ZeroStack says ability to continue operating remains in doubt
ZeroStack has warned its cash position may not support operations for another year. Summary ZeroStack has warned that substantial doubt...
BTC Relay included in Ethereum Bounty Program
Following hacking @ DEVCON1, Martin Swende is Nr. 1 on the leaderboard of the Ethereum Bounty Program. The bounty program is ongoing and the last bounty awarded amounted to 5 BTC. The program is open to anyone. With BTC Relay getting ready for launch on Ethereum and its importance for many DApps, we want to highlight its ongoing...
Bitcoin price faces 5 macro tests this week
Bitcoin traded near $62,747 early on Aug. 3 after reaching an intraday high of $63,697, as investors prepared for five major U.S. economic releases and several closely watched corporate earnings reports. Summary ...
From Smart Contracts to Courts with not so Smart Judges
Ethereum is often described as a platform for self-enforcing smart contracts. While this is certainly true, this article argues that, especially when more complex systems are involved, it is rather a court with smart lawyers and a judge that is not so smart, or more formally, a judge with restricted computational resources. We will see later how this view...
BitGo CEO puts 100 BTC behind Claude challenge
BitGo CEO Mike Belshe challenged Anthropic’s Claude models on Aug. 1 by publishing a Bitcoin address holding 100 BTC and inviting the AI system to move the funds. Summary ...
Homestead Release | Ethereum Foundation Blog
Update: We've released version 1.3.5 including networking hotfix for homestead 1.3.4. Development of Ethereum started in December 2013 when two developers and a college dropout researcher decided to put their heads together and develop this amazing piece of technology. We were later joined by many like-minded individuals. Our first Proof of Concept (PoC) came on February 1, 2014. By the...
Minnesota loses first round against Kalshi, Polymarket
Minnesota’s prediction market ban remained blocked on Aug. 2, one day after the law was scheduled to take effect. Summary ...
Serenity PoC2 | Ethereum Foundation Blog
After an additional two months of work after the release of the first python proof of concept release of Serenity, I am pleased to announce that Serenity PoC2 is now available. Although the release continues to be far from a testnet-ready client, much less a production-ready one, PoC2 brings with it a number of important improvements. First and...
Bitcoin ETFs gain fresh case after $89M Coldcard drain
Bloomberg Intelligence senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said on Aug. 2 that the Coldcard security failure strengthens the case for U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs, especially for investors who want long-term price exposure without managing private keys. ...
An Open Source Mining Pool Bounty and DEVgrant
Ethereum’s present reliance on Proof of Work (PoW) mining is not ideal, and while we continue to work with gusto towards a Proof of Stake solution (PoS), we have to live with PoW as gracefully as possible (at least until the eventual switch!). Meanwhile, in the interest of overall network health, mining decentralization and diversity is a clear...
