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Control over important internet services has shifted from open source to proprietary services operated by big tech. As a result, people got access to technology, but that shift also created serious problems.
Announcing an open source hardware competition to change how blocks (as in blockchain) are produced using far less energy. And on the way, finding a solution to move from proof of work to proof of stake.
Update: The content in the blog post below is no longer up to date. For more information please see our documentation. Many of today’s discussions around blockchain technology remind me of the classic Shimmer Floor Wax skit. According to Dan Aykroyd, Shimmer is a dessert topping. Gilda Radner claims that it is a floor…
Amidst the speculative boom for NFTs and crypto-currencies, one decentralized technology foundation is taking the long view by investing in deep history and the far future. Today, the Filecoin Foundation announced a 50,000 FIL grant to the Internet Archive - the largest single donation in the digital library’s 25-year…
Editor's Morning Note: Wrapping 2016, bitcoin is hitting new aggregate value highs. It's now worth more than Twitter. Bitcoin made waves this week by
Trail of Bits discovered and disclosed two vulnerabilities in the widely used elliptic JavaScript library that could allow signature forgery or prevent valid signature verification, with one vulnerability still unfixed after the 90-day disclosure window.
We are pleased to announce that btcd , our full-node bitcoind alternative written in Go, is finally ready for public testing!
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs.
You might be hearing a lot about post-quantum (PQ) cryptography lately, and it’s easy to wonder why it’s such a big deal when nobody has actually seen a quantum computer. But even if a quantum computer is never built, new PQ standards are safer, more resilient, and more flexible than their classical […]
Pax is using Ethereum to build a peer to peer legal system. The best way to explain Ethereum is by contrasting it with Bitcoin. What…
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New cryptocurrencies are emerging almost daily, and many interested parties are wondering whether central banks should issue their own versions. But what might central bank cryptocurrencies (CBCCs) look like and would they be useful?
An introduction on how to use the Zama Concrete open source TFHE compiler
The success of this plugin is due to the lack of a proper export function in the most popular browsers on the market, such as Chrome. Create a proof of a certain date of a web page thanks to Bitcoin
Bitcoin ATMs offer a convenient and friendly way for consumers to purchase cryptocurrencies. That ease of use can sometimes come at the expense of security. Kraken Security Labs has uncovered multiple hardware and software vulnerabilities in a commonly used cryptocurrency ATM: The General Bytes BATMtwo (GBBATM2)…
A starting point for developers interested in AP Elections API. Get real-time results of national, state and local elections, from poll close to certification.
Cloudflare announces the Private Beta of their Web3 gateways for Ethereum and IPFS. Unlocking the Metaverse, Web3, and Decentralized Finance for every developer.
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<strong>Update: We've released <a href="https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/releases/tag/v1.3.5">version 1.3.5</a> including networking hotfix for...
Continuing in our tradition of being a crypto currency trailblazer, we are now accepting DOGE payments for all services. We were the first ICANN registrar to accept Bitcoin... ...the first to accept Ethereum, ...the first to accept Litecoin and now ... DOGE. Remember who was there first, again. (and it…
