Serenity PoC2
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…
Read More »Solidity Available in Visual Studio
Consensys and Microsoft have announced that the Ethereum contract programming language Solidity will be available in Microsoft’s Visual Studio integrated development environment. ConsenSys and Microsoft collaborated on this integration to…
Read More »Ethereum Partners with R3CEV on Lizardcoin, Bringing Together the Best of Centralized Finance and Blockchain Technology
The Ethereum Foundation has announced that it will be working with the New York-based banking consortium R3CEV on creating a new blockchain-based cryptocurrency, Lizardcoin, which aims to showcase the benefits…
Read More »Ethereum Foundation and Wanxiang Blockchain Labs announce a blockbuster event combining Devcon2 and the 2nd Global Blockchain Summit in Shanghai, September 19–24, 2016
[Last update: July 5, 2016] The Ethereum Foundation and Wanxiang Blockchain Labs are excited to jointly announce the International Blockchain Week in Shanghai, which will take place at Hyatt on…
Read More »C++ DEV Update: Announcing Remix
After almost three months into the “reboot” of the C++ team, I would like to give an update about the team itself, what we did and what we plan to…
Read More »On Settlement Finality
Special thanks to Tim Swanson for reviewing, and for further discussions on the arguments in his original paper on settlement finality. Recently one of the major disputes in ongoing debate…
Read More »Security Alert – Geth suffers from a very low probable DoS attack vector – Update immediately
Affected configurations: All Go client versions Likelihood: Very low Severity: High Details: A bug in Geth (and potentially other clients) may suffer from a DoS attack and allows remote attackers to stall synchronisation process almost…
Read More »Security Alert – cpp-ethereum keeps accounts unlocked
Affected configurations: cpp-ethereum (eth, AlethZero, …) version 1.2.0 up to 1.2.5 (fixed in 1.2.6) Note: Neither “geth” nor “Mist” nor the “Ethereum Wallet” (unless explicitly used together with cpp-ethereum) are…
Read More »Go Ethereum’s JIT-EVM
The Ethereum Virtual machine is kind of different than most other Virtual Machines out there. In my previous post I already explained how it’s used and described some of its characteristics. The…
Read More »Security Alert – cpp-ethereum’s account unlocking problem not yet fixed [Now fixed]
Affected configurations: cpp-ethereum (eth, AlethZero, …) version 1.2.0 up to 1.2.6 Note: Neither “geth” nor “Mist” nor the “Ethereum Wallet” (unless explicitly used together with cpp-ethereum) are affected by this,…
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