Chain Reorganisation Depth Expectations

Posted by Gavin Wood on August 8, 2015

This following shows our current and planned expectations concerning maximum likely chain-reorganisation depth. We would not consider transactions within this depth to have an exceptionally high chance of being permanent. These are our own expectations only and do not constitute any sort of guarantee. They are derived from theoretical considerations,... [Read More]

Security Alert 1 [windows+alethzero]

Posted by Jutta Steiner on August 7, 2015

This affects users of Alethzero GUI client on Windows. Users of eth CLI client or not on the Windows platform are unlikely to be affected but should take action detailed below. Users of Frontier command line interface geth are unaffected. [Read More]

On Public and Private Blockchains

Posted by Vitalik Buterin on August 6, 2015

Over the last year the concept of “private blockchains” has become very popular in the broader blockchain technology discussion. Essentially, instead of having a fully public and uncontrolled network and state machine secured by cryptoeconomics (eg. proof of work, proof of stake), it is also possible to create a system... [Read More]

The Thawing Frontier

Posted by Stephan Tual on August 3, 2015

After a smooth launch, please find a few updates of note below. These probably will be of interest only to the more advanced users amongst you - if you’re not a miner, there is nothing to action. [Read More]