#The DAO

Ethereum: A Retrospective of the First 3 years

July 31, 2018 by Eric Czuleger at Altcoins, Business, Development, Ethereum, Finance, Mining, News, Platform

On July 30, 2015, Ethereum was launched by co-founders Vitalik Buterin and Joe Lubin. Three years on it has become the second biggest cryptocurrency in the world as well as creating an extensive blockchain landscape for all newcomers. A Constellation of Value Ethereum created a constellation of businesses branching off...

Aeternity (AE) Blockchain Project Announces LIMA hard fork from Ethereum Blockchain

Ethereum Hard-fork Implemented Today to Reverse DAO Dilemma

July 20, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at News, Tech

At around 14:30 UTC today, the 192,00th block of the Ethereum blockchain was mined, signalling a switch to a new blockchain in which the misappropriated DAO funds are returned to the original investors. It is an important milestone for the nascent blockchain, but the implications over the long run have...

Sellers Dominate ETH-USD Trading as Uncertainty Lingers

July 1, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at News, Price Analysis

ETH-USD is currently down over 3 percent on the Kraken exchange, trading at $12.04536 at the time of writing. Even though a ‘hard-fork’ has been proposed to address the attack on The DAO, uncertainty over the outcome of this solution has plagued the market and seen sellers dominate. Exchanges will hold...

DAO Wars: Patch Implementation to Decide Next Steps for The DAO

June 26, 2016 by Joseph Young at News, Tech

The developers of Ethereum, a decentralized platform for applications, have given the community a chance to decide whether the Ethereum network should temporarily freeze the funds handled by the DAO in its version 1.4.7 of Geth (“Dao Wars”). The DAO, also known as the distributed autonomous organization, had more than...

Ethereum Community Considers Solutions as ‘Hard-Fork’ Debate Rages On

June 23, 2016 by Jamie Holmes at Commentary, Ethereum, News, Tech

Following the attack on one of Ethereum’s main applications, the DAO, where $50 million worth of ether (ETH) was moved to another entity, a debate about the proposed solutions has raged on in the community. The DAO is a digital pool of funds governed by code and the latest responses...