William Foxley

Multimedia Director, Compass Mining

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

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Tech

The Domain Startups Building an Uncensorable Internet on Top of Ethereum

Last weekend at ETHDenver, decentralized internet alternatives were on display from projects leveraging blockchain’s censorship-resistant nature.

Feb 21, 2020

ETHDenver 2020. Credit: Will Foxley for CoinDesk

Tech

WATCH: Vitalik Buterin Explains the New Tech Behind Eth 2.0

Where do things stand with the tech overhaul of the world’s second-largest blockchain? We asked Vitalik at ETHDenver.

Feb 20, 2020

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin speaks at ETHDenver 2020.

Tech

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the DeFi 'Flash Loan' Attack

Here's a plain-English breakdown of the bZx attacks and their broader implications for the budding DeFi markets.

Feb 19, 2020

As the name implies, flash loans are paid back quickly – in the same transaction in which they are taken out. (Image via NASA)

Tech

Exploit During ETHDenver Reveals Experimental Nature of Decentralized Finance

A $350,000 hack casts light on the problem of depending on single price oracles.

Feb 15, 2020

AFTER THE HACK: DeFi protocol bZx's booth sits empty at ETHDenver.

Policy

Governor: Colorado Startups Have Raised $50M in Venture Capital

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis joined CoinDesk at ETHDenver where he talked about the future of crypto regulation.

Feb 15, 2020

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis at ETHDenver (CoinDesk archives)

Tech

Torus Launches to Bring One-Click Login to Web 3.0

Torus, a key-management startup offering one-click logins for the decentralized web, launched out of beta Thursday with a handful of big-name hosting partners.

Feb 13, 2020

Torus CEO Zhen Yu Yong. (Photo courtesy of Torus)

Tech

SEC 'Safe Harbor' Proposal Lauded by Token Fans, DeFi Builders at 0x Conference

San Francisco's 0xpo conference offered the perfect venue for pondering the token "Safe Harbor" proposed by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce.

Feb 10, 2020

TOKEN CLARITY? Amir Bandeali, co-founder of 0x, speaks at the first 0xpo conference, one day after SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce dropped a proposed "safe harbor" for token projects. (Photo by Will Foxley for CoinDesk)

Tech

'95% Confidence': Ethereum Developers Pencil In July 2020 for Eth 2.0 Launch

Ethereum’s next system-wide upgrade, Eth 2.0, won’t launch in Q2 2020 as expected, but researchers remain confident the initial network parameters will deploy in 2020. Anything less would be considered a “failure,” they said.

Feb 6, 2020

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk archives)

Tech

Zcash's Funding Vote and the Woes of Decentralized Governance

The zcash community has agreed to continue funding the development of its privacy coin after a months-long – and often contentious – campaign to address imminent funding losses.

Feb 1, 2020

Zcash co-founder Zooko Wilcox (right) speaks at ETHDenver 2019.

Finance

Bitcoin Startup Casa Names New CEO as Node Service Goes Open-Source

Bitcoin startup Casa is charging into 2020 with a new look – by winding down its hardware product and shuffling its front office.

Jan 31, 2020

Casa CTO Jameson Lopp (right) speaks at Consensus 2019.