It was news that was perhaps too strange for crypto’s typically divided reactions. First revealed Wednesday, the Litecoin Foundation, the non-profit that develops the software that powers the sixth-largest cryptocurrency, bought a stake in a very real, non-crypto bank. The move was…
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Overwinter Ahead: What Should Happen When Zcash’s First Hard Fork Hits
Privacy-oriented cryptocurrency zcash is about to undergo its first-ever hard fork. Called “Overwinter,” the update requires all users of the nearly $800 million blockchain to switch to a new software. But while these kinds of system-wide changes can be high-risk…
How to Watch the EOS Blockchain Launch
Block.One is giving away its $4 billion code this weekend and it’s anyone’s guess what will happen next. As profiled by CoinDesk, EOS is set to launch sometime soon, though the company that built its code is going out of its…
Crypto Candy? Expect Free Giveaways When the EOS Blockchain Launches
It turns out, owning EOS could be a 17-for-one offer for anyone who’s in before the launch. That’s because, once live, it won’t just be the cryptocurrency that powers the EOS software that’s available to the market (see our full guide…
Bitcoin Cash Fork Leaves Users Behind, But Does It Matter?
Bitcoin cash now has 32 MB blocks and smart contracts. The controversial hard fork of bitcoin hard forked again several days ago in an effort to add new functionality to the cryptocurrency protocol and further differentiate it from its predecessor.…
The Anti-Petro? Zcash Is Throwing Venezuelans a Lifeline
Zooko Wilcox received his first plea for help from someone in Venezuela a few months ago. The founder and CEO of the Zerocoin Electric Coin Company (ZECC) had been closely following what he describes as “a humanitarian crisis of the…
Inside Polkadot’s Radical Plan for Governing a Blockchain of Blockchains
Who has the authority to change a public blockchain? It’s a question that has been in the minds of top cryptocurrency developers as the many available networks struggle to serve their diverse, often conflicting stakeholders. But that’s not to say…
The New Ways to Save Crypto from a Post-Quantum World
What if a key piece of cryptography underpinning bitcoin fell apart? That might sound like science fiction (or even FUD – fear, uncertainty and doubt) to many a cryptocurrency enthusiast, yet hardly a day goes by without some breakthrough in…
In 10 Years We Won’t Have Blockchains
Will Murphy is the vice president for blockchain at of Talla.com, the company behind Botchain, a blockchain for managing autonomous intelligent agents. I predict that in 10 years blockchain technology will improve to a level that calling it “blockchain” will no longer…