The last Blog Post
The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I’d something more to say. — Pink Floyd It is with no small amount of sadness that I must bid ye…
Read More »Privacy on the Blockchain
Blockchains are a powerful technology, as regular readers of the blog already likely agree. They allow for a large number of interactions to be codified and carried out in a…
Read More »Cut and try: building a dream
Last month marked the 2 year anniversary of Ethereum’s public announcement at The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, Florida, USA. Amid much rumour and excitement, a sizeable crowd mobbed…
Read More »Ethereum DEV Update: C++ Roadmap
Although this is my first post in this blog, many people might already know me as the person behind Solidity. I recently took on the lead of the C++ team…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
Read More »Homestead Release
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…
Read More »Ropsten Shutdown Announcement
As previously announced, the Ropsten network has been deprecated and will be shut down in the coming weeks. Over the past few months, infrastructure providers have gradually stopped supporting the…
Read More »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…
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