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    Ethereum Ethereum’s Proof of Stake Casper Testnet Nears Launch

    November 28, 2017

    Ethereum Ethereum’s Proof of Stake Casper Testnet Nears Launch

    Ethereum’s Proof of Stake Casper Testnet Nears Launch

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:02 AM PST

    Is Ethereum crowdfunding dead?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:30 PM PST

    Considering all the ICO scams, I thought I'd do a brief overview of the issues and how various projects address these and what could happen in the future.

    Roughly there are two biggest issues: 1) founders dumping tokens post ICO 2) founders having access to all the ether raised immediately post-ICO

    Issue 1) is commonly covered by so called "token vesting", locking founders' tokens for certain periods. Commonly certain percentage is released each six months. However issue 2) is rarely addressed. While ICOs use voting mechanisms in the actual platform (i.e. Aragon), for some reason seems CryptoTask is the only ICO using voting to control the release of funds in stages post ICO. I am not aware if other mechanisms are used to address this issue.

    It remains to be seen if the community will be able to structure the eco-system in a way to properly govern itself, or we will see governments stepping in more and more to regulate the market.

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    The answer to Blockchain scalability (raiden)

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:36 AM PST

    Ethereum Breaches 600k Transactions

    Posted: 27 Nov 2017 08:41 PM PST

    Streamr: The BlockChain IoT Play

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:07 AM PST

    REX December Update: Gearing up for an Early 2018 Alpha Launch

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:23 PM PST

    Everyone's talking about updates to the network and new highs, and I'm just sitting here breeding cats

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:20 PM PST

    List of projects planning to use Raiden

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:48 AM PST

    Announcing the Newest LIVE Token in the Bancor Network: Say Hello to Enjin

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:13 AM PST

    Introducing Connext: The Solution to the Mainstream Token Adoption Problem

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:46 PM PST

    Is Lack of Transaction Anonymity a Barrier to Widespread Adoption?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:40 PM PST

    I've been thinking more about this recently. If I send a friend X ETH they can see exactly how much money I have. This isn't a concern for me personally because my friends who have ETH already know how much ETH I have, but I can see it presenting a security and privacy risk for day-to-day transactions (I'm sure businessmen would prefer their barista doesn't know how wealthy they are to the dime).

    Now, I've heard that Ethereum will be implementing zk-snarks from Zcash as an anonymity/privacy feature, but this still seems suboptimal to me. A coin like Monero for example is fully anonymous, because anonymous transactions are the default. In a mixed public and anonymous transaction context, it seems you will never have total anonymity. This is because one past transaction that can be traced back to you will identify you. So for example if I use zk-snarks to send an anonymous transaction, but you can trace the totality of the rest of my blockchain history, you can calculate exactly how much I sent in that transaction.

    This public/private blockchain issue also raises the risk that your transaction will be suspected of being fraudulent if the standard is public transactions and you choose to make an anonymous transaction.

    Just wanted to hear any insights from people who might be more familiar with privacy/anonymity on the blockchain, to tell me what I'm missing or if it's the case that ETH is the best smart contract platform at the moment but won't truly be able to achieve privacy anytime soon.

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    Is there an online course in writing smart contracts?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:49 AM PST

    Hello noob here,

    I would like to learn how to write smart contracts. I don't know any programming languages now. However for someone with zero knowledge it seems like you might as well start wherever you want. Can I just learn the language ethereum works on? (Which is like go or rust right) or should I start with something that has been around longer like JavaScript?

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    What is the incentive to create a decentralized application?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:52 PM PST

    This is coming from my own perspective as a software engineer and startup founder in another field (I'm also a crypto enthusiast, so playing devil's advocate a bit).

    For example, say I am creating some sort of betting or poker application. In a centralized world, the creator of the application makes money from being the middle man, taking money from each hand or bet to act as the secured middle man. If I modeled this as a dApp, the users itself act as the authority, and the advantage would be less 'rake' or 'fees' for the better and user. However, this is a large task to build - how is the creator of a decentralized app rewarded general, since the hassle of building something is mostly rewarded in a sense by 'middleman fees'.

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    Consensys spoke, Civil, is hiring a blockchain engineer

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:38 AM PST

    Ethereum Surpasses 600,000 Transactions For the First Time

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:26 AM PST

    Announcing the SingularityNET Token Sale – Ben Goertzel

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 08:29 AM PST

    As someone who works in the music industry, this is exciting!

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 05:17 AM PST

    What non-exchange wallets are you using to store your ethereum / etc / other crypto coins?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:07 AM PST

    How should block rewards be apportioned under Casper FFG?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:49 PM PST

    The introduction of Casper FFG ('hybrid PoW/PoS') will complicate the security model for Ethereum. Rather than just compensating miners or 'PoW validators", the network will also need to compensate stakers or 'PoS validators'.

    The two types of validator are effectively providing different types of security. PoW validators reach consensus on each block, while the possibility of chain reorganisations remains; meanwhile PoS validators reach consensus only every 50th block, but they do so with finality.

    It doesn't seem obvious to me how the block reward should be divided between these two groups. What is the current thinking about how these two sets of validators should be compensated?

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    EDM.com on the upcoming Ethereum-based music streaming platform Choon

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:36 PM PST

    How do I transfer my ethereum between accounts?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 12:00 PM PST

    I made my wallet with geth on windows, and have been mining for some months now. I want to transfer the ethereum from my geth wallet to coinbase, but I'm not quite sure how to do so. I used this command: geth eth.sendTransaction({from:sender, to:receiver, value: amount}), but it's been about a half hour and I haven't seen any change in funds in either account. Any help?

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    What if? A hard fork discussion..

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:27 PM PST

    If we expect mainstream adoption we need to be open to the idea that part of this adoption will most likely include some hard forks. How do we think we will handle this?

    Let's say Zillow figures out a way to automate a lot of the real estate market. Find the house, put the down payment in escrow, inspection, all that is handled via smart contracts. Including the deed that sits out there until payment is made in full. Let's say a hacker finds out how to do something bad with this. Do we fork? If so, what about all the other thousands of companies that are on the chain by this time (fingers crossed)?

    How will we handle all of this at scale?

    Is it fair to expect these companies to "deal with it, we're immutable!"? I don't think that's the right approach if we're expecting this to be a global platform.

    I am of the opinion that I believe in the tech and the team. They are building something amazing. I honestly feel if we want this thing to be a global platform we need to be okay with forking as needed to combat malicious behavior. If that is the case...how do we handle this at scale? If thousands of companies are on this platform and people need a fork every other week....that's not realistic. I get the fact that they need to audit the hell out of their code, but I am a firm believer where there's a will there's a way.

    Thoughts?

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    Aragon Team Update: November 2017

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:33 AM PST

    ConsenSys London Office Launch - Photo Slideshow

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 12:03 PM PST

    Weekly Ethereum Development Updates?

    Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:42 PM PST

    With crypto moving 100 miles an hour, is there a website/blogger to read up on what is going on with ethereum on a weekly basis? A place I can get knowledge of everything that's happening week by week. I find it impossible to catch up on the weekly news such as new dapps, developments, conferences, and other important information without spending 12 hours a day online.

    edit: missed a word

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