Although this is my first post in this blog, many people might already know me as the person behind Solidity. I recently took on the lead of the C++ team and would like to share my vision for the future development. Ethereum is a free software project that anyone is free to use and improve.
“This is the biggest change to how Lido Core staking works since Lido V2,” said Isidoros Passadis, chief of staking at Lido Labs Foundation. “The node operators securing the majority of ETH staked via Lido are consolidating onto far fewer validators, and for the first time, they’re backing that stake with their own capital, leaving
Circle Internet Group has acquired more than 680 IBM patent families containing nearly 1,000 issued patents worldwide. Summary Circle acquired nearly 1,000 IBM patents spanning blockchain, payments, banking, insurance, supply chains and cloud. Circle says the expanded portfolio supports USDC, Payments Network, Arc and its agentic finance tools. Financial terms remain undisclosed, while Circle and
Following hacking @ DEVCON1, Martin Swende is Nr. 1 on the leaderboard of the Ethereum Bounty Program. The bounty program is ongoing and the last bounty awarded amounted to 5 BTC. The program is open to anyone. With BTC Relay getting ready for launch on Ethereum and its importance for many DApps, we want to
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Ethereum is often described as a platform for self-enforcing smart contracts. While this is certainly true, this article argues that, especially when more complex systems are involved, it is rather a court with smart lawyers and a judge that is not so smart, or more formally, a judge with restricted computational resources. We will see
A US exchange can list a new prediction market by filing a form saying the contract complies with the law, and start trading the next day. No approval required. Summary Prediction market prices are well calibrated overall: studies of thousands of settled markets find outcomes occurring at close to their implied frequencies, with accuracy that
Update: We’ve released version 1.3.5 including networking hotfix for homestead 1.3.4. Development of Ethereum started in December 2013 when two developers and a college dropout researcher decided to put their heads together and develop this amazing piece of technology. We were later joined by many like-minded individuals. Our first Proof of Concept (PoC) came on February
Stellar gains focus for fast payments, native USDC, Soroban smart contracts, and Sl8 Social wallet features built on XLM. Stellar is returning to market discussion as traders revisit payment-focused blockchain networks. Scopuly said XLM is appearing again across professional trading desks. The renewed focus is tied to Stellar’s long-running role in fast and low-cost transfers.
POSCO International is testing blockchain-based trade finance with LG CNS and Injective. Summary POSCO is testing tokenized receivables created from real trades between overseas subsidiaries and commercial counterparties. LG CNS and Injective support issuance, transfer, compliance controls and settlement on one shared ledger. POSCO plans production use after testing, but has not disclosed performance data
