Long-Range Attacks: The Serious Problem With Adaptive Proof of Work
Our current proof of work design, blockchain-based proof of work, is the second iteration of our attempt to create a mining algorithm that...
On Long-Term Cryptocurrency Distribution Models
One of the challenges when creating a new cryptocurrency is figuring out what the distribution model is going to be. Who is going...
What If Ethereum Lived on a Treap? Or, Blockchains Charging Rent
Although truly solving blockchain scalability fundamentally, that is to say figuring out a solution to the problem that every node must process every...
Ethereum Project Update | Ethereum Foundation Blog
Development of the Ethereum project has gone very well over the months since inception. The core activity — development of the software platform...
On Mining | Ethereum Foundation Blog
Decentralization, n. The security assumption that a nineteen year old in Hangzhou and someone who is maybe in the UK, and maybe not,...
Advanced Contract Programming Example: SchellingCoin
Writing effective decentralized applications in Ethereum is at the same time easy and hard. The easy part we all know: rather than needing...
On Stake | Ethereum Foundation Blog
The topic of mining centralization has been a very important one over the past few weeks. GHASH.io, the Bitcoin network's largest mining pool,...
Background on the mechanics of the ether pre-sale
During the run-up to the ether sale we will be releasing a series of blog posts regarding our development plans and intended organizational...
Toward a 12-second Block Time
One of the annoyances of the blockchain as a decentralized platform is the sheer length of delay before a transaction gets finalized. One...
the ethereum project: learning to dream with open minds
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Ethereum as a...