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Toward Metropolis: After Blockchain Repairs, Ethereum Looks Ahead

After months of focusing on network upgrades, ethereum developers are shifting attention toward their next major software release.

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Hackers Steal Over $300k From One of Blockchain's Biggest VCs

A notable blockchain industry investor was hacked today.

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How Developers Are Responding to Ethereum's Unexpected Fork

An unintentional split of the network was the latest event to shake ethereum.

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Zcash and the Art of Security Theater

As bitcoin core developer Peter Todd published his role in helping create the Zcash cryptocurrency doubt is cast on the system's "trustless setup."

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Bitcoin's Security Model: A Deep Dive

CoinDesk takes a look under the hood to understand what security features are and aren't offered by bitcoin.

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Stolen Bitcoin? Anti-Theft Feature Gets Second Life on Sidechains

A concept that could enable new functionality for bitcoins on the bitcoin blockchain is being tested by Blockstream.

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Ethereum Bug Sends Smart Contracts Back to the Drawing Board

A small Solidity bug has stirred a big debate among ethereum developers.

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A Lower Block Time Could Help Bitcoin Scale, But Will It Work?

A small tweak to bitcoin could have a big impact.

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Ethereum Forks But Blockchain Attacks Keep On Coming

Yesterday’s ethereum hard fork went according to plan, but the attacker has yet to be thwarted.

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So, It Looks Like Ethereum is Going to Have to Fork Again...

Ethereum is planning for another hard fork to foil an ongoing series of attacks on the network.

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