Bitcoin white paper turns 15 as Satoshi Nakamoto’s legacy lives on
Today marks 15 years since the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, shared the Bitcoin (BTC) white paper to a mailing list of cryptographers on Oct. 31, 2008 — a date also annually celebrated as Halloween.“I’ve been working on a new electronic cash system th ...
StarkWare, Herodotus launch tech to verify data from any point in Ethereum’s history
A new zero-knowledge proof (ZK-proof) technology is set to improve the ability to access and verify historical data from the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, with deep chain validation cited as a usability barrier of the network.Technology firm Herodotus has released its on-chain accumulator whi ...
Outrage sparked over US Senator’s proposed “army against cryptography” in election campaign
The US Senator's plan to center his election campaign on the formation of an "anti-cryptography army" has sparked outrage among concerned members of the public. In a united address to the US Parliament, David McIntosh, Grover Norquist, and Adam Brandon, the presidents of non-profit associations C ...