Can a New Social Operating System Fix The DAO?
An Ethereum startup led by a Harvard researcher and the founder of blockchain ridesharing startup La’Zooz will submit a proposal to fix perceived governance issues with The DAO this week. Launched earlier this month, The DAO has quickly become the largest decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) on the Ethereum network, collecting more than $150m worth of the cryptocurrency ether in contributions that could one day be programmatically disseminated to other blockchain startups that meet a threshold of participant approval. Despite this success, however, the online community quickly went....
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Operating a Bitcoin wallet on your computer or mobile device is one of the easiest ways to keep control over your funds at any given time. One thing that is often overlooked, though, is that all of these devices run on an operating system that might not be as secure as the everyday consumer would like. In the worst case scenario, users leak all kinds of personal and privacy information. The recent Windows 10 release increases the amount of leaked information, as it tries to learn as much about its users as possible. As soon as the Windows 10 update was announced, it became clear that most....
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Robocoin's comments have been added. A former Robocoin operator in the UK has 'hacked' its bitcoin ATM machines to run on software from rival manufacturer Lamassu. The operator, SatoshiPoint, has installed a system that runs on Lamassu software, bypassing the original Robocoin system. The machine can still buy bitcoin but it has lost its ability to sell bitcoin and dispense fiat currency. SatoshiPoint's four Robocoin machines were remotely disabled by the manufacturer on 7th November after it refused to use the company's updated operating system. The new operating system requires ATM....