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Chinese Ultimatum: Miners Discuss Switching to Bitcoin Classic

Bitcoin scalability debate gained steam as 8btc.com published details of the Bitcoin Classic implementation proposal discussed by miners of China.

Ethereum Soft Fork Under Threat of DDoS Attacks

The situation around the attempts to bring back the lost assets of The DAO is gradually gaining farcical shades. This time, the soft fork proposed by Ethereum developers may never occur because yet another vulnerability has been discovered. The soft fork in question is aimed at blocking target DAO address, so that the organization will […]

Russian Central Bank: Evolution of Fintech Companies Will Cause Bank Affiliations to Disappear

Development of financial technologies and fintech companies will optimize the Russian banking network, while the banks themselves will be engaged in creating infrastructure for fintech companies providing various services to their customers. This is the brief extract of the speech given at Fintech Lab 2016 on June 28 by Vadim Kalukhov, director for financial technology […]

Ethereum Soft Fork Voting Commences

Several major Ethereum mining pools, namely, Dwarfpool, Ethpool and Ethremine, have launched a voting system enabling miners to express their views on The DAO’s soft fork.

Waves Partners with BioViva

Blockchain platform Waves has announced it partnered with US-based scientific research company BioViva known for “addressing biological aging itself”.

The Moscow Exchange Joins HyperLedger

The Moscow Exchange has become Russia’s first-ever organization to join an international blockchain consortium. The exchange is now a member of HyperLedger, a project headed by the Linux Foundation.

The Robin Hood Team: The DAO’s Assets May Return Without a Hardfork

A joint team of Ethereum Project, Slock.it and some anonymous developers which calls itself the Robin Hood team intends to bring back the ethers stolen from the DAO without hard-forking Ethereum.

The Counter-Attack on The DAO Quickly Drains Its Funds

A white hat attack on The DAO led by Alex Van de Sande of the Ethereum Foundation has been launched to protect its funds.

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