One of the most popular cryptocurrencies for privacy protection, monero, celebrated five years of existence this week. Launched in April 2014, monero has, since its inception, been entirely crowdfunded. And in…
Continue ReadingTwo weeks from now, token-holders for the Aragon application will put the efficacy of its on-chain governance model to the test. The Aragon project, launched in 2016, is envisioned as…
Continue ReadingToken holders for the programmatic loan system MakerDAO have once again signaled support for raising fees through a now-weekly online poll. Starting tomorrow, the winning proposal from this poll will…
Continue ReadingThe average fees required to send a bitcoin transaction are on the rise again. After hovering steadily around the $0.50 mark over the last six months, data shows average fees…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced Monday that it has added “full” support for segregated witness (SegWit), an important bitcoin code change that paves the way for scaling improvements. While many bitcoin…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has launched a feature allowing users to custody their own crypto assets while trading. For the feature, KuCoin has integrated a new technology from Boston-based startup Arwen,…
Continue ReadingThe test network for the Algorand blockchain platform has been made publicly accessible, the company behind the project announced Tuesday. The proof-of-stake based Alogrand was first unveiled by MIT professor…
Continue ReadingHow often is too often to alter consensus? A group of ethereum’s veteran open-source developers discussed the subject in a bi-weekly meeting Friday, wherein they aired the possibility that system-wide upgrades, also…
Continue Reading“We’ve been working on zcash for about five years and I expect it will take five more before it reaches the level of flourishing that has been on our minds…
Continue ReadingInvestors who hold tokens in the programmatic lending protocol MakerDAO appear likely to approve a fifth fee increase that would further raise the cost of platform’s US dollar-backed stablecoin DAI. Since Monday,…
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