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UN Group Advances Ethereum Aid Tracking Pilot

The World Food Programme, the food assistance arm of the United Nations, is advancing a blockchain trial to pilot stage.

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Fire the Miners? Radical Ideas Emerge as Bitcoin Fork Talk Escalates

As tensions rise in bitcoin's scaling debate, support is growing for a solution that could sideline miners should they try to force a code change.

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DAO Manager Aragon Gets Alpha Release

An administrative platform for decentralized autonomous corporations built on ethereum has rolled out new alpha software.

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Ethereum Developers Publish Roadmap for EVM Upgrade

Plans to build a new version of the ethereum virtual machine are moving ahead.

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Japan Exchange Blockchain Consortium Grows to 26 Members

More than 25 companies and organizations are taking part in a blockchain proof-of-concept spearheaded by the Japan Exchange Group (JPX).

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Bitcoin Unlimited: Mining Power Should Determine Hard Fork

The developers behind an alternative bitcoin software took steps today to allay fears that an upgrade to its code would be disruptive to the market.

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Scaling Consensus? This Turing Winner Thinks He's Found a Way

Turing Award winner Silvio Micali is working on a new consensus algorithm, one he argues could help massively scale blockchains.

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Which Majority? Bitcoin Exchange Accord Reveals Hard Fork Dilemma

A newly released statement from major exchanges today may have stoked tensions in the ongoing bitcoin scaling debate.

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Zcash Launches Non-Profit Foundation to Advance Adoption

A new non-profit foundation has been launched to support the development of the zcash protocol.

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Bitcoin Exchanges Unveil Hard Fork Contingency Plan

A group of bitcoin exchanges are planning to list Bitcoin Unlimited as a separate currency in the event of a network split.

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