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Sci-Hub Leaves Handshake Blockchain After 2 Days, Citing Centralization Concerns

Sci-Hub, a pirate library of academic papers censored by Twitter, PayPal and domain systems, left the distributed domain platform Handshake after two days, unsatisfied by the level of decentralization.

By Anna Baydakova

Jan 14, 2021 at 5:56 p.m. UTC

Jan 14, 2021

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Tech

Security

Google Down: The Perils of Centralization

It was a jarring reminder of the hidden costs of the easy-to-use, centralized systems that permeate the web, and just how taxing or debilitating they can be.

By Benjamin Powers

Dec 14, 2020 at 9:56 p.m. UTC

Dec 14, 2020

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Finance

Ethereum

Protocol Hosting Google reCAPTCHA Competitor Expands to Polkadot

Human Protocol, home of the anti-bot hCaptcha system, announced it is expanding beyond Ethereum to a future Polkadot parachain, Moonbeam.

By Doreen Wang

Dec 3, 2020 at 6:01 p.m. UTC

Dec 3, 2020

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Finance

Decentralization

Token Projects Are Not Happy With KuCoin's Handling of $280M Hack

Some token projects say they're left holding the bag following a hack that drained the KuCoin crypto exchange of $280 million.

By Ian Allison

Nov 13, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. UTC

Nov 13, 2020

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Finance

Decentralization

‘Permanent Dropbox’ App Launches on Arweave

ArDrive lets users pay a fee once, depending on the price of Arweave tokens, and have their files live forever on the web.

By Doreen Wang

Nov 5, 2020 at 1:53 p.m. UTC

Nov 5, 2020

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Tech

Blockchain

New York Lawyers Propose Toolkit for Keeping 'Decentralized' Blockchains Honest

Ketsal's "Open Standards" rubric is the latest push to demystify network decentralization in the blockchain space.

By Danny Nelson

Oct 21, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Oct 21, 2020

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Markets

Decentralization

Uniswap Users Say Uniting Can Strengthen UNI

Anonymous Uniswap users are trying to unite the many small holders of the UNI governance token to deal with potential problems in the automated market maker’s (AMM) governance.

By Muyao Shen

Sep 22, 2020 at 1:27 a.m. UTC

Sep 22, 2020

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Policy

China

A WeChat Ban Should Be the Moment for Decentralized Tech. But It’s Not.

President Trump’s threat to ban WeChat could disrupt the communication of millions of people. Decentralized technology is one solution, but will people really use it? Not necessarily, industry watchers say.

By David Pan

Aug 14, 2020 at 6:13 p.m. UTC

Aug 14, 2020

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