Ethereum priorities

March 9th, 2017 "Those who speak most of progress measure it by quantity and not by quality." – George Santayana **CONSENSUS 2017**   Argentina-based RSK Labs is working on a smart contract platform pegged to bitcoin. At Consensus, CEO and co-founder Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar will reveal new developments and highlight recent progress. Interested? May 22-24 in New York City ☀️️ ️JOIN US ️️☀️️ THE FEATURE A Public-Private Ethereum? It Won't Be As Easy As It Sounds Details are emerging about a possible road map for Enterprise Ethereum, the alliance of large enterprises and startups focused on developing private applications on ethereum.   A newly released paper outlines a variety of technical goals for the group over the next year, including how to make private ethereum implementations compatible with the public network.   However, CoinDesk spoke to some participants that believe that work on compatibility should wait until after the tools for private development have been defined.   Read the whole story Tweet Share Got this from a friend? SUBSCRIBE HERE *STATE OF BLOCKCHAIN 2017* As our latest State of Blockchain report shows, investments in blockchain startups almost tripled in Q4 YoY, but were stagnant for 2016 as a whole. No clear trends emerged: public, hybrid and enterprise blockchain startups saw inconsistent funding activity.  CoinDesk's State of Blockchain 2016 Year in Review summarizes key trends, data and events from the Q4 2016 and the year as a whole. SEE THE REPORT  Wait, there's more: 2020 Vision: Why Startups Believe Blockchain Will Go Live in Dubai CoinDesk spoke to some of the blockchain startups incubated in the Dubai Future Accelerators program on the advantages of working with full government support. Read more. Rootstock's Merge-Mining Advances Bitcoin Smart Contracts Effort In an industry first, Argentina-based RSK has completed the transition of the Bitcoin India mining pool to a process called 'merge-mining' of its test network of 'smart bitcoins'. Read more. China's Bitcoin Exchange Freeze May Be Likely to Continue While BTCC, Huobi and OKCoin announced yesterday that they were ready to resume allowing bitcoin withdrawals, local legal experts believe a decision is likely to be delayed until the end of a national legislative session on 15th March. Read more.   BIS Report: Wide-Scale DLT Use 'Years Away' The paper looks at blockchain innovation in securities settlement, cross-border payments and bank-issued digital currencies, and concludes that mainstream adoption is not on the immediate horizon. Read more.   How Bitcoin Traders Are Preparing for the SEC's ETF Decision CoinDesk spoke to market traders about their strategies and expectations in the run-up to the SEC decision, due by tomorrow. Read more.   Could Smart Contract-Based Bribes Threaten Bitcoin Mining Pools? A new research paper outlines a kind of attack in which a malicious actor uses smart contracts to pay miners to withhold information from their mining pools. Read more.   Rootstock is Fusing Lightning With On-Chain Scaling – On a Sidechain A white paper from the startup known for working on bitcoin smart contracts outlines a new way to boost transaction capacity. Read more.   Maine Senator Seeks Commission to Study Blockchain-Based Elections A new legislative proposal submitted in Maine's Senate would create a commission dedicated to studying the use of blockchain alongside paper ballots in elections. Read more. Go to CoinDesk BTC: $1,181.65 -0.7%  ETH: $17.04 -3.6% @10:00 EST - More price details PRESS RELEASES   03, Mar - Press Release: Ethplorer 2.0: Tokens for investors, widgets and API for developers. 01, Mar - Press Release: New Payment Option At VISIONAPARTMENTS - Rents can now be Paid in Bitcoin 01, Mar - Press Release: mBTC Shop successfully integrates with Flexepin for physically purchasing Bitcoin in Canada Hi all! We've been including excerpts from our research in the newsletters over the past couple of days. Do you find it useful? Copyright © 2017 CoinDesk, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you subscribed for updates on our website. Our mailing address is: CoinDesk 636 Avenue of the Americas New York City, NY 10011 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list