Pseudonymous developer Sunny King, the creator of proof-of-stake, has a new approach for the consensus mechanism – and it revolves around hardware.
A Small Crypto Coin Is Making Big Claims About a Private Proof-of-Stake
Even though it’s yet to gain much notoriety, token project Spectre is innovating in a trending area – private staking for proof-of-stake blockchains.
A $3.3 Billion Claim: Has Cardano’s Blockchain ‘Solved’ Proof-of-Stake?
Charles Hoskinson explains cardano’s iterative approach to security, and how its interaction with academic gives it an advantage over other designs.
Testing for Ethereum’s Coming Consensus Change Is Moving Ahead
Less than a year since Casper was formalized, ethereum clients are starting to test a smart contract for the network’s big consensus change.
The Economics of Ethereum’s Coming Consensus Change Are Taking Shape
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has issued new details on his vision for proof-of-stake, ethereum’s coming consensus change.
Startup Raises $3 Million to Build ‘Proof-of-Space-Time’ Blockchains
Spacemesh’s “proof-of-space-time” (PoST) consensus protocol hopes to do away with mining pools and expensive GPU or ASIC-based miners.
A (Short) Guide to Blockchain Consensus Protocols
Bitcoin’s consensus mechanism is great, but it isn’t perfect. This article looks at some of the more viable public blockchain alternatives.