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Filecoin

AMD, Seagate and EY Join Protocol Labs-led Decentralized Storage Alliance

The industry organization is led by Filecoin creator Protocol Labs.

By Brandy Betz

Sponsored

Oct 31, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Oct 31, 2022

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Markets

Open-source

Google's Win for Open Source

“What happened here, that no one expected, is the Supreme Court found fair use as a matter of law," tech lawyer Marta Belcher said.

By Daniel Kuhn

Sponsored

Apr 6, 2021 at 4:19 p.m. UTC

Apr 6, 2021

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Tech

Opinion

The Importance of Randomness in the Internet Age

Random numbers might not sound like a public good, but we actually rely on randomness for a host of socially useful things.

By David Dias

Sponsored

Aug 27, 2020 at 2:39 p.m. UTC

Aug 27, 2020

OpinionProtocol Labs

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Tech

Cryptography

How a Decentralized Randomness Beacon Could Boost Cryptographic Security

Filecoin will be the first protocol to use this production-ready version of drand to create decentralized, verifiable randomness for “leader selection.”

By Alyssa Hertig

Sponsored

Aug 10, 2020 at 10:21 p.m. UTC

Aug 10, 2020

CryptographyCloudflareFilecoinProtocol Labs

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Markets

Protocol labs

No, Marvin Ammori, CoinDesk Is Not Trying to Extort You

Marvin Ammori, Head of Policy at Protocol Labs, says his crypto hero is Hal Finney, recalls his trip to Iceland and thinks crypto should disrupt banks next.

By Daniel Kuhn

Sponsored

Jun 2, 2020 at 9:47 p.m. UTC

Jun 2, 2020

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Tech

Smart contracts

Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team for Virtual Developer Event

A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.

By Brady Dale

Sponsored

Apr 7, 2020 at 6:05 p.m. UTC

Apr 7, 2020

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Tech

Censorship

InterPlanetary File System Is Uncensorable During Coronavirus News Fog

Digital citizens are turning to decentralized protocols like IPFS to share news during the coronavirus outbreak.

By Daniel Kuhn

Sponsored

Mar 18, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. UTC

Mar 18, 2020

CensorshipProtocol LabsCoronavirus

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Markets

News

Cloudflare Launches Decentralized Web Gateway at Its First 'Crypto Week'

Cloudflare intends to announce a new cryptography-related product every day this week. The first: a gateway to access the InterPlanetary File System.

By Nikhilesh De

Sponsored

Sep 17, 2018 at 3:30 p.m. UTC

Sep 17, 2018

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Markets

Coinbase

Major Crypto Companies Form DC Lobbying Group

A number of major cryptocurrency firms are forming the Blockchain Association to lobby Washington, D.C. lawmakers on regulations in the space.

By Nikhilesh De

Sponsored

Sep 11, 2018 at 9:05 p.m. UTC

Sep 11, 2018

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Markets

Bittorrent

BitTorrent Courted EOS, Filecoin Crypto Creators Prior to Tron Sale

Tron and Neo weren't the only crypto projects interested in acquiring BitTorrent; in fact, CoinDesk has learned, five others were tempted to buy too.

By Brady Dale

Sponsored

Sep 10, 2018 at 4:00 a.m. UTC

Sep 10, 2018

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