Governance


Tech

Why Crypto Should Care About Justin Sun's Steem Drama

The implications reach much further than just Steem or Tron, underlining the fundamental message of the "not your keys, not your crypto" mantra.

Crowd control. Credit: Shutterstock

Tech

Ethereum's DAOs Continue to Gain Momentum

Ethereum’s largest hackathon in North America, ETHDenver, showcased DAOs for event management and more.

Vitalik Buterin speaks with Jeff Roberts at ETHDenver 2020. (Credit: Will Foxley for CoinDesk)

Tech

WATCH: Zcash Foundation Explains 'Compromise' Path to Funding ZEC Development

We asked the Zcash Foundation's Josh Cincinnati about finding sustainable ways to fund the development of zcash, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency some view as a public good.

Zcash Foundation Executive Director Josh Cincinnati speaks at ETHDenver 2020. (Will Foxley/CoinDesk)

Finance

Cut the Consensus: You Can't Run a Business Like a Blockchain

What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations.

William Mougayar

Finance

Compound Extends DeFi Ethos to Itself, Launches Governance Token

DeFi platform Compound is launching the testnet of a new platform today for decentralizing the site's governance.

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Tech

Justin Sun Bought Steemit. Steem Moved to Limit His Power

The people who run the Steem blockchain executed a reversible soft fork Sunday over concerns about Steemit's new owner.

STAND BACK: Justin Sun's Gucci sneakers on stage at the first NiTron Summit in San Francisco, January 2019. (Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Tech

On EOS Blockchain, Vote Buying Is Business as Usual

Buying votes is a big no-no in traditional democracies, but on the world’s eighth-largest blockchain it’s become an accepted way of doing business.

MODERN TIMES: Once a no-no, the buying and selling of votes is now seen as an accepted part of governing the world's eighth-largest blockchain. (William M. "Boss" Tweed image via Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Markets

Tim Draper Buys 2.5% of Aragon Tokens, Becomes Governance Whale

Venture capitalist Tim Draper now controls about 2.5 percent of ANT, the token behind Aragon Network’s digital court system.

Tim Draper

Finance

Hedera’s Token Price Spikes Prematurely After Google Joins the Network's Governing Council

The cloud services arm of the Silicon Valley tech giant becomes the 11th member to join the council, but has no plans to further endorse the network.

Google Cloud developer advocate Allen Day speaks at Invest: Asia 2019. (Photo via CoinDesk archives)

Tech

Zcash's Funding Vote and the Woes of Decentralized Governance

The zcash community has agreed to continue funding the development of its privacy coin after a months-long – and often contentious – campaign to address imminent funding losses.

Zcash co-founder Zooko Wilcox (right) speaks at ETHDenver 2019.