Rachel-Rose O'Leary

Rachel-Rose O'Leary is a coder and writer at Dark Renaissance Technologies. She was lead tech writer for CoinDesk 2017-2018, covering privacy tech and Ethereum. She has a background in digital art and philosophy, and has been writing about crypto since 2015.

Rachel-Rose O'Leary

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Tech

After the Fork: How Competing Bitcoin Cash Blockchains Might Wage War

The war for bitcoin cash is only beginning.

miners, crypto

Markets

A 7-Year Legal Fight Led This Dev to Build Unstoppable Ethereum Storage

Developer Daniel Nagy's legal battle over a file-sharing node led him to develop ethereum's storage layer, Swarm.

storage

Markets

Ethereum Sets Tentative January Goal for Next Blockchain Upgrade

Ethereum developers have tentatively agreed a mid-January deadline for the network's upcoming Constantinople hard fork.

target

Markets

The Little-Known Ways Ethereum Reveals User Location Data

At Devcon4, Geth developer Péter Szilágyi detailed the little-known ways that data about ethereum users can become public.

(CoinDesk archives)

Tech

As Plasma Stalls, Snarks Become New Hope for Scaling Ethereum Now

As work on ethereum's plasma scaling solution proceeds, some developers are hailing a form of cryptography used by zcash as an alternative.

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Markets

Vitalik Ends Devcon Talk With Sing-Along About Failed Ethereum Ideas

At the Devcon4 developer conference, the founder of ethereum presented the current roadmap to a more scalable network – and a song.

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Tech

The Godfather of Ethereum ICOs Wants to Let Investors Take Their Money Back

Fabian Vogelsteller has proposed a method for safer ICOs, by allowing investors to withdraw funds.

Gumball

Markets

Defending Decentralization, Like a Twice in a Millennium Chance

During the Web3 Summit earlier this week, speakers and attendees struck an optimistic tone, even though the challenges for blockchain are great.

web3

Markets

Zcash's Next Upgrade to Make Private Transactions 100x Lighter and 6x Faster

Zcash's upcoming Sapling hard fork, expected to execute on Oct. 29, makes substantial improvements to the efficiency of its private transactions.

tunnel

Markets

Gavin Wood Announces 'Impending Release' of DIY Blockchain Tool

Parity Technologies founder Gavin Wood has announced that his company's new DIY blockchain tool, Substrate, is weeks from release

Polkadot founder Gavin Wood