Ethereum could become the first public blockchain on Hyperledger – if the open-source consortium’s technical steering committee approves a proposal to adopt the ConsenSys-backed Pantheon project. Pantheon is a suite of ethereum-based services built by PegaSys, a 50-strong engineering team…
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Token Startup Founder Took Steps to Sue Lubin, ConsenSys for $13 Million
Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin could soon be sued by a former employee, according to court documents filed in New York. Harrison Hines, former head of Token Foundry at Lubin’s Brooklyn-based venture studio ConsenSys, began the process of filing a legal…
ConsenSys Picks Latest 10 Blockchain Startups for Accelerator Program
ConsenSys Ventures, the investment arm of ethereum development studio ConsenSys, has selected 10 blockchain startups for the second cohort of its accelerator program Tachyon. Announcing the news on Monday, ConsenSys Ventures said that the selected startups for the Tachyon 2.0…
Azure Integration Opens Blockchain Firm Kaleido to 80% of Cloud Market
Kaleido’s software-as-a-service blockchain solution now works on Microsoft Azure as well as Amazon Web Services (AWS). According to an analysis by Keybanc reported by CNBC, that now gives Kaleido clients access to more than 80 percent of cloud infrastructure clients,…
Employees Say Startup Civil Hyped Crypto Returns, But Failed to Pay
Civil was supposed to create a more transparent and democratic model for journalism. But so far, journalists working on its platform have yet to receive all of the compensation they say they were promised when hired. According to several current…
Proof of Use? Civil Believes This ICO Model Lets It Sell Anyone Tokens Legally
Civil, the blockchain startup looking to disrupt media, will be offering its crypto token to investors of all kinds – both accredited and unaccredited – next week. As a spoke of ConsenSys, the ethereum startup incubator and business all its…
With Journalists on Ethereum, Will Fake News Meet Its Match?
Before discussing the launch of a blockchain platform for newsrooms, there was one thing I had to clear up with the Matt Coolidge, co-founder and communication lead at the Civil Media Company: was he planning to put me out of a…
In the Scramble to Fix Digital Identity, uPort Is a Project to Watch
Talk to any three blockchain entrepreneurs, and at least one of them will pitch a way for internet users to own their own data. Recent privacy debacles at Yahoo, Equifax and Facebook have driven home the realization that anyone with…
‘Utility’ No More? ConsenSys Pitches ‘Consumer Token’ Label
The Brooklyn Project – the token regulation initiative headed by ethereum startup ConsenSys – wants to dispense with the concept of “utility tokens” in favor of what it calls “consumer tokens.” The Project discussed its intention to shift the discourse…
Crypto Kings (Infographic)
It seems like that cryptocurrencies are the greatest craze of the last decade. When Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the concept for the Bitcoin in 2009, many considered it an unrealistic concept. The skepticism that was spread around held many from making…