What Is Proof-of-Stake?
Proof-of-stake is a method of maintaining integrity in a blockchain, ensuring users of a cryptocurrency can’t mint coins they didn’t earn.
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CasperLabs Is Building a PoS Blockchain With Help from Ethereum's Vlad Zamfir
A new blockchain startup was launched today called CasperLabs. Aiming to build a proof-of-stake blockchain based upon the seminal work of Ethereum Foundation researcher Vlad Z...
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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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Ethereum Startup Parity Adds Casper Code to Custom Blockchain Toolbox
Parity Technologies has added an early version of ethereum's hotly anticipated Casper code change to its blockchain development platform, Substrate.
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You Won't Have to Wait for This Ethereum Scaling Solution, It Works Now
Most ethereum scaling technologies are a far from completed, but OpenST says it's got a solution that's ready for the "here and now."
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Before the 'Bomb' Hits: Why the Race Is on to Alter Ethereum's Economics
At least six proposals have been recently put forth, all of which could change the economics of the ethereum blockchain if enacted.
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Proposed Ethereum Roadmap Would Activate Its Biggest Upgrades Together
A developer meeting Friday saw ethereum's developers discuss a proposal that would see two of its most anticipated upgrades update together.
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Jun 15, 2018 at 6:05 p.m. UTC
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Testing for Ethereum's Coming Consensus Change Is Moving Ahead
Less than a year since Casper was formalized, ethereum clients are starting to test a smart contract for the network's big consensus change.
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Jun 6, 2018 at 4:00 a.m. UTC
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The First Version of Ethereum's Casper Upgrade Has Been Published
Posts on GitHub and Reddit suggest that momentum is building behind he change to ethereum's protocol.
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The Economics of Ethereum’s Coming Consensus Change Are Taking Shape
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has issued new details on his vision for proof-of-stake, ethereum's coming consensus change.
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May 8, 2018 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
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