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 was still changing. My friend Jon West told me that everyone would really appreciate it if I told everyone about my Casper research, I mostly agreed. Then someone on reddit told me to focus on...
Will XRP price rebound ahead of Brad Garlinghouse, Davos?
XRP price retreated sharply on Monday and reached a low of $1.8500, its lowest level since January 1, and 23% below its highest point this year. Summary ...
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 attacker model" led our research directly to a radical solution to the long range attack problem. Chapter 2: The Bribing Attacker, Economic Security, and the Long Range Attack Problem Vitalik and I had each been reasoning about...
Hyperliquid price continues lower bearish targets $19.75
Hyperliquid price remains bearish after rejecting from $27.39 resistance, with lower lows forming and $19.75 high-time-frame support now becoming the next major downside target. Summary ...
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. The current version of the code is POC 0.2 RC5 -- "embrace your daemons" (roadmap), which is the refactored and cleaner version of the codebase that was running on the Swarm toynet in the past...
Solana price forms rare bullish pattern as key network metrics soar
Solana’s price retreated for two consecutive days on Monday, reaching its lowest point since January 3, as risk-off sentiment spread across financial markets after Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on key NATO members. Summary ...
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 thorough investigation to determine the origin, nature, and scope of this incident. Here is what we know: The information that was recently accessed is a database backup from April 2016 and contained information about 16.5k forum...
Chainlink price flash crashes as a risky pattern slowly emerges
Chainlink price dropped for two consecutive days, reaching its lowest level since January 2, as the crypto market sell-off accelerated. Summary ...
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 in Singapore in November, the light client slowly keeps getting better, Whisper and Swarm keep moving forward, and discussions on protocol economics and community governance continue to mature. First, privacy technologies on Ethereum, and particularly zk-SNARKs (or...
HBAR Price Prints Double Bottom at $0.10, Is a Reversal Forming?
HBAR price is bouncing from $0.10 high-time-frame support, after a sharp drop, forming a potential double bottom that could signal a reversal if key resistance levels are reclaimed. Summary ...
