Michael del Castillo

Michael is the founder of Media Luna Creations, an AI and Web3 consulting firm. He was the first hire at CoinDesk after it was purchased by Digital Currency Group in 2016 and has covered crypto for the New Yorker, Forbes, Fortune, and the American City Business Journals. Connect with him via email at [email protected] and on X at @DelRayMan

Michael del Castillo

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Zcash Delays Untraceable Cryptocurrency for Additional Audits

The launch of a new cryptocurrency designed to make real the anonymity once thought to be offered by bitcoin has been delayed.

Zooko WIlcox, Zcash founder

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ItBit Hit With String of Departures in Bitcoin-to-Blockchain Transition

A slew of recent departures from itBit suggest a changing future for a startup originally founded as a bitcoin exchange service.

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Blockchain Researchers Debate Future of Consensus Tech at IBM Event

Forty blockchain researchers met in Chicago this week to hash out consensus mechanisms that might be employed by distributed ledgers.

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Alternative Ethereum Blockchain Gains Support as Price Declines

Ethereum Classic may have started as a protest currency against the hard fork, but it is gaining more services.

Obsacle course, endurance

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Ether Withdrawals Slow as Millions in DAO Funds Remain Unclaimed

Millions in ether remain unclaimed from an account established for the purpose of allowing original investors in The DAO to get it back.

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Bitcoin Developers Warn Ethereum Fork Sets Unsettling Precedent

Bitcoin Core developers are concerned that the side effects of a hard fork on the ethereum blockchain could have negative impacts on all blockchains.

dominoes, precedent

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DAO Critic Defends Ethereum Hard Fork as 'Rite of Passage'

The Cornell professor who emerged as one of The DAO's leading critics believes ethereum's hard fork is a sign of maturity.

Emin Gün Sirer

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Ethereum Executes Blockchain Hard Fork to Return DAO Funds

Ethereum has executed a hard fork of its blockchain, returning funds lost in The DAO collapse to investors.

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How to Follow the Ethereum Hard Fork as it Happens

CoinDesk outlines a number of ways to follow tomorrow's expected hard fork of the ethereum blockchain.

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South Africa's Banks Are Going DIY to Test Ethereum's Blockchain

A team of six South African banks is now conducting experiments with ethereum's blockchain, a process that was bootstrapped by Whatsapp.

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