R3 Lead Mike Hearn: Corda is More Like Bitcoin Than Ethereum CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds By CCN.com: “Corda is more like Bitcoin,” says Mike Hearn, lead engineer for Corda, the open source blockchain of the industry consortium R3. “It owes more of its intellectual history to bitcoin than Ethereum in a way. Its’ data model is similar to Bitcoin, which enables you to have privacy because you don’t see transactions […] R3 Lead Mike Hearn: Corda is More Like Bitcoin Than Ethereum CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds ..read more

Vitalik Buterin Eyes Research on Privacy Coin Monero’s Traceability CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds By CCN.com: Vitalik Buterin has expressed an interest in incorporating privacy features into Ethereum. He is partial to the ZK-SNARKS technology that is used in privacy coin Zcash. Nonetheless, his senses appear to be particularly keen about any developments surrounding privacy protocols. This became clear when a research paper was published entitled: “FloodXMR: Low-cost transaction flooding […] Vitalik Buterin Eyes Research on Privacy Coin Monero’s Traceability CCN.com - News & Bla ..read more

ConsenSys Founder Joe Lubin: Everything About Ethereum Must Improve CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds By CCN.com: On a day when the Ethereum price outperformed bitcoin, soaring more than 6%, the project’s co-founder is speaking out. Joe Lubin, who co-founded Ethereum and founded ConsenSys, the latter of which has dozens of projects “building on Ethereum,” was a guest on the Chain Reaction Podcast hosted by Delphi Digital Co-Founder Tom Shaughnessy. […] ConsenSys Founder Joe Lubin: Everything About Ethereum Must Improve CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds ..read more

Elon Musk Shills Ethereum, Price Goes from Red to Green CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds By CCN.com: Elon Musk might have the SEC breathing down his neck about Tesla, but he’s having some fun with crypto Twitter. In a one-word tweet, he single-handily drew in the entire crypto community to his thread.  The Tesla CEO simply said “Ethereum.” After he let the cat out of the bag, the ETH price […] Elon Musk Shills Ethereum, Price Goes from Red to Green CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds ..read more

Bitcoin Exchange Suffers Trader Backlash Months After Suspicious ‘Fire’ CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds By CCN.com: A crypto trader provided CCN.com with documents proving that he has lost around 43 Ether all told after depositing it on BiteBTC on Christmas Eve. As we previously reported, the Bitcoin exchange claimed a fire wrecked its servers, but the exchange claimed crypto wallets were safe. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire Nearly every […] Bitcoin Exchange Suffers Trader Backlash Months After Suspicious ‘Fire’ CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds ..read more

Vitalik Buterin in Free Speech Battle Cry Defends #DelistBSV CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds By CCN.com: Vitalik Buterin is known first and foremost as the creator of Ethereum, but he’s also famous for his disdain of centralized exchanges. After previously wishing that centralized exchanges would all “burn in hell”, now Buterin is coming to their defense. In an exposition reminding the crypto community about the pillars of the First […] Vitalik Buterin in Free Speech Battle Cry Defends #DelistBSV CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds ..read more

Struggling Ethereum Giant ConsenSys Seeks $200 Million Raise at Billion-Dollar Valuation CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds By CCN.com: Ethereum development studio ConsenSys is struggling financially and is now trying to raise $200 million from outside investors to stay afloat. The fundraising drive comes just four months after the Brooklyn-based blockchain startup laid off 13% of its workforce. ConsenSys has not yet commented on the rumors, which were reported by The Information. […] Struggling Ethereum Giant ConsenSys Seeks $200 Million Raise at Billion-Dollar Valuation CCN.com - News & ..read more

Ethereum Price Stalls as DApp Users Flirt with Other Crypto Platforms CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds The ethereum price has ballooned by nearly one-third so far in April, but without bitcoin’s bullish tailwind, ETH might be stuck in a rut. According to Dapp.com, the second-largest cryptocurrency’s network suffered defections in Q1 2019 as users fled the network for rival platforms. If users would only stay loyal to decentralized apps (dApps) on […] Ethereum Price Stalls as DApp Users Flirt with Other Crypto Platforms CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds ..read more

Booming Ethereum Price Good for Ecosystem: Founder Vitalik Buterin CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin was live from New York on Wednesday night. He was spotlighted in a live-stream interview with Laura Shin for the crypto journalist’s Unchained podcast, a sold-out event that was held at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Buterin remained diplomatic with his responses, even inserting bits of humor and moxie where […] Booming Ethereum Price Good for Ecosystem: Founder Vitalik Buterin CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds ..read more

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Governance is Currently Underrated CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds In the most recent episode of Into the Ether, Vitalik Buterin appears to discuss all things Ethereum. One of the subjects that came up was the Ethereum governance model. Eric Conner asked Buterin about on-chain governance models, and his thoughts on how Ethereum’s governance stacks up against them. Current Governance Model Underrated: Vitalik Buterin Buterin […] Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Governance is Currently Underrated CCN.com - News & Blazing Op-Eds ..read more