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Security
As Blockchains Push Toward Decentralization, These People Serve as Ultimate Guardians
The goal of these "protocol councils,” sometimes called “security councils,” is to nudge these nascent networks toward increasing decentralization, by gradually removing them...
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Jan 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 29, 2024
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Like the suitors courting Penelope in the Odyssey, Ethereum's biggest layer-2 teams are vying to win over the Celo blockchain. (John William Waterhouse, via Wikipedia.)
Technology
Celo
Celo, Shopping for Blockchain Partner, Turns to the Delicate Issue of Money
A standalone blockchain, Celo is looking to migrate to become a layer-2 network atop Ethereum. The months-long selection process has started to look like "The Bachelorette," w...
Like the suitors courting Penelope in the Odyssey, Ethereum's biggest layer-2 teams are vying to win over the Celo blockchain. (John William Waterhouse, via Wikipedia.)
By Bradley Keoun
Jan 25, 2024 at 10:57 p.m. UTC
Jan 25, 2024
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Polygon co-founders Sandeep Nailwal, Jordi Baylina and Antoni Martin (Polygon)
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Polygon
Polygon Plans 'AggLayer,' in Bid to Synthesize Modular, Monolithic Blockchains
The new "AggLayer," set for launch next month, relies on zero-knowledge proofs, a type of cryptography that Polygon Labs is betting on as a core underpinning of future blockch...
Polygon co-founders Sandeep Nailwal, Jordi Baylina and Antoni Martin (Polygon)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Jan 24, 2024 at 8:36 p.m. UTC
Jan 24, 2024
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Verify authenticates the source of a Fox News image from an article about Elon Musk and deep fakes (Verify.fox, modified by CoinDesk)
Technology
Opinion
We Tried Fox's Blockchain-Based Tool for Deepfake Detection. Here's How It Went
Fox's new blockchain tool might not help consumers suss out deep fakes, but it could be a boon to publishers struggling to navigate the AI age. We kicked the tires on the new...
Verify authenticates the source of a Fox News image from an article about Elon Musk and deep fakes (Verify.fox, modified by CoinDesk)
By Sam Kessler
Jan 10, 2024 at 4:49 p.m. UTC
Jan 10, 2024
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Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)
Finance
Brevan howard
Brevan Howard, Hamilton Lane Back New Tokenization Platform Libre
Freshly out of stealth, Libre is also working with Nomura’s Laser Digital unit and has been built using Polygon’s chain development kit by tokenization pioneer Avtar Sehra.
Libre CEO Avtar Sehra (Libre)
By Ian Allison
Jan 10, 2024 at 10:10 a.m. UTC
Jan 10, 2024
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Screenshot from the new "Verify" tool showing a successful authentication – with transaction hash – of a Fox News article. (VerifyMedia/CoinDesk)
Technology
Fox
Fox, Polygon Release Blockchain-Powered Tool 'Verify' to Weed Out Deepfakes
"Verify" is an open-source protocol built on Polygon's PoS blockchain, specifically used to establish the origin and history of registered media.
Screenshot from the new "Verify" tool showing a successful authentication – with transaction hash – of a Fox News article. (VerifyMedia/CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Jan 9, 2024 at 4:22 p.m. UTC
Jan 9, 2024
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Polygon
Polygon Stops Work on 'Edge,' Used to Build Dogechain, as Focus Turns to ZK
Polygon Labs, a developer of scaling networks for Ethereum, has shifted toward "Polygon CDK," a blockchain-development kit powered by zero-knowledge cryptography. The older "P...
DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)
By Bradley Keoun
Dec 15, 2023 at 9:27 p.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2023
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Sergey Nazarov Chainlink Co-founder (Chainlink Labs)
Technology
Chainlink
Chainlink Data Feeds Available on Polygon zkEVM
Developers building on Polygon’s zkEVM will be able to incorporate these data feeds into their on-chain applications.
Sergey Nazarov Chainlink Co-founder (Chainlink Labs)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 14, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 14, 2023
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Bradley Keoun/modified by CoinDesk)
Technology
Ethereum
Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Bradley Keoun/modified by CoinDesk)
By Bradley Keoun
Dec 13, 2023 at 7:56 p.m. UTC
Dec 13, 2023
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Finance
Celestia
Celestia, Blockchain Data Solution, Sees TIA Token Surge as Polygon Plan Announced
The price started rising, on speculation, even before Tuesday's announcement that Polygon would allow users of its blockchain development kit to incorporate Celestia's "data a...
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By Oliver Knight
Dec 12, 2023 at 5:32 p.m. UTC
Dec 12, 2023
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