Latest from Alyssa Hertig
Fire the Miners? Radical Ideas Emerge as Bitcoin Fork Talk Escalates
As tensions rise in bitcoin's scaling debate, support is growing for a solution that could sideline miners should they try to force a code change.
Aborted ENS Launch Marks Latest Setback for Ethereum Apps
Ethereum developers had to shutter a highly anticipated app last week, when two critical bugs provoked security concerns shortly after launch.
Zcash Launches Non-Profit Foundation to Advance Adoption
A new non-profit foundation has been launched to support the development of the zcash protocol.
Bitcoin's Scaling Debate is Devolving Into an All-Out Twitter War
The community has been in a furore over an attack that took down 70% of Bitcoin Unlimited nodes. Here are 12 of the best Twitter responses.
'Super UASF': Could a Clever Idea Break Bitcoin's Scaling Deadlock?
An experimental 'user-activated soft fork' for pushing through a controversial bitcoin code change took another step forward this week
CoinDesk Explainer: The Bitcoin Unlimited Debate
The controversial alternative to Bitcoin Core has drifted to the heart of bitcoin's raging scaling debate over the past year, but why?
How Bitcoin's P2P Layer Got a Speed Hike in the Latest Core Release
MIT-funded developer Cory Fields discusses his work overhauling the code for Bitcoin Core's peer-to-peer layer – a task that was anything but easy.
A Public-Private Ethereum? It Won't Be As Easy As It Sounds
Making private ethereum implementations compatible with the larger public blockchain is a popular concept, but there is much work to be done.
Rootstock is Fusing Lightning With On-Chain Scaling – On a Sidechain
A unique proposal aimed at scaling bitcoin’s transaction capacity via sidechains has been revealed in a new white paper.
What You Need to Know About Bitcoin's Upcoming Code Release
Bitcoin’s best-known proposed code change isn’t the only one that matters.
