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Inside Bank of America's New Microsoft-Powered Blockchain Project

The inside story of how Microsoft and Bank of America worked together to build a blockchain prototype for trade finance.

CoinDesk spotlights the factors driving ethereum's coding community to embrace the concept of formal verification for smart contracts.

By Pete RizzoSep 28, 2016

A controversial bitcoin alternative that offers owners and miners a choice of block size may be making a comeback.

By Alyssa HertigSep 25, 2016

Lead developer of Drop Zone Chris DeRose argues that ICOs are little more than rebranded altcoins and come with similar risks.

By Chris DeRoseSep 25, 2016

Winter is coming... So does it make sense to use bitcoin miners to subsidise your heating costs? CoinDesk investigates.

By Jacob DonnellySep 24, 2016

There’s a patent land grab developing that could potentially make doing business more challenging for blockchain startups.

By Bailey ReutzelSep 24, 2016

At Devcon2, the Ethereum community's strengths and limitations were on display.

By Pete RizzoSep 22, 2016

Blockchain startup Symbiont has demonstrated a self-executing catastrophe swap smart contract on a platform designed for a wide-range of industries.

Two legal experts argue that we need enhanced due diligence before smart contract transactions are written in "blockchain stone".

David Treat, managing director and head of Accenture's capital markets blockchain practice, opines on the difficulties of immutability.

By David TreatSep 20, 2016

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