum without much work.

door, private

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Ethereum Is Testing Code for Its Next Hard Fork

Ethereum developers are already implementing code that's set to be activated in Constantinople, the network's next system-wide upgrade.

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Ethereum's Vision for Apps Is Only Growing Bolder

Popular Ponzi dapps aside, for ethereum developers, there's plenty of work being done to make legit dapps an integral part of web 3.0.

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The 'Dark DAO' Threat: Vote Vulnerability Could Undermine Crypto Elections

According to researchers at Cornell, blockchains utilizing on-chain voting – such as EOS and Tezos – are vulnerable to certain vote buying attacks.

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