(Blockchain eNewspaper)

News

World news

• European countries join Blockchain Partnership
• Samsung Jumps on the Blockchain Bandwagon
• YouTube and Facebook Are Losing Creators to Blockchain-Powered Rivals
• Mastercard to Hire More Blockchain Specialists.
• Chile Is Using Ethereum's Blockchain to Track Energy Data
• ADVISORY on Cloud Mining Contracts by SEC Philippines

Ethereum News

• ASIC Resistant Hard Fork Discussion Overview. It is confirmed that an ASIC miner able to mine the Ethash algorithm has been developed.
• Ethereum community please don't allow remote internet access to your nodes.
• Complete guide to Proof of Stake – Ethereum’s latest proposal & Vitalik Buterin interview
• Joe Lubin is the cover photo on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce website
• Ethereum has updates in 27 of its GitHub repos in the 24 hours. Reddit
• Parity and Energy Web Foundation present Permissioning, Private Transactions, and the WebAssembly VM.
• Plasma on Loom Network DAppChains.

Technology

Developer's Update

• Help Solidity developers with testing new Solidity features before the release.
• EIP #935: Signature idea for use with account abstraction.
• PoCo (Proof of Contribution) Protocol update

Good Reads on Blockchain

• A minimal sharding protocol by Vitalik Buterin
• Perun: virtual payment and state channel networks
• Ethereum! A door of possibilities
• Solutions to Scalability: Sharding Explained!

Print, Video, Podcast & Interviews

• The Corner Case episode 2,  by Nick Johnson
• MyEtherWallet Explained with Kosala Hemachandra
• Post a Bounty in 90 Seconds by Gitcoin
• Giveth is building the Future Of Giving.

Projects

New Projects and White Paper

• Token Foundry: The global platform for properly designed tokens and token-powered networks.
• Perun network : A system of payment and state channels over Ethereum.
• DarkWinds: A blockchain trading cardgame.

Project updates and Press Release

• Golem Brass beta launched on Ethereum Maninet
• MakerDAO and OmiseGO: Announcing Dai and OMG Collaborations
• First external transaction validated/finalised on a polkadotnetwork chain
• The Dai Stablecoin is a Game Changer for Ethereum and the Entire Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
• FileCoin introduces Protocol Labs Research and Grant Program
• ChronoLogic: Ethereum Alarm Clock Will be Able to Schedule ERC20 Tokens. Webinar: Tuesday 4/17 1PM EST.
• OpenLaw Development Update (4/13/2018)
• Decentraland Project Update — April 11th
• KLEROS - MVP Demo explained
• Get up and running with a Ubiq full node on a Raspberry Pi 3

Trading

• CipherBrowser is joining Coinbase.
• OKEx Is Expanding To Malta Given Country’s Comprehensive Blockchain Initiatives

Miscellaneous

Hackathon

• MedCredits $10,000 App Competition. Submissions will be accepted beginning now until April 24, 2018.
• Hackital 36-Hour Ethereum Hackathon in Washington, DC from April 27-29, 2018.
• EthMemphis hackathon. Apply before  MAY 19TH - 7 PM.
• EthBuenosAires hackathon from May 25-28, 2018.

Events

April 17, 2018: DappDev in Kiev

April 18-19, 2018: Blockchain Expo World Series, London

April 19, 2018: Synchronize 2018

Apr 25-26, 2018: Crypto World Journal

May 3-5, 2018: EDCON in Toronto

May 7-11, 2018: Swarm Orange Summit 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Apply before April 20, 2018.

May 10, 2018: Fluidity Summit 2018

May 11-12, 2018: Ethereal Summit at the Knockdown Center in NYC.

MAY 14-18, 2018: Boulder Startup Week

May 16-17, 2018: Token Summit III (NYC)

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