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While they were at EDCON 2018 in Toronto, key developers and instrumental players in the Ethereum ecosystem met to talk about Ethereum’s growing pains. But we’re not talking about scaling a blockchain. We’re talking about scaling a heretofore undefined system of governance for a rapidly growing, diverse community.
Ethereum Foundation announces the next location of the annual Ethereum developer’s conference.
Everyone’s favorite “Friendly Finality Gadget” doesn’t replace mining; it just provides Ethereum with increased security. But will it lead to greater centralization? Its creators have tried to ensure it does not.
In a search for justice, technology is an answer – an incomplete answer – to the question of what is right.
Excited neophytes think that so-called “smart” contracts may be a panacea for all transactional or data management activities that take place in a developing technological ecosystem. It’s a mistaken assumption, but still a noble goal that could yield unexpected dividends.
J. Christopher Giancarlo’s recent speech at Vanderbilt University Law School underlined “the relevance of a principles-based approach to legal education” that is built into the architecture of decentralized networks of distributed wealth and power. He pointed out that millennials and Gen Z expect change to be “driven by technological disintermediation of distrusted institutions.”
The G20 summit in Argentina closed its session with a directive for future development of crypto-asset and blockchain standards, protections, and innovation.
While individual blockchain endeavors have spun up from Lithuania to Switzerland, there is an effort to create a far-reaching blockchain that will span Europe.
A petition to the House Ethics Committee requests lawmakers declare their virtual currency holdings.
