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Blockchain Coders Win Grant to Fix Smart Contracts With 'Legalese'

Blockchain startup Legalese has won a grant to develop a smart contracts programming language.

A senior trade finance executive for JPMorgan Chase has offered details on the bank’s work with blockchain technology.

By Stan HigginsJul 12, 2016

A conference series started in the wake of bitcoin's ongoing block size debate will see a third installment in 2016.

By Pete RizzoJul 11, 2016

A recent note from the University College London’s blockchain research center explores the fair cost of bitcoin mining.

By Stan HigginsJul 8, 2016

The US Department of Health and Human Services is soliciting research papers related to blockchain applications in healthcare and health research.

By Stan HigginsJul 6, 2016

A recent W3C event saw the wider blockchain community coming together to discuss standards in an increasingly fragmented market.

The volunteer community that develops the code for bitcoin’s software has entered a new phase of testing for Segregated Witness.

By Stan HigginsJun 30, 2016

Ethereum entrepreneur Daniel Cawrey discusses the recent demise of The DAO and how that impacts the future of smart contracts.

By Daniel CawreyJun 29, 2016

The developers of an effort to create a distributed network of servers called Urbit is hoping to help make it easier for users to run bitcoin nodes.

By Stan HigginsJun 29, 2016

German engineering giant Siemens plans to invest in blockchain startups and projects through a newly created business unit backed by $1.1bn.

By Stan HigginsJun 28, 2016