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Opinion

The Blockchain Industry Must Build for the Real Needs of Real People

Users can be trusted to make the right decision for themselves, meaning developers and founders' primary focus should be building products that solve problems, Stellar Development Foundation's Tori Samples writes.

By Tori SamplesFeb 26, 2024

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Podcasts

Are We Ready for the Speculative Frenzy? Airdrop Controversies, Smart Contracts, and Liquid Restaking Critiques

By Margaux Nijkerk, Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounFeb 22, 2024

The Protocol
Podcasts

The Trio of Crypto Trends: Is It a Meme or Is It Hype? Ethereum Tokens, a Bitcoin Code Resurgence and Airdrop Fever

By Margaux Nijkerk, Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounFeb 15, 2024

The Protocol
Podcasts

Tests, Restaking, and Upgrades: How Is the Blockchain Ecosystem Shaping Up?

By Margaux Nijkerk, Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounFeb 8, 2024

The Protocol

Finance

Solana's Most-Notorious Hacker House Is Bigger Than Ever

This year's mtnDAO is flush with cash and short on monitors.

By Danny NelsonFeb 5, 2024

mtnDAO host Barrett (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Podcasts

‘Protocol Councils’ Can the Blockchain Ecosystem Trust These People?

By Margaux Nijkerk, Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounFeb 1, 2024

The Protocol
Podcasts

The Zuzalu Retreat, Million-Dollar Bitcoin Art, and Ethereum Diversity Dilemma

By Margaux Nijkerk, Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounJan 25, 2024

The Protocol
Podcasts

What Implications and Centralization Concerns Arise from Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade and Metamask's Intent-Based System?

By Margaux Nijkerk, Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounJan 18, 2024

The Protocol
Podcasts

Gas Limit Boost, Bitcoin ETF Breakthrough, and Anti-Deepfake Alliances: What Lies Ahead in Crypto and Blockchain?

By Margaux Nijkerk, Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounJan 11, 2024

The Protocol

Tech

Ethereum Developers Appear Successful in Second Attempt at Holesky Test Network Launch

The original planned launch date of Holesky, on Sept. 15, was supposed to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Ethereum’s historic “Merge” transition. But things didn't go so smoothly. Now developers are trying again.

By Margaux NijkerkSep 28, 2023

Ethereum Foundation's Parithosh Jayanthi, helping to host a livestream as developers of the blockchain launched the new "Holesky" test network. (EthStaker/YouTube)
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