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Lockheed Martin, Filecoin Foundation to Bring Decentralized Data Storage to Space

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin (LMT) and the Filecoin Foundation could soon make an open-source blockchain network accessible in space. Filecoin Foundation Chair Marta Bel...

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May 24, 2022 at 2:59 p.m. UTC

May 24, 2022

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Google's Win for Open Source

“What happened here, that no one expected, is the Supreme Court found fair use as a matter of law," tech lawyer Marta Belcher said.

By Daniel Kuhn

Apr 6, 2021 at 4:19 p.m. UTC

Apr 6, 2021

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Uniswap V3 Introduces New License to Spoil Future SUSHIs

Included in the new Uniswap white paper is a “business source license” that acts as a time delay against would-be copycats.

By William Foxley

Mar 23, 2021 at 6:10 p.m. UTC

Mar 23, 2021

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Taproot Update: Bitcoin Users Home In on Activation Plan, Date Still TBD

The meeting ended with rough consensus in favor of BIP8 (false), as well as with approval of two possible methods to put this BIP into motion.

By Colin Harper

Feb 3, 2021 at 10:08 p.m. UTC

Feb 3, 2021

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How DeFi 'Degens' Are Funding the Next Wave of Open-Source Development

Gitcoin's Kevin Owocki coins the phrase "regenerative finance" to describe the future of funding open-source development.

By Kevin Owocki

Dec 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UTC

Dec 30, 2020

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Developers Debate Disclosure Protocols After ‘Accidental’ Ethereum Hard Fork

Ethereum’s largest client Geth hard-forked after a bug was tripped Wednesday. Developers are now weighing the merits of security disclosures methods.

By William Foxley

Nov 13, 2020 at 5:52 p.m. UTC

Nov 13, 2020

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Blockchain Commons Internship Introduces New Developers to Open Source

The Blockchain Commons took on seven interns this year to build out the organization’s many open-source projects.

By Colin Harper

Sep 23, 2020 at 5:50 p.m. UTC

Sep 23, 2020

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The Linux Foundation Wants Open-Source Tech to Address Future Pandemics

The Linux Foundation hopes open-source apps will play a key role in tracing exposure to diseases like COVID-19 while being fully transparent.

By Benjamin Powers

Aug 12, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Aug 12, 2020

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What People Who Aren’t Bullish on Bitcoin Still Like About It

Working with open-source software changes the development process, according to this researcher who interviewed hundreds of technologists across projects.

By Leigh Cuen

Aug 4, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 4, 2020

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