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Scalability, Part 3: On Metacoin History and Multichain

Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir for much of the thinking behind multi-chain cryptoeconomic paradigms First off, a history lesson. In October 2013, when I was visiting Israel as part of my trip around the Bitcoin world, I came to know the core teams behind the colored coins and Mastercoin projects. Once I properly understood Mastercoin […]

The Search for a Stable Cryptocurrency

Special thanks to Robert Sams for the development of Seignorage Shares and insights regarding how to correctly value volatile coins in multi-currency systems One of the main problems with Bitcoin for ordinary users is that, while the network may be a great way of sending payments, with lower transaction costs, much more expansive global reach, […]

Powering Ripple and Helping Take C++ to the Next Level

Howard Hinnnant, C++ mensch The Ripple Labs employee spotlight is on Howard Hinnant this week, who is in Bellevue, Washington for cppcon, the inaugural conference for all things C++. Howard has been a prolific and long-time contributor to the C++ community as lead author of several C++11 features including move semantics, unique_ptr, and <chrono> API and has […]

Ripple Labs at Sibos 2014

Ripple Labs EVP of Business Development Patrick Griffin at Sibos 2013 in Dubai Ripple Labs will be in Boston at the end of the month for Sibos (Sept. 29 – Oct. 2), the annual financial services conference hosted by SWIFT, where 7000 industry members and thought leaders will gather to contemplate and help shape the […]

How Ripple Labs supports gateways

To help accelerate the creation of strong, reliable, and compliant gateways, Ripple Labs will be providing XRP incentives and extended technical support for gateways that meet criteria considered to be critical for the success of a gateway. Ripple Labs wants every gateway to achieve a gold standard in business planning, technical reliability and stability, regulatory […]

Ripple Labs Signs First Two US Banks

Ripple Labs is thrilled to have signed its first two U.S. banks to use the Ripple protocol for real-time, cross-border payments. Cross River Bank, an independent transaction bank based in New Jersey, and CBW Bank, a century-old institution founded in Kansas, join Fidor Bank on the Ripple network, which continues to grow. Both banks are […]

Gateway Advisory On Partial Payment Flag

Ripple Labs has issued a Gateway Bulletin on the Partial Payment flag which describes the flag and best practices around balancing activity on and off the ledger. The tfPartialPayment flag is set by the sender to specify a payment where the beneficiary can receive less than the specified amount. Gateways are encouraged to implement best […]

Ethereum Community and Adoption Update – Week 1

Hi, I’m Stephan Tual, and I’ve been responsible for Ethereum’s adoption and education since January as CCO. I’m also leading our UK ÐΞV hub, located at Co-Work in Putney (South West London). I feel really privileged to be able to lead the effort on the communication strategy at ÐΞV. For the very first time, we’re seeing the […]