When Blockchains Go Down: Why Crypto Outages Are on the Rise
It used to be that downtime was unheard of on blockchain networks. As new protocols and new trade-offs emerge, that's no longer the case.
View ArticleYou Won’t Have to Wait for This Ethereum Scaling Solution, It Works Now
Most ethereum scaling technologies are a far from completed, but OpenST says it's got a solution that's ready for the "here and now."
View ArticleEthereum Startup Parity Adds Casper Code to Custom Blockchain Toolbox
Parity Technologies has added an early version of ethereum's hotly anticipated Casper code change to its blockchain development platform, Substrate.
View ArticleProof-of-Stake Could Lead to Crypto Banking. Let’s Avoid That
"Staking as a service" is taking off. We need to think hard about what this means for crypto's evolution, warns Michael J. Casey.
View ArticlePantera, Coinbase Join $4.5 Million Round for Staking-as-a-Service Startup
Pantera Capital and Coinbase Ventures have joined a $4.5 million round for Staked, a firm that helps investors back proof-of-stake cryptos.
View ArticleCasperLabs Is Building a PoS Blockchain With Help from Ethereum’s Vlad Zamfir
A new blockchain startup was launched today called CasperLabs. Aiming to build a proof-of-stake blockchain based upon the seminal work of Ethereum Foundation researcher Vlad Zamfir, CasperLabs has...
View ArticleValidators Create New Attack Vectors for Decentralized Systems
Bounty0x CMO Pascal Thellman discusses some of the potential security and incentives issues with validators on proof-of-stake networks.
View ArticleA Blockchain to Connect All Blockchains, Cosmos Is Officially Live
A new proof-of-stake blockchain called the Cosmos Hub has just launched on mainnet.
View ArticleCoinbase Leads Wall Street to Brave New World of Crypto Staking
Coinbase Custody has launched staking services for institutional clients, starting with Tezos and touting 6.6 percent yields.
View ArticleTuring Award Winner’s Blockchain Opens Test Network to Public
The test network for the Algorand blockchain platform – co-founded by MIT professor Silvio Micali – has been opened to the public.
View ArticleStaking, Ethereum’s Mining Alternative, Will Be Profitable – But Barely
The new miners of ethereum 2.0 are expected to make a small but positive profit for creating new blocks and validating transactions on the network.
View ArticleBlockchain Project Thundercore Releases Code for ‘Pala’ Consensus Protocol
Blockchain provider platform ThunderCore announced the open-sourcing of a new consensus protocol called Pala.
View Article‘Phase Zero’ of a New Ethereum Blockchain Could Go Live Next January
Ethereum may begin transitioning to its next-generation, proof-of-stake blockchain model at the beginning of next year – pending more tests, that is.
View ArticleHyundai’s Token Company Partners With CasperLabs to Build a PoS Blockchain
HDAC, issuer of the Hyundai-DAC token, is working with CasperLabs to move from proof-of-work.
View ArticleThis Crypto Asset Doesn’t Exist Yet, But Soon You’ll Be Able to Stake It
Perlin's PERL cryptocurrency looks to make shipping easier, but could also democratize the proof-of-stake model.
View ArticleCrypto Custodian Bitgo Launches Staking for Dash, Algorand
Custodian service BitGo announced BitGo Staking, beginning with cryptocurrencies dash and algorand.
View ArticleFrom Cardano to Ethereum, 2020 Could Be Deciding Year for Proof-of-Stake
Two of the industry’s most hotly anticipated PoS networks are scheduled to (re)launch in Q1.
View ArticleCoinbase Will Now Reward Users for Holding This Cryptocurrency
Coinbase is for the first time allowing general users to earn rewards by simply holding cryptocurrency, starting with the Tezos (XTZ) token.
View ArticleHow to Turn a $17 Million ICO Into $104 Million: The Cosmos Story
The startups building Cosmos don't own it or rely solely on it for income. And that's the point.
View ArticleSwiss SIX Exchange Lists Tezos ETP With Staking Rewards
Amun AG has listed a Tezos (XTZ)-based exchange-traded product on the Swiss SIX exchange.
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