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Scalability, Part 2: Hypercubes

Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir, Chris Barnett and Dominic Williams for ideas and inspiration In a recent blog post I outlined some partial solutions to scalability, all of which fit into the umbrella of Ethereum 1.0 as it stands. Specialized micropayment protocols such as channels and probabilistic payment systems could be used to make small […]

Gav’s ÐΞV Update I: Where Ethereum’s at

Who are you? I’m Gav – together with Jeffrey Wilcke and Vitalik Buterin, I’m one third of the ultimate leadership of Ethereum ÐΞV. ÐΞV is a UK software firm that is under a non-profit-making agreement with the Ethereum Foundation to create version 1.0 of the Web Three software stack. We three directors—who are ultimately responsible […]

Banken fürchten Apple, Google und Amazon

Insbesondere im Payment-Bereich fürchten die Institute, dass ihnen die IT-Riesen die Butter vom Brot nehmen könnten. Google Wallet, das 2011 angekündigt wurde, gilt als Bedrohung, ebenso das kürzlich vorgestellte Apple Pay. Ähnliches gilt für … temenos – Bing News

What Are Smart Contracts? Cryptocurrency’s Killer App

Codius was developed by Ripple Labs, which also created its own digital currency called Ripple. Codius aims to be interoperable between a variety of cryptocurrency, such as Ripple and bitcoin, although it is managed by the private company. “Codius can interact with other ledgers and web services. It can work on bitcoin and it can work […]

The Internet’s Missing Link

Just as we needed a way to freely share information, we needed a way to freely exchange value. Implementing a standardized payment protocol was a natural fit. But while data can live in a world where it’s easily reproduced, value inherently exists as the result of scarcity… Ripple

Slasher Ghost, and Other Developments in Proof of Stake

Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir and Zack Hess for ongoing research and discussions on proof-of-stake algorithms and their own input into Slasher-like proposals One of the hardest problems in cryptocurrency development is that of devising effective consensus algorithms. Certainly, relatively passable default options exist. At the very least it is possible to rely on a […]