The potential for blockchain technology to bring about widespread change has been predicted since 2011 and the emergence of Bitcoin. But it was this year when the concept really started to capture ...

Last week, two US lawmakers introduced a bill dubbed the "Blockchain Promotional Act 2018" in the House of Representatives. Its main purpose is to establish a common definition of ‘blockchain’ ...

A blockchain is a digital ledger of transactions that is replicated and distributed across a large network of computer systems, or nodes, to record and secure information. Each block in the blockchain ...

Standards Australia has published a Roadmap for Blockchain Standards, determining the industry should first develop blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) terminology standards as a means ...

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance is calling on businesses to collaborate on standards that describe digital currencies and other assets for business use so they work across platforms, regardless of ...

Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in 2004, covering cellphone services, broadband, citywide Wi-Fi, the Net neutrality debate and the consolidation of the phone companies. The US ...

Preston Byrne, a columnist for CoinDesk's new opinion section, is a partner in Anderson Kill's Technology, Media and Distributed Systems Group. He advises software, internet and fintech companies. His ...

BEIJING, Aug. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain is definitely a hotspot of today's cutting-edge technologies in the world, and a variety of innovations are constantly emerging. However, while most of ...

Cryptocurrency difficulty indicates how challenging it is to mine a block in blockchain networks like Bitcoin. Learn what affects this mining process.

A protocol and framework for creating Layer 2 blockchains and sidechains, both of which run parallel to and interact with the Ethereum network. Introduced in 2017 as the Matic network, which was a ...