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High Stakes: Ethereum's Fight Over Lost Funds Explained

Ethereum is facing what might be its biggest tech crisis in some time, with developers split over whether software changes should recover lost funds.

Por Noelle Acheson22 feb 2018

A group calling itself the "Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians" is seeking to change how the world's second most valuable blockchain makes decisions.

Bitcoin devs have released the first paper on the Schnorr multi-signature protocol, which, if implemented, would increase bitcoin block sizes.

Por Nikhilesh De18 ene 2018

Cryptocurrencies emerged as a leading tech in 2017, but 2018 may find them merging with other technologies to become even more ubiquitous.

Day one of Scaling Bitcoin 2017 presented a change of pace for an event that grew out of the network's technical contention.

Por Pete Rizzo5 nov 2017

A soon-to-be-launched cryptocurrency based on an acclaimed white paper is considering a novel strategy for future blockchain upgrades.

A new white paper, co-authored by ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, seeks to tackle challenges in the fast-moving market for initial coin offerings.

The upcoming "Byzantium" hard fork of ethereum will usher in new cryptographic procedures that should eventually pave the way for increased privacy.

Ethereum's next big upgrade is approaching – but how soon and just what will it entail? To the question, there are shifting answers.