Ethereum at a Crossroad as Corporate Interest Grows

Ethereum at a Crossroad as Corporate Interest Grows

Following the explosion of interest in blockchain technology last year, Vitalik Buterin gave a presentation at the Hyperledger’s technical steering committee in April 2016, explaining how Ethereum could be integrated with the consortium’s protocol or, perhaps, replace it entirely. Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director of Hyperledger and a founding member of the Apache Software Foundation, seemingly liked what he heard and extended an apparent offer of partnership in September. He stated that Ethereum now has a substantial corporate interest which can help the community grow. Ethereum C++,....


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Ethereum has seen more interest in recent days. Most of it has come from the price decline of the digital asset which has allowed investors to get in at a much lower price. This interest can be easily seen in the rise of the Ethereum-denominated open interest. In the last week, this has risen dramatically. […]