“We’ve been fucking up this mixnet idea for 39 years.” That’s how lead developer David Stainton introduced the mixing tech that powers Nym Technologies, a stealth anonymity startup that sports…
Continue ReadingHybrid blockchain platform Orbs has raised over $15 million in cryptocurrency with help from South Korean app provider Kakao. A Kakao representative told CoinDesk that its investment arm had joined…
Continue ReadingThe most-used ethereum software client has published code that includes an activation time for Constantinople, a proposed upgrade that, if enacted by users, would bring additional features and enhancements to…
Continue Reading“We don’t want to reinvent the wheel when building [ethereum] 2.0.” Speaking to the complementary efforts of developers working on two separate upgrades to the ethereum blockchain – one dubbed…
Continue ReadingMembers of ethereum’s open-source development team have reached agreement on an activation time for Constantinople, a proposed code change designed to give users the option to update the blockchain with…
Continue ReadingPayments giant Mastercard claims to have developed a new way of keeping cryptocurrency transactions private. According to a patent application published Thursday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the payments…
Continue ReadingSwiss Post and Swisscom have teamed up to build an infrastructure for blockchain applications on Hyperledger Fabric.
Continue ReadingA new centre for “crypto-anarchy” based in Slovakia is pushing for a return to what they believe are the technology’s core political tenets.
Continue ReadingGlobal tech giant Intel, known for its widely-used computer processors, has won a patent connected to its work in the area of cryptocurrency mining. On Tuesday, the U.S. Patent and…
Continue ReadingAn influx of research and development is beginning to form around ethereum 1x, a proposed upgrade that aims to more quickly improve the usability of the world’s third-largest blockchain. While…
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