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Ethereum 2.0: Closer Than Ever, Still Plenty of Work to Do

“Though now evolved in many ways,” Gavin Wood wrote in Ethereum’s 2015 yellow paper, “the key functionality of a blockchain with a Turing-complete language and an effectively unlimited inter-transaction storage capability remains unchanged.” Five years and thousands of bits later, Ethereum is still chugging along as a decentralized platform for self-executing

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Researchers Say Ransomware Attacks on the Rise as More People Work From Home

A study published by cybersecurity firm, Proofpoint, shows an increase in email-based phishing attacks used to deliver ransomware over the last few months.According to the report, first-stage deployments of ransomware are reportedly on the rise and have mostly been targeting the United States, France, Germany, Greece, and Italy.The attacks appear

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International Authorities Work Together to Take Down Crypto-Funded Child Porn Ring

The Spanish Civil Guard has taken down a dark web child porn ring that used cryptocurrency transactions to pay for content. Multiple individuals across the country were ultimately arrested.According to the Spanish Civil Guard, the “Jekyll” operation captured three people involved in the “Welcome 2 Video” platform, thanks in part

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Ethereum Second-Layer Scalability Still Needs Work, Says Starkware CEO

[sociallocker id="55298"] Uri Kolodny, co-founder and CEO of blockchain firm StarkWare, told Cryptox that Ethereum second-layer scalability solutions still need some work.Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin claimed on June 1 that the blockchain’s layer-two scaling initial deployment has “basically” succeeded. Kolodny — on the other hand — told Cryptox that he

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Cameron Winklevoss on Crypto Regulation: “Free-for-Alls Don’t Work”

Known for their regulation-friendly outlook within the crypto industry, Gemini exchange founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss hold a hybrid approach to privacy and government rules. The twin brothers explained in a May 22 podcast interview with Peter McCormack that crypto adoption comes a need for some degree of regulation. Cameron added:“The

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