Ethereum is an open-source, public, blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract functionality. It supports a modified version of Nakamoto consensus via transaction based state transitions. Sharding is coming, says Buterin. Ethereum scaling will be improved through off-chain solutions, where some transactions will be handled off the blockchain and will only interact with it sparingly. The developers are also modifying the design of the parallelizability protocol, which is the root cause of many problems blockchain is facing. What are your thoughts?
The criminal probe into whether traders are manipulating the price of Ethereum and other digital currencies brought down the price of Ethereum to below $550.
There are some interesting developments about using Ethereum in the gaming space. Gods Unchained, the first competitive e-sports project on Ethereum with backing from Coinbase, is now live.
