An (extensive) summary of the first phase of the beacon chain rollout.
<h1>Beacon Chain To Finalize Ethereum 1.0 Chain</h1>
In today’s core devs call, Vitalik Buterin and Danny Ryan discussed how the coming proof-of-stake beacon can be used to finalize the existing proof-of-work chain.
<h1>You Can Buy Bitcoin At Coinstar Now, But Not With Coins</h1>
But it’s still cool. Maybe.
<h1>Circle’s USD Coin Audit Reports Full Fiat Backing</h1>
The relationship between fiat-backing, price, and market cap isn’t what you might expect.
<h1>Surprise! Constantinople Delayed Due To Security Vulnerability</h1>
ConstantiNOPE?
<h1>Vermont To Test Blockchain For Regulation Of Insured-Owned Insurance</h1>
Vermont’s Office of Secretary of State and Department of Financial Regulation signed a memorandum of understanding to launch a pilot program testing the use of blockchain by captive insurance companies.
<h1>Coincheck Wins FSA Approval</h1>
Nearly a year after being hacked, the exchange has attained FSA licensure.
<h1>The Importance Of Social Norms For Content-Neutral Platforms</h1>
Does the virtue of a decentralized platform created by an alt-right bigot vary from a decentralized platform created by a leftist Libertarian?
<h1>Despite Core Dev Agreement To Move Forward With ProgPoW, Dissent Continues</h1>
Concerns over the efficacy of the new algorithm – and that the move could impede ETH 2.0 developments – have fueled continued debate. Some even worry ProgPoW could lead to a chain split.
<h1>BitTorrent To Release TRON Token For Faster Downloads</h1>
The TRON Foundation hopes this move will lead to mass adoption among BitTorrent’s 100 million users.
<h1>Proof Of Keys: Marking The Tenth Anniversary Of Bitcoin’s Genesis Block By Exiting Exchanges</h1>
To commemorate the anniversary of Bitcoin’s genesis block and encourage monetary sovereignty, well-known bitcoin investor Trace Mayer encourages crypto holders to remove all crypto holdings from centralized exchanges.
<h1>Deletion Of Comments From Aragon Subreddit Prompts Concerns Over Censorship</h1>
A redditor posted on several Aragon forums to question Meltem Demirors’ inclusion as a speaker at the upcoming AraCon conference. After a back and forth with the Aragon subreddit moderator, the moderator deemed the commenter’s responses against community rules and deleted them. Now, a lot of people are calling it censorship.
<h1>Prominent Wallets Proven Hackable, But Don’t Worry Too Much</h1>
If you’re keeping your wallets out of the hands of hackers, you’re probably fine.
<h1>Aragon Wants You! (To Help Decentralize Its Governance Process)</h1>
Aragon wants to offer a neutral, decentralized digital jurisdiction for DAOs. As it stands, it appears plenty of folks are hungry to build organizations on Aragon’s stack, but there is less interest in participating in the governance of the network. If decentralization is to be achieved, that needs to change.
<h1>MKR Holders Vote Against Short-Term Self-Interest To Lower Stability Fees</h1>
Since August, the stability fee for CDP-issued loans in Dai had been set at 2.5 percent. Now, MKR holders have voted it back down to 0.5 percent.
<h1>Despite Downsizing, Status Maintains Commitment To Building Core Ethereum Infrastructure</h1>
Status recently laid off 25 percent of its staff and reduced wages for other employees. It says it’s committed to delivering on its white paper, improving the app, and building core infrastructure.
<h1>To Alleviate Ethereum State Bloat, Developers Consider Charging Rent</h1>
The Ethereum development community is facing some hard decisions regarding network usability.
<h1>To Mitigate Harm Amid Crypto Winter, We Need To Talk About Price</h1>
Discussing the price of Ether is somewhat taboo, but in light of its recent drastic drop, it’s time we changed that.
<h1>ConsenSys Sacrifices 13 Percent Of Its Employees In New Business Strategy</h1>
Amid Crypto Winter, many projects are cutting back. ConsenSys has historically bragged about its almost infinite funding, but apparently even it isn’t immune.
<h1>Want Speed? Go Centralized, Argues Gnosis</h1>
slow.trade announce the launch of its user interface for Gnosis’ DutchX decentralized exchange.