Sahara co-founder Sean Ren, a computer science professor at the University of Southern California, says his tech can help workers and businesses get compensated for their knowledge, data and expertise in the age of AI.
Blackballed by PayPal, Scientific-Paper Pirate Takes Bitcoin Donations
Bitcoin has been used by outlaws of all sorts, but this time the outlaw is a young scientist from Kazakhstan breaking through the paywalls of academic journals.
Free Transactions Invite Systemic Attacks on Blockchains, Researchers Find
EOS, Tezos and XRP have not seen high levels of intended use, according to a new report from researchers in London.
‘Careless’ Users Are Ruining Ethereum’s Privacy: Paper
Ethereum’s account-based model makes it more susceptible to surveillance than some other protocols and users aren’t helping, a research paper argues.
Researchers Surface Privacy Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments
Privacy holes in the Lightning Network, a bitcoin transaction settlement layer, are leaking payment information.
US Intelligence Officials Are Funding Research on Dollar-Crushing ‘Black Swan’ Events
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence wants to sponsor a post-doc researcher to study what would happen if the U.S. dollar lost its status as the world’s reserve currency.
MIT Develops ‘Spider’ Tech to Enable More Efficient Off-Chain Crypto Transactions
The researchers say their new routing scheme can help avoid congestion on off-chain cryptocurrency networks.
Moscow Blockchain Voting System ‘Completely Insecure,’ Says Researcher
A blockchain system that will soon be used to allow Moscow residents to vote in elections is currently easy to hack, according to a researcher.
DARPA-Funded Study Looks at How Crypto Chats Spread on Reddit
A U.S. Department of Energy science lab has been studying how well three popular cryptos performed in Reddit chats. Here’s what they found.
Ripple Teams With 10 New Universities for Blockchain Research Initiative
Ripple has partnered another 10 top universities for its international blockchain research program, bringing the total to 29.
Ripple Partners With Chinese University for Blockchain Research Program
Ripple has teamed up with a top Chinese university for a research program focused on blockchain regulation and development.
More Than Half of ICOs Fail Within 4 Months, Study Suggests
A new study suggests that, while many ICOs become inactive soon after launch, there are rewards for investors willing to take a risk.
Ripple Pumps $50 Million Into Academic Research on Blockchain
Ripple is setting aside millions of dollars to fund university-based research into blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments.
Major Blockchains Are Pretty Much Still Centralized
Researchers wade into the centralization debate, setting out data analysis they think could help shed light on the issue.