Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Getting Its Own Hacker Camp

Jan 10, 2020 at 15:31 UTCUpdated Jan 10, 2020 at 15:32 UTCSpencer Dinwiddie image via Tdorante10 / Wikimedia CommonsNBA Player’s Contract Tokenization Plan Can Move Forward: ReportsBrooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie will be able to tokenize his contract after all.First reported by The Athletic, Dinwiddie will issue shares tied to his contract beginning Jan. 13,…

Jun 10, 2020 at 16:00 UTCUpdated Jun 10, 2020 at 17:31 UTCMicrosoft Releases Bitcoin-Based ID Tool as COVID-19 ‘Passports’ Draw CriticismMicrosoft’s Bitcoin-based decentralized identity tool, ION, went live with a beta version on mainnet Wednesday as one of many efforts by members of the Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF) to fast-track tools anyone can use for…

Jan 13, 2020 at 17:55 UTCUpdated Jan 13, 2020 at 18:26 UTCOn today's episode...Whether you’re a first time listener or you’ve heard every episode, we’d like to know what you think about the show. What do you like? What you don’t like? What you think we’ve totally missed but should be talking about every day or…

The Web3 industry is currently stagnating when it comes to delivering products that people will actually use, rather than just another gambling tool. This is a point of agreement among many in the space. For months, the conversation has revolved around when funding will arrive for consumer applications. However, there’s no consensus on who is

Sep 17, 2020 at 12:41 UTCUpdated Sep 17, 2020 at 12:53 UTC(Dmytro Tyshchenko/Shutterstock)The $55M Hack That Almost Brought Ethereum DownBloomberg News reporter Mathew Leising’s new book “Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist That Almost Destroyed It All” tells the story of the infamous DAO hack that almost…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is asking a federal judge for a summary judgment – saving everyone the spectacle of a full trial – because it says there is "no genuine dispute as to any material fact" in its case against Do Kwon and Terraform Labs."There is no dispute that purchasers made an investment

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Elizabeth Napolitano is a news reporter at CoinDesk. Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Ledger, an offline private-key storage company, is working with crypto custodian Etana Custody to offer secure, regulated…

Micah Winkelspecht is CEO and founder of Gem, a crypto portfolio app company based in Los Angeles, The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review.  If 2017 was the year of irrational exuberance, 2018 became the year of reality checks when the market sputtered and crashed. I predict that this year will…

news Blockchain startup SpaceChain has won a 60,000 euro grant from the European Space Agency (ESA) to investigate use-cases for their satellite-based blockchain wallet system. Announced today by the company, the grant by the ESA’s “kick-start activities” fund bolsters SpaceChain’s efforts to put a hyper-secure, multi-signature, distributed satellite network in orbit. The company has already…