Bitcoin: A Unit of Account | Investigating Bitcoin 4/5
This article is investigating bitcoin. To satisfy the third and final property of money, bitcoin must become a “measuring stick” for assets and liabilities
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Ethereum Comms Announcement
The foundation is currently in the phase of restructuring its communications activities. Several members of our current communications team in London are soon leaving or reducing their involvement in the Foundation in order to pursue for-profit venture…
Bitcoin: A Store of Value | Investigating Bitcoin 3/5
Bitcoin: Store of value – If bitcoin is to function as a reliable store of value, owners must be able to hold them for months or years, trusting they…
Bitcoin: A Store of Value | Investigating Bitcoin 3/5
Bitcoin: Store of value – If bitcoin is to function as a reliable store of value, owners must be able to hold them for months or years, trusting they…
Ethereum Wallet – Developer Preview
We are happy to announce our very first developer-preview of the Ethereum Wallet ÐApp. The point of this release is to gather feedback, squash bugs and, most importantly, get the code audited. Please note that this is a developer-preview and not the f…
A Bitter Pill: The High Cost of Sovaldi
Solvadi’s approval by the FDA should have been a triumphant moment for the whole healthcare community. Sovaldi did irreversibly change the HCV landscape.
A Bitter Pill: The High Cost of Sovaldi
Solvadi’s approval by the FDA should have been a triumphant moment for the whole healthcare community. Sovaldi did irreversibly change the HCV landscape.
On Slow and Fast Block Times
One of the largest sources of confusion in the question of blockchain security is the precise effect of the block time. If one blockchain has a block time of 10 minutes, and the other has an estimated block time of 17 seconds, then what exactly does th…
Security Alert – [Previous security patch can lead to invalid state root on Go clients with a specific transaction sequence – Fixed. Please update.]
Summary: Implementation bug in the go client may lead to invalid state Affected client versions: Latest (unpatched) versions of Go client; v1.1.2, v1.0.4 tags and develop, master branches before September 9. Likelihood: Low Severity: High I…
Bitcoin: A Means of Exchange – Investigating Bitcoin 2/5
Bitcoin: A Means of Exchange | A Goldman Sachs survey found that 2% of US merchants already accept bitcoin, and 23% plan to start accepting it by 2017
Bitcoin: A Means of Exchange – Investigating Bitcoin 2/5
Bitcoin: A Means of Exchange | A Goldman Sachs survey found that 2% of US merchants already accept bitcoin, and 23% plan to start accepting it by 2017
Automation: Growing the Economy and Creating Jobs
Advancements in mechanical systems, sensors, wireless communication, cameras, and other technologies have enabled advanced robotics and automation systems.
Automation: Growing the Economy and Creating Jobs
Advancements in mechanical systems, sensors, wireless communication, cameras, and other technologies have enabled advanced robotics and automation systems.
Bitcoin: A Primer – Investigating Bitcoin 1/5
Few innovations have generated as much controversy and potential for worldwide economic transformation as have Bitcoin and bitcoin.
Bitcoin: A Primer – Investigating Bitcoin 1/5
Few innovations have generated as much controversy and potential for worldwide economic transformation as have Bitcoin and bitcoin.
A message from Stephan Tual
To the wonderful Ethereum Community, You often heard me say at conferences that Ethereum was not a company, a foundation, an implementation, or an individual. Ethereum is both an idea and an ideal, encompassing the first censorship-resistant network b…
Security Alert – [Implementation bug in Go clients causing increase in difficulty – Fixed – Miners check and update Go clients]
Implementation bug in the go client leads to steady increase of difficulty independent of hashing power. Affected configurations: All Go client versions v1.0.x, v1.1.x, release and develop branches. The bug was introduced in a recent update and releas…
Security Advisory [Implementation bugs in Go and Python clients can cause DoS – Fixed – Please update clients]
State transition and consensus issue in geth client causes panic (crash) when processing a (valid) block with a specific combination of transactions, which may cause overall network instability if block is accepted and relayed by unaffected clients thu…
devcon one postponed until further notice
Unfortunately we were not able to secure the venue for devcon one in London on the dates desired (October 5th-8th). As a consequence we are postponing the event until further notice. Please do not make travel plans at this time. Updates will be forthc…
Security Advisory [Insecurely configured geth can make funds remotely accessible]
Insecurely configured Ethereum clients with no firewall and unlocked accounts can lead to funds being accessed remotely by attackers. Affected configurations: Issue reported for Geth, though all implementations incl. C++ and Python can in principle di…