Michael del Castillo

A full-time member of the Editorial Team at CoinDesk, Michael covers cryptocurrency and blockchain applications. His writing has been published in the New Yorker, Silicon Valley Business Journal and Upstart Business Journal. Michael is not an investor in any digital currencies or blockchain projects. He has previously held value in bitcoin (<a href="https://qa.coindesk.com/editorial-policy/">See: Editorial Policy</a>). Email: michael@coindesk.com. Follow Michael: <a href="https://twitter.com/delrayman">@delrayman</a>

Latest from Michael del Castillo

Markets

ItBit Hit With String of Departures in Bitcoin-to-Blockchain Transition

A slew of recent departures from itBit suggest a changing future for a startup originally founded as a bitcoin exchange service.

Hul 27, 2016

Markets

Blockchain Researchers Debate Future of Consensus Tech at IBM Event

Forty blockchain researchers met in Chicago this week to hash out consensus mechanisms that might be employed by distributed ledgers.

Hul 27, 2016

Markets

Alternative Ethereum Blockchain Gains Support as Price Declines

Ethereum Classic may have started as a protest currency against the hard fork, but it is gaining more services.

Hul 25, 2016

Markets

Ether Withdrawals Slow as Millions in DAO Funds Remain Unclaimed

Millions in ether remain unclaimed from an account established for the purpose of allowing original investors in The DAO to get it back.

Hul 22, 2016

Markets

Bitcoin Developers Warn Ethereum Fork Sets Unsettling Precedent

Bitcoin Core developers are concerned that the side effects of a hard fork on the ethereum blockchain could have negative impacts on all blockchains.

Hul 22, 2016

Markets

DAO Critic Defends Ethereum Hard Fork as 'Rite of Passage'

The Cornell professor who emerged as one of The DAO's leading critics believes ethereum's hard fork is a sign of maturity.

Hul 20, 2016

Tech

Ethereum Executes Blockchain Hard Fork to Return DAO Funds

Ethereum has executed a hard fork of its blockchain, returning funds lost in The DAO collapse to investors.

Hul 20, 2016

Markets

How to Follow the Ethereum Hard Fork as it Happens

CoinDesk outlines a number of ways to follow tomorrow's expected hard fork of the ethereum blockchain.

Hul 19, 2016

Markets

South Africa's Banks Are Going DIY to Test Ethereum's Blockchain

A team of six South African banks is now conducting experiments with ethereum's blockchain, a process that was bootstrapped by Whatsapp.

Hul 19, 2016

Markets

The Hard Fork: What's About to Happen to Ethereum and The DAO

It's not just owners of The DAO tokes who stand to be impacted by the upcoming planned ethereum hard fork. Many industry player must play a role.

Hul 18, 2016

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