John Smith
The History of Casper – Chapter 1
Vitalik suggested last week that I share my basic research and design philosophy in a blog post, I agreed but complained that it...
The History of Casper – Chapter 2
This chapter describes the game theory and economic security modelling we were doing in the Fall of 2014. It recounts how the "bribing...
Swarm alpha public pilot and the basics of Swarm
With the long awaited geth 1.5 ("let there bee light") release, Swarm made it into the official go-ethereum release as an experimental feature....
Security alert [12/19/2016]: Ethereum.org Forums Database Compromised
On December 16, we were made aware that someone had recently gained unauthorized access to a database from forum.ethereum.org. We immediately launched a...
December Roundup | Ethereum Foundation Blog
December marks a month of continued progress in the Ethereum ecosystem. Research on proof of stake and sharding continues after the research team's workshop...
Introduction of the Light Client for DApp developers
The first version of the Light Ethereum Subprotocol (LES/1) and its implementation in Geth are still in an experimental stage, but they are...
An Update on Integrating Zcash on Ethereum (ZoE)
Members of the Ethereum R&D team and the Zcash Company are collaborating on a research project addressing the combination of programmability and privacy...
Ethereum R&D Roundup: Valentine’s Day Edition
During the last month and a half, the Ethereum core development and research teams have been building upon the progress made in the...
Ethereum JS Ecosystem Updates | Ethereum Foundation Blog
It's been a fairly busy for the last couple of months for the Ethereum javascripters. To start with, there was a really great...
Ethereum Dev Roundup: Q1 | Ethereum Foundation Blog
The last one and a half months have seen great progress for Ethereum research, and we are excited that the protocol is moving...