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Finance

Turkish Delight or Slight: Decoding Eurasia’s Largest Blockchain Event

Billed as Eurasia’s largest blockchain conference, Blockchain Economy Istanbul didn’t live up to the hype, some attendees said.

Awards ceremony at Blockchain Economy Istanbul (Blockchain Economy Istanbul Team)

Finance

Bitcoin Maximalist Michael Saylor Makes the Case Against Ethereum

The MicroStrategy CEO cautioned that the "protocol doesn’t look like it's going to be completed or stable for another 36 months."

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor speaking remotely at the Blockchain Economy Istanbul conference (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum's Istanbul Hard Fork Is Now Live

Hitting at block number 9,069,000, the systemwide upgrade is the network’s third in 2019.

Istanbul, Turkey image via Sabino Parente/Shutterstock

Markets

Ethereum's Top DEX Is Rebooting With New Scaling Features

IDEX is launching a new DEX built on a layer 2 scalibility protocol made possible through Ethereum's Istanbul hard fork.

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Markets

Ethereum Targets Dec. 4 for Istanbul Mainnet Activation

Ethereum’s next system-wide upgrade, Istanbul, is scheduled to arrive on mainnet the week of Dec. 4.

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Markets

Ethereum's Istanbul Upgrade Arrives Early, Causes Testnet Split

Ethereum's "Istanbul" system-wide upgrade, or hard fork, arrived two days earlier than expected – causing miner confusion.

Ethereum developer Hudson Jameson image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Ethereum's Istanbul Upgrade Will Break 680 Smart Contracts on Aragon

For governance platform Aragon, ethereum's system-wide upgrade on Wednesday is expected to break hundreds of smart contracts. Here's why.

Vitalik Buterin at DEVCON 2018

Markets

Ethereum to Test Upcoming Istanbul Hard Fork in Early October

In a call Friday, ethereum developers picked a block height for the testnet launch of the Istanbul system-wide upgrade. It's expected for Oct. 2.

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Markets

Ethereum Coders Approve 6 Changes for Upcoming Istanbul Hard Fork

Ethereum core developers have finalized a list of EIPs for the network's next system-wide upgrade.

Ethereum developer Hudson Jameson image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Ethereum Devs Approve First Code Changes for 'Istanbul' Hard Fork

Developers today approved two Ethereum Improvement Proposals for the blockchain's system-wide upgrade in October.

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