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Making Good on the Promise of Blockchain: An Interview with Emil Wagner

After creating applications and web-app projects for Sony, Telefonica, VW, and Montblanc, Emil was drawn to blockchain because of its potential to change the global distribution of power. Photo by Daniel Hansen As Co-Founder of our …
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December 5, 2018

æternity’s Bug Bounty at HackerOne

Photo by Alexander Muzenhardt With æternity going live, it is time to launch a general bug bounty and allow anyone to contribute to the security and stability of the æternity code. æternity’s developer team is …
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November 16, 2018

From Crypto Skeptic to Blockchain Enthusiast: an Interview with Dimitar Ivanov

One of æternity’s brilliant State Channels and API developers left the computer terminal for a while to do a short interview for the AE community. Photo by Candré Mandawe Dimitar is a software engineer, a …
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November 13, 2018

Hackernoon: Advantages of Functional Programming for Blockchain Protocols

Sharing a link to this informative piece about functional programming in the blog. A few days ago we published a blog post in Hackernoon about the role of functioning programming languages in the development of …
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October 18, 2018

Elixir vs Erlang and why blockchain needs young developers: An Interview with Philipp Piwowarsky

We asked Philipp about Erlang, Elixir, inclusive payment systems, and what it’s like to train a new generation of developers. A long-time blockchain enthusiast and software developer, Phillipp loves bringing his fervent knowledge into …
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October 5, 2018

The Future of Mining: Decentralized ASICs Production?

Decentralization is the essence of public blockchain technology. Keeping mining distributed is a difficult problem. æternity’s team is always on the lookout for possible solutions. Offering alternatives to existing systems of commerce, governance and …
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September 21, 2018

Democracy, Disruption, and the Secret Weapon for Discriminating Hackers: An Interview with Ulf…

The creator of the most complex Erlang system shared his thoughts about how blockchain technology might unlock a more democratic financial future for everyone. Image by Ulf Wiger With a long and successful history working …
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September 6, 2018

Proof of Work vs Proof of Stake

Consensus methods are one of the most debated subjects in the blockchain ecosystem. All blockchain consensus-building approaches are deemed effective if they are able to solve the popular Byzantine General’s Problem, a complex problem …
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August 10, 2018

Trustlessness, Erlang and the Blockchain Revolution: An Interview with Robert Virding

Without further ado, we are proud to announce one of the latest additions to the æternity team, Robert Virding! Robert represents a major addition to our team, having worked for the past seven years as …
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August 9, 2018

The Future of Payment Gateways

Public blockchains are the payment protocols that the internet never developed. Paying for goods and services online seems slower and far more difficult than it ought to be. Even the most sophisticated applications have …
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August 2, 2018