Stateful Turing-Complete Policies | Ethereum Foundation Blog
One of the major security challenges of the internet over the last twenty years has consistently been the rather simple problem of securing...
Merkling in Ethereum | Ethereum Foundation Blog
Merkle trees are a fundamental part of what makes blockchains tick. Although it is definitely theoretically possible to make a blockchain without Merkle...
Applications of Security Deposits and Prediction Markets You Might Not Have Thought About
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir for his work in developing many of the ideas behind prediction markets for content curation.
For the past six...
Ethereum in practice part 1: how to build your own cryptocurrency without touching a...
A lot of things have happened in the past few weeks in the Ethereum ecosystem, so many that it might be hard for...
Ethereum in practice part 2: how to build a better democracy in under a...
This is a second post on a series on how to use the current Ethereum tools to build smart contracts without needing programming...
Ethereum in practice part 3: how to build your own transparent bank on the...
This is the third and final post on a series on how to use the Ethereum Wallet to create your own autonomous organisations....
Understanding Serenity, Part I: Abstraction
Special thanks to Gavin Wood for prompting my interest into abstraction improvements, and Martin Becze, Vlad Zamfir and Dominic Williams for ongoing discussions.
For...
Understanding Serenity, Part 2: Casper
Special thanks to Vlad Zamfir for introducing the idea of by-block consensus and convincing me of its merits, alongside many of the other...
Ethereum Foundation Internal Update | Ethereum Foundation Blog
Now that Ethereum has launched and is rapidly nearing its Homestead phase, over the last few months we at the Ethereum Foundation have...
ÐΞVgrants Update and New Funding
If DEVCON1 proved anything in spades, it was certainly the enthusiasm, creativity, and momentum of the Ethereum developer community. Utilizing the never-before-seen potential...