The latest ethereum hard fork, Istanbul, is bringing Layer 2 solutions to the network – this time in the form of a payment channel. Cryptographic research hub Matter Labs…
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Ethereum Devs Reconsider ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Timing as Hard Forks Loom – CoinDesk
A newly proposed ethereum hard fork may punt a key network feature two years down the road to avoid complicating ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake (PoS). Ethereum improvement proposal (EIP)…
Cisco Patent Would Secure 5G Networks With a Blockchain – CoinDesk
Network tech giant Cisco has won a patent detailing how it could leverage blockchain to secure the data in 5G telecommunication networks. The San Jose, Calif.-based company submitted a…
Unregistered ICO Issuer Gladius Shuts Down 9 Months After SEC Settlement – CoinDesk
Crypto startup Gladius Network LLC announced it would close its operations via a Telegram message on Thursday, several months after settling charges of selling an unregistered security with the…
Orchid’s Decentralized VPN Network Set for Early-December Launch
Decentralized VPN provider Orchid will debut its app, network and token (OXT) during the first week of December.
How Bitcoin’s Lightning Can Be Used for Private Messaging – CoinDesk
Bitcoin’s lightning network might have a use case beyond faster and more scalable payments. Last week Lightning Labs developer Joost Jager revealed an experimental, new proof of concept: Whatsat,…
Ether on Lightning Is the Latest Bridge Crossing Crypto’s Great Divide – CoinDesk
Ethereum developers are using the Lightning payments network to build bridges into the bitcoin ecosystem. The venture-backed crypto startup Radar, best known for its decentralized exchange (DEX) relayers for…
Researchers Uncover Bitcoin ‘Attack’ That Could Slow or Stop Lightning Payments – CoinDesk
The bitcoin lightning network could be vulnerable to a simple and disruptive attack, according to a recent research paper. Written by Saar Tochner, Aviv Zohar, and Stefan Schmid, the paper…
Bitcoin’s Dropping Lightning Capacity Might Not Be a Bad Thing – CoinDesk
If you’re a fan of bitcoin and the nascent Lightning network, this graph looks disheartening at first glance. Graph of lightning capacity from bitcoinvisuals.com. The orange line is the…
Lightning Sucks, But It Could Help Build a Bitcoin Economy – CoinDesk
“Profit is a bug.” That’s according to Lightning Network co-creator and Lightning Labs co-founder Tadge Dryja, who spoke earlier this month at Scaling Bitcoin in Tel Aviv. However, 18…