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The Byzantium Countdown: What's Left Before Ethereum's Next Fork?

With only days remaining before ethereum's next hard fork, CoinDesk outlines how stakeholders are moving forward to prepare.

Developers have directly traded bitcoin for ethereum using an in-progress technology that aims to replace cryptocurrency exchanges with code.

By Alyssa HertigOct 11, 2017

The recent trend of websites installing cryptocurrency miners to harness visitors' processing power has taken a more positive twist, a report says.

Ripple has added nine new members to cross-border payment solution RippleNet, bringing the number of clients over 100.

Should bitcoin's technology change to accommodate merchant users? New data from one of the network's biggest startups is fueling the debate.

Ethereum's core development team have taken part in one last meeting ahead of a network hard fork expected to happen on October 16.

The Lightning Network isn't yet live on bitcoin, but that doesn't mean developers aren't theorizing the kinds of ambitious apps that it could enable.

By Alyssa HertigOct 7, 2017

Two security specialists are uniting to build a new security solution for financial institutions working with cryptocurrency.

With a lull in activity, what's really going on under the Segwit2x hood? According to many developers, now is the calm before the storm.

By Alyssa HertigOct 6, 2017

New reports indicate that Internet domain provider Cloudflare has begun to crack down on websites running hidden cryptocurrency miners.