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<h1>New Plasma Spec To Support ‘Smart Contracts,’ But It Needs Some Work</h1>
Three developers out of Onther Inc in South Korea released a research paper on Plasma EVM, a version of Plasma that can support “smart contracts.” Sounds great, but there are some security issues.
<h1>Ethereum Foundation Names Wave 3 Grant Recipients</h1>
The foundation prioritized scalability in its most recent round of grants.
<h1>ASIC Vs. GPU Debate Ignites Ahead Of Devcon4 And Constantinople Hard Fork</h1>
As the impending Constantinople hard fork and Devcon4 draw nearer, the ongoing ASIC vs. GPU mining rig debate appears to have re-emerged. Some in the mining community are campaigning to block ASIC mining rigs, arguing that failing to do so will push GPU mining operations out of business, further plummet the value of Ether, and lead to network centralization.
<h1>Vitalik Clears Up Confusion Around Casper</h1>
Last night, Vitalik Buterin shot off a 75-message tweet storm summarizing the history of Casper, saving blockchain nerds and amateurs everywhere hours of frustrated Googling and inaccurate reddit commenting.
<h1>Truffle Revamps Website, Offers Trio Of Dessert-Themed Services</h1>
The Ethereum development framework’s new website showcases its three key products.
<h1>Ethereum Magicians To Gather In Prague Before Devcon4</h1>
The Fellowship of Ethereum Magicians plans to hold its Council of Prague prior to the global Ethereum developer conference.
<h1>Aragon Leaves Medium Amid Growing National Debate Over Platform-Based Censorship</h1>
After Medium began censoring certain cryptocurrency posts, decentralization advocate Aragon decided to move to a new platform. Will others follow?
<h1>Aragon One And Giveth Team Up To Create Decentralized Altruistic Community</h1>
Giveth and Aragon are joining to create a decentralized organization structure by fusing transparent, independent governance and altruistic purpose.
<h1>Ethereum Network Congested, Spam Attack Suspected</h1>
The Ethereum network is experiencing copious transactions all connected to a single account, leading to broad speculation about their purpose.
<h1>Researchers Uncover Scam Botnet On Twitter</h1>
An elaborate system of malware was found to be behind cryptocurrency giveaway scams.
<h1>Proposed Stop Guard For Dishonest Plasma MVP Exits Highlights Design Flaw</h1>
Minimum Viable Plasma requires users to actively monitor and challenge exit attempts, but many users are offline most of the time. One developer suggests using an on-chain EDCC (or smart contract) to probabilistically verify the plasma chain. Though the proposal does address the concern in a wide range of scenarios, it is not a universal solution, nor is it failsafe.
<h1>ENS, MMX To Launch DNS-Compatible Domain Names</h1>
The Ethereum address-naming provider will be integrated into Minds + Machines Group Limited’s forthcoming domain .luxe. MMX will allow current .eth address holders the opportunity to claim their DNS equivalent addresses.
<h1>More Efficient Clone Contract Functionality Could Soon Be Coming To Ethereum Blockchain</h1>
EIP 1167 entered “last call” status yesterday and is open for comments for the next two weeks before it is finalized. This Ethereum Improvement Proposal allows any number of cloned contracts to redirect calls and gas fees more cheaply and with fewer side effects than is currently possible.
<h1>Ethereum’s PegaSys Announces Orion Private Transaction Manager</h1>
ConsenSys’ protocol engineering crew recently released its open-source privacy application to the public.
<h1>Ethereum’s Status Announces Development Of Nimbus Sharding Client</h1>
The mobile Dapp browsing provider is working on an Ethereum 2.0 scalability solution.
<h1>Release Date Set For Next Wave Of Devcon4 Tickets</h1>
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<h1>Building A Better Coin Offering: Lessons From Kleros’ Interactive ICO</h1>
Last year, a team that included Ethereum chief scientist Vitalik Buterin and TrueBit founder Jason Teutsch proposed a fairer and more transparent model for token sales. A new cryptocurrency project just tested it out.
<h1>Ethereum’s MetaMask Reflects On Temporary Chrome Delisting</h1>
The blockchain Dapp browser extension recently posted a retrospective about Wednesday’s events.
<h1>Augur’s Joey Krug Comments On Assassination Markets</h1>
Shortly after Augur’s launch, some users created cryptocurrency-settled assassination markets. Since the Augur protocol exists on the Ethereum blockchain, the marketplace exists across many computers. Because of Augur’s decentralization, law enforcement may struggle to shut down these morbid and highly illegal markets.