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UNICEF Invites Gamers to Mine on Ethereum’s Blockchain for Syrian Fundraiser

February 6, 2018 by Akshay Makadiya at Ethereum, Finance, Mining, News

UNICEF, a United Nations program, has initiated a charity project; Game Chaingers, that aims to raise funds by mining Ethereum. UNICEF is a humanitarian and development program with a focus on assisting children and mothers in developing countries. The money raised from Game Chaingers project will be aiding children in...

Vitalik Buterin Donates $2.4 Million Towards Cure For Aging

February 3, 2018 by Robert DeVoe at Ethereum, Finance, News, Tech

Vitalik Buterin, famed co-creator of the increasingly popular Ethereum cryptocurrency platform has donated $2.4 million to the SENS Foundation. The foundation is responsible for the research of methods and techniques to help cure the diseases of aging. The organization is led by charismatic bearded leader Aubrey de Grey, who has...

Hacker Dupes Experty Subscribers to the Tune of $150,000 in Ethereum

February 2, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Commentary, Ethereum, News

Reports alleging a hack involving the Experty initial coin offering (ICO) in which hackers made off with an excess of $150,000 are now surfacing. Successful Phishing Attempt The hacker successfully managed to trick people into sending ether funds to a wrong address. Users that had signed up for notifications related...

GivETH’s Solution for Ethereum Scalability

January 29, 2018 by Gil Davis at Blockchain, Commentary, Ethereum, News

The crypto-scene is growing at an extraordinary rate. It’s hard to argue that fact. Whether it will outdo fiat currencies or if the whole thing is a big bubble is a whole different topic, but it is growing quickly. Bitcoin, obviously, spiked to insane levels in 2017 but just behind...

Canadian Government Looks to Ethereum’s Blockchain to Improve Transparency

January 22, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Blockchain, Ethereum, News

The Government of Canada has announced that it will trial and explore the use of blockchain technology to improve transparency in the areas of government grants and funding. These trials are being conducted by the National Research Council of Canada through its Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP). The prototype will...

Cornell Research: Bitcoin Block Size Can Increase by 1.7x and Maintain Decentralization

January 19, 2018 by Joseph Young at Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, News, Tech

A study led by Cornell professor Emin Gün Sirer entitled “Decentralization in Bitcoin and Ethereum” claimed that the bitcoin block size could be increased to 1.7MB and still maintain the same level of decentralization. Two Year Research Results During a research initiative conducted to compare the level of decentralization on...

MyEtherWallet Refutes Hacking Rumors

January 10, 2018 by Nigel Dollentas at Ethereum, News

MyEtherWallet recently refuted rumors that the popular online Ethereum wallet service was hacked, allegations made by developers from Blue, the “only ERC20 token built from the ground up to facilitate payments and transfers without sacrificing your security.” The tweets have been taken down, but a screenshot of the tweets have...

While Ethereum Figures Out How to Implement PoS, This Blockchain Startup is Already Steaming Ahead

January 4, 2018 by Guest Post at Ethereum, ICO/IEO

There has been a lot of attention drawn towards the Proof-of-Stake mechanism recently, especially ever since Ethereum announced that it would be moving away from its current Proof-of-Work (PoW) system. For those new to blockchain technology, the differences between these two mechanisms can seem difficult and confusing. For more information,...

Ethereum’s Ether Surges to New All-time High on the Path to $1050.69

January 2, 2018 by Jamie Holmes at Ethereum, News, Price Analysis

During the Asian trading session of January 2, ethereum’s ether surged to a fresh high against the dollar and is up more than 12 percent on the open. The altcoin traded as high as $879.00 before retreating somewhat to current levels near $850. The weekly price action of ETH-USD on...

Plasma Like Protocol will save Ethereum from Cryptokitties: Lightning-fast transactions at zero gas cost

December 26, 2017 by Guest Post at Ethereum, ICO/IEO

The overwhelming popularity of cryptokitties developed into an unexpected problem; numerous operations in the game (20 percent of the total volume on the Ethereum network) have greatly decreased transaction speed, sometimes even making them outright impossible. While this may seem amusing, the situation did pose a significant problem before the...

Why Indie Artists are Turning to Tokenization on the Blockchain

December 23, 2017 by Julia Travers at Altcoins, Entertainment, News

Independent artists like Casey Pearl of London are taking control of their own music brand and distribution with blockchain technology. In Pearl’s case, she has created a PEARL Token through SingularDTV’s Tokit dApp (app based on decentralized technology). This process affords her greater authority and creative freedom in regard to...

Mist Browser Dev Team Identifies Potential Exposure of Ether Private Keys

December 20, 2017 by Robert DeVoe at Ethereum, News, Tech

The Mist Browser, the "tool of choice to browse and use Ðapps" according to its official Github page, has just announced that they have detected a bug in their beta version. The bug could allow for shady websites to lift your digital keys right out of your ether wallet, thus...

Kik CEO Drops Ethereum for Stellar, Claims Poor Scalability

December 19, 2017 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Ethereum, News

Ted Livingston, CEO of the Canadian messaging application Kik has opted to step away from Ethereum for company’s ICO token, and partner with Stellar instead. This move comes after a successful ICO which generated close to $100 million spanning across 117 countries. Although Ethereum is widely used for initial coin...

Major Ethereum Scaling Solution Casper to Enter Testnet Soon

New Progress on Casper: “Replacing PoW Completely is the next step”

December 16, 2017 by Nigel Dollentas at Blockchain, Ethereum, News

On December 13, a video concerning the progress regarding Casper, Ethereum’s next big update, surfaced online revealing some promising new information regarding the status of the upgrade. The video, titled “[Updated] Ethereum PoS: Casper FFG In Depth],” talks about the current state of Ethereum, what Casper would change in Ethereum,...

Learn Ethereum Solidity Programming Now with Free Site CryptoZombies

December 15, 2017 by Robert DeVoe at Entertainment, Ethereum, News

Ever wanted to learn Ethereum Solidity programming? Have you dreamed of becoming an Ethereum developer, and make your own smart contracts and Dapps? Dream no longer, as Loom Network has just released a fun and creative new learning platform called CryptoZombies. Learn all about the basics of Solidity through the...

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