• Ethereum,  Technology

    ETH 2.0 to launch on Dec. 1 as deposit contract milestone reached

    The Phase 0 beacon chain of the ambitious upgrade will make its long-delayed debut next week. But it’s going to be a challenging couple of years for Ethereum developers

    A minimum of 524,288 ETH (worth $316 million at the time of writing) needed to be staked, locking it up into the contract for the ETH 2.0 upgrade to commence.

  • Opinion,  Politics

    CEO of ‘apolitical’ Coinbase shares blog post about voting for Kanye West

    Brian Armstrong is being accused of hypocrisy for his now-deleted tweet after announcing an apolitical policy that caused dozens of staffers to resign; Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin came to his defense

    In a move that will likely infuriate staffers further, Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong has already violated the no politics policy that he was insistent on enforcing.

  • RenVM bridges blockchains
    Cryptocurrencies,  Technology

    RenVM bridges Bitcoin, Ethereum blockchains

    Ren says its ultimate goal is to connect ‘any imaginable pair of blockchain-based tokens’—telling Modern Consensus this could start happening within months

    An open decentralized finance protocol has launched its core product today: RenVM bridges blockchains, enabling Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Zcash to be brought to the Ethereum blockchain.

  • Rowling don't understand Bitcoin
    Bitcoin,  Opinion

    The sad, exasperating tale of ‘J.K. Rowling and the Sorcerer’s Coin’

    When one of the world’s richest women asked her 14.6 million followers about Bitcoin, members of the crypto community had a great opportunity. They blew it

    Late on Friday night, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling tweeted: “I don’t understand Bitcoin. Please explain it to me.” It was an opportunity for the crypto community to offer a clear, direct explanation of why Bitcoin exists, why it’s worth so much, and how it differs from dollars and dimes. Crypto Twitter blew it.