November 22, 2017 BitMEX Research Abstract: In this piece we revisit “The DAO” and the events following its failure. We analyse what happened to the various buckets of funds inside The DAO, on both sides of the chainsplit which it caused. We identify US$140 million of unclaimed funds still inside what is left of The […]
If invested 1k USD in the top five: BTC: 10875 USD (not considering BCash) ETH: 38900 USD RIPPLE: 30959 USD LTC: 18035 USD DASH: 68439 USD Total: 167.208 USD
Initial Coin Offerings: Hohe Risiken für Verbraucher Der Erwerb von Coins – je nach Ausgestaltung auch Tokens genannt – im Rahmen sogenannter Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) birgt für Anleger erhebliche Risiken. Es handelt sich um höchst spekulative Investments, die oft nicht der geltenden Kapitalmarktregulierung unterliegen. Wie bei den meisten Trends zieht das hohe öffentliche Interesse […]
As the interest for blockchain projects and cryptocurrencies is exponentially growing, OmiseGO appears to be one of the strongest and most exciting projects out there. Still, as it involves fairly complex notions, it is hard for the beginner looking for an introduction to find a clear and complete guide: OmiseGO’s website provides all necessary documents, […]
Nick Johnson gave a glimpse of what is upcoming for ENS. Here are the highlights for those who can’t wait: DNS Integration via DNSSEC Soon, you will be able to go to your favorite wallet/client, type in “amazon.com”, send ethers, and magically amazon will receive their payment. No need to first look for the ens name […]
Introducing Name Bazaar A peer-to-peer marketplace for the exchange of names registered via the Ethereum Name Service Today we are thrilled to announce the long awaited public launch of our second marketplace and district, Name Bazaar, to the Ethereum mainnet. Work on Name Bazaar began immediately upon the close of our network fundraiser in August, and this […]
Prior to Bitcoin, the process for maintaining the transaction ledger remained effectively unchanged since the Medici developed double entry accounting in the 14th century. The Medici process of accounting required banks… Bitcoin is going to do to banks what email did the post office and Amazon did to retail. Understandably those at the center of the financial […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past three years, you have surely taken notice of an industry buzzword that has been giving “machine learning” a run for its money: Blockchain. Ethereum is one of the most successful implementations of the distributed blockchain concept. In contrast to Bitcoin, which offers limited scripting capabilities, […]
Roundup #6 Posted by Ethereum Team on October 9th, 2017. Metropolis is finally (almost) here! The fork for Byzantium, the first and larger part of Metropolis, succeeded on the testnet over two weeks ago, and the likely date for the fork on the mainnet has been set to block 4.37 million, which is expected to be […]