John Smith
The Issuance Model in Ethereum
Ether (ETH), the cryptofuel that powers distributed applications on the Ethereum platform, will be issued at a constant annual linear rate via the...
Decentralized Protocol Monetization and Forks
The idea of releasing a new currency as a mechanism for funding protocol development is perhaps one of the most interesting economic innovations...
Serpent upgrades: More Fun Stuff
Over the past two weeks our primary focus has been getting all of the clients updated to PoC5 compatibility, and it definitely has...
DAOs, DACs, DAs and More: An Incomplete Terminology Guide
One of the most popular topics in the digital consensus space (a new term for cryptocurrency 2.0 that I’m beta-testing) is the concept...
What is Ethereum? Project, Platform, Fuel, Stack.
What is Ethereum, the Project?
The Ethereum Project is an open source, community-driven effort designed to create a next-generation distributed application platform intended to...
The Xbox and Ethereum’s Dual Mandate
The Necessity to Build and Launch an Ecosystem on Genesis Day
Imagine if Microsoft released the Xbox and there were no games.
On the day...
Long-Range Attacks: The Serious Problem With Adaptive Proof of Work
Our current proof of work design, blockchain-based proof of work, is the second iteration of our attempt to create a mining algorithm that...
On Long-Term Cryptocurrency Distribution Models
One of the challenges when creating a new cryptocurrency is figuring out what the distribution model is going to be. Who is going...
What If Ethereum Lived on a Treap? Or, Blockchains Charging Rent
Although truly solving blockchain scalability fundamentally, that is to say figuring out a solution to the problem that every node must process every...
Ethereum Project Update | Ethereum Foundation Blog
Development of the Ethereum project has gone very well over the months since inception. The core activity — development of the software platform...
