Proof-of-Stake


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The Creator of Proof-of-Stake Thinks He Finally Figured It Out

Pseudonymous developer Sunny King, the creator of proof-of-stake, has a new approach for the consensus mechanism – and it revolves around hardware.

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A Small Crypto Coin Is Making Big Claims About a Private Proof-of-Stake

Even though it's yet to gain much notoriety, token project Spectre is innovating in a trending area – private staking for proof-of-stake blockchains.

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A $3.3 Billion Claim: Has Cardano's Blockchain 'Solved' Proof-of-Stake?

Charles Hoskinson explains cardano's iterative approach to security, and how its interaction with academic gives it an advantage over other designs.

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Testing for Ethereum's Coming Consensus Change Is Moving Ahead

Less than a year since Casper was formalized, ethereum clients are starting to test a smart contract for the network's big consensus change.

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The Economics of Ethereum’s Coming Consensus Change Are Taking Shape

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has issued new details on his vision for proof-of-stake, ethereum's coming consensus change.

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Startup Raises $3 Million to Build 'Proof-of-Space-Time' Blockchains

Spacemesh's "proof-of-space-time" (PoST) consensus protocol hopes to do away with mining pools and expensive GPU or ASIC-based miners.

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Ethereum Could Soon Launch Its First Casper Testnet

An experimental consensus algorithm that's long been proposed as a pillar of the ethereum protocol could soon see its first testing.

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Shifting and Changing: Ethereum's Casper Code Takes Shape

A key component of ethereum's future vision is taking shape, with the project's two lead developers trading theories on its design.

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Devcon3 Preview: 6 Talks to Watch At Ethereum's Developer Summit

Can't make it to ethereum's annual Devcon summit? Catch the livestream and tune in for CoinDesk's six talks to watch.

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Staking Sidechains? New Paper Proposes Twist on Bitcoin Tech

A new proposal considers how bitcoin sidechains might be secured using a system similar to those being discussed in experimental proof-of-stake models.

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