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Ethereum Announces the Launch of Homestead

Ethereum announced the release of the Homestead Ethereum platform featuring several protocol changes.
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Programmable blockchains in context: Ethereum’s Future — Medium

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By the end of this article, you’re going to understand blockchains in general (and Ethereum, a next-generation…
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Digital currency Ethereum is cratering because of a $50 million hack

Digital currency Ethereum is cratering because of a $50 million hack | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
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Bitcoin Miners Follow Profit to Ethereum Blockchain - CoinDesk

Bitcoin Miners Follow Profit to Ethereum Blockchain - CoinDesk | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
A well-known Chinese bitcoin miner gets into Ethereum as a wide range of high-profile organizations begin to capitalize on the digital currency.
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What is Ethereum? — Ethereum Homestead 0.1 documentation

Ethereum is an open blockchain platform that lets anyone build and use decentralized applications that run on blockchain technology. Like Bitcoin, no one controls or owns Ethereum – it is an open-source project built by many people around the world. But unlike the Bitcoin protocol, Ethereum was designed to be adaptable and flexible. It is easy to create new applications on the Ethereum platform, and with the Homestead release, it is now safe for anyone to use those applications.

 

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Arcade City: Ethereum’s Big Test Drive to Kill Uber

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A new player has entered the ride-sharing arena and plans to take the industry by storm. The company Arcade City: Ethereum’s Big Test Drive to Kill Uber.

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Inventor of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin explains why it is Bitcoin 2.0 - BitClub Network

Ethereum has now moved up to the 2nd largest crypto currency in the world. Inventor of Ethereum Vitalkik Buterin explains the potential of this new currency....

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Organisations That Create Themselves (through Ethereum) — Medium

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One of the great features of cryptocurrencies is that one can create something that acts as ownership in a platform, wit…
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BitNation to Launch the World’s First Virtual Constitution on Ethereum Tonight | ForkLog

BitNation to Launch the World’s First Virtual Constitution on Ethereum Tonight | ForkLog | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

In 2015, Estonia made the cryptocurrency press headlines when it announced a cooperation between its e-residency platform and blockchain initiative BitNation. While the program is mainly focused on provision of notary services to Estonian e-residents, BitNation’s ambitions go way farther. 

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Programmable blockchains in context: Ethereum’s Future — Medium

Programmable blockchains in context: Ethereum’s Future — Medium | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
By the end of this article, you’re going to understand blockchains in general (and Ethereum, a next-generation blockchai…
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Ethereum Will Arrive (and 15 Other Blockchain Predictions for 2016) - The Bitcoin Channel

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coindesk.com / Andrew Keys / January 6, 2016 at 05:59 GMT Andrew Keys is the director of communications of ConsenSys and co-founding member of ConsenSys Enterprise, the consulting group within ConsenSys.

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DEVCON1: Ethereum for Dummies - Dr. Gavin Wood

DEVCON1 10:45am Day 5 Ethereum's CTO Dr. Gavin Wood presents "Ethereum for Dummies" or "So, now we've built it, WTF is it?"
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Altcoin News - AltcoinsNews Ethereum Nodes Skyrocket on Homestead Wallet Release -

Altcoin News - AltcoinsNews Ethereum Nodes Skyrocket on Homestead Wallet Release - | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
3 March 2016 — Ethereum Nodes have shot up about 22% in the past 24 Hours with the .5 “Homestead” release of the official wallet, to a total of 4,611. That’s 72% the number of Bitcoin nodes currently running, or roughly equal to the amount of active Bitcoin Core nodes at the time of writing.
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Simple Contracts are Better Contracts: What We Can Learn from the Meltdown of The DAO — Blockstack Blog

Simple Contracts are Better Contracts: What We Can Learn from the Meltdown of The DAO — Blockstack Blog | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

The DAO is a digital pool of funds that is governed by code. Anyone can contribute funds to the pool to purchase voting power in it, and a quorum of shares is required to release funds to support select projects, just like with Kickstarter. This “group fund” was implemented on a digital currency platform called Ethereum and recently raised $150 million from hundreds to thousands of backers.

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Gavin Andresen: Recent Rise in Ethereum Should Be a Warning to Bitcoin

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Gavin Andresen believes potential Bitcoin users may look at alternatives, such as Ethereum, if the block size limit is not raised soon.
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What is Ethereum?: Homestead Release

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Udates 2016 What is Ethereum Infographic, Homestead style. It's an excellent primer for anyone who’s interested in knowing all about the platform. Enjoy!
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Key Questions Every DAO Founder Should Ask - CoinDesk

Key Questions Every DAO Founder Should Ask - CoinDesk | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
An Ethereum startup founder discusses challenges facing next-generation technology applications for autonomous blockchain-based companies.
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Arcade City: Ethereum’s Big Test Drive to Kill Uber

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Bitcoin, Christopher David, Uber, La’Zooz, Ethereum

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Microsoft brings Ethereum blockchain tech to the mainstream

Microsoft brings Ethereum blockchain tech to the mainstream | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

Blockchain technology is slowly making its way into the mainstream. It took a big step this week, when Microsoft certified a development environment for

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Ethereum Now 'Self-Sufficient for 4.5 Years' Says Buterin as Price Climbs - Bitcoin News

Ethereum Now 'Self-Sufficient for 4.5 Years' Says Buterin as Price Climbs - Bitcoin News | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Ethereum has been a hot topic in the cryptocurrency world over the past few weeks as it's been climbing the market cap ladder.
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Six Upcoming Ethereum Projects

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The six upcoming Ethereum projects utilizing the decentralized ETH blockchain platform to try and conquer many different 2.0 technology tasks.

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Bankchains Could Be A Mix of Bitcoin And Ethereum Technology - The Bitcoin Channel

Bankchains Could Be A Mix of Bitcoin And Ethereum Technology - The Bitcoin Channel | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

themerkle.com / JP Buntinx / January 26, 2016 With so many established financial players focusing on Bitcoin technology these days, a lot of people are wondering how they are planning to use the blockchain exactly.

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Everything you need to know about Bitcoin, Blockchain and Ethereum in less than 90 minutes of short videos

Everything you need to know about Bitcoin, Blockchain and Ethereum in less than 90 minutes of short videos | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
In less than 90 minutes of short videos you should be able to understand how Bitcoin, Blockchain and Ethereum works, how is it possible to create applications, contracts, democratic systems or value exchange and reputation systems that are incorruptible, decentralized, without intermediaries, secure, impossible to censor and verifiable. Without magic. Projects like Bitcoin, Blockstream or…
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