NEWS
imToken 2.0 is live!
imToken 2.0 comes with support of Ethereum, all ERC20 tokens, Bitcoin Segwit and EOS as well as the EOS StakeVote DApp; with the first built-in DEX, an address book that synchronizes across multiple devices via IPFS, an updated DApp browser, and the cold wallet function for securely air-gapped access of your tokens.
Status introduces Nimbus, an Ethereum 2.0 sharding client
In order to advance the collective work on scaling Ethereum, we have been building our own client, called Nimbus, which has a particular focus on sharding. Nimbus is written in a language called Nim, which offers us various unique features capable of handling both the complex computations required, while ensuring they can still happen on resource-restricted devices.
Google wants to bring Blockchain technology to its cloud services
Google announced a partnership with the New York-based startup Digital Asset, which makes tools to build Blockchain-based apps. The partnership adds to one Google already has with BlockApps, another startup that helps people make decentralized apps.
IBM's blockchain app store wants to help banks cut costs
IBM's new app store, LedgerConnect, gives financial companies access to seven vetted blockchain vendors, which will help them streamline their trading processes and back-end operations by establishing one set of records. Right now, most banks operate their own individual systems, which is really expensive.
FEED
The curious case of _; in Solidity
Solidity as a programming language has been most intriguing for me because of its many features that I haven’t come across in languages that I have been more familiar with. One example is the underscore.
Implementing Smart Contract upgradability
Over the past few months I’ve been working with Shyft to implement a form of contract upgradability specifically designed for working with tokens.
There is currently no set method of implementing contract upgrades. In this article, I will cover various methods of “upgrading” a contract, and their respective pros and cons.
The Lightning Network nodes sure do look centralized to me! What gives?
It’s just your eyes playing tricks on you.
Resistant protocols: How decentralization evolves
Why do we build decentralized technologies? How do we predict what will be successful, what will get shutdown, and what will end up as a science experiment that no one uses in practice?
Fat protocols vs fat dapps vs fat wallet
Fat Protocol Thesis: Dapps capture minimal value. Invest in protocols.
Fat Dapp Thesis: Great dapps capture people’s attention. Invest in dapps.
Fat Wallet Thesis: Great wallets hold keys to dapps and protocols. Invest in wallets.
Which thesis would you pick?
BLOCKCHAIN FOR NEWBIES
Ava, Dfinity, and more: The hottest blockchain companies of tomorrow
Billions of dollars are being spent, right now, to solve a problem we didn’t know existed a few years ago.
The problem boils down to creating a decentralized app platform that’s secure, scalable and governed in a fair, transparent way. And the solution might change the world in a similar way the internet did a few decades back.
This is the race to build the next blockchain. Blockchain, often defined as a "digitized, decentralized, public ledger," is already a proven technology. But it's far from perfect, and improvements could extend its utility far beyond cryptocurrency.
State Channels for babies pt. 1
In this instalment, we’re going to take a dive into what state channels are and how they can make blockchains more practical for everyone by assisting with scalability.
The state of hashing algorithms
One of the keywords newcomers hear when learning about blockchain are the notions of a hash and a hashing algorithm which seem to be ubiquitous for security. Running a decentralized network and consensus machine such as the Bitcoin or Ethereum network with tens of thousands of nodes connected via p2p requires both “trustlessness” and verification efficiency. That is, these systems need ways to encode information in a compact format that allows for secure, fast verification by their participants.
Ethereum vs. EOS | An analysis of Blockchain’s two largest DApp platforms
There are hardly any other cryptocurrencies with a rivalry as tense as Ethereum and EOS. Coming in as the number one and number two decentralized app (dapp) platforms by market cap size, both cryptocurrencies polarize crypto enthusiasts as to their preference.
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