https://tomhickerson.com/en/tags/eth/Recent content in eth on Tom Hickerson's SiteHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usCopyright 2023-2026Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2016/2016-06-22-a-tale-of-two-cryptocurrencies-ethereum-and-bitcoins-ongoing-challenges/Wed, 22 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2016/2016-06-22-a-tale-of-two-cryptocurrencies-ethereum-and-bitcoins-ongoing-challenges/“It’s been one of the most interesting months in the history of cryptocurrency. The price of Bitcoin has soared up to nearly $800 (then dropped to $675 as $19 million in BTC hit the market) as the reward for mining a block is soon set to be halved. Ethereum created what is arguably the world’s most complex multi-million dollar financial instrument, the DAO, only to see it hacked through a combination of flaws in its “smart contract” and the language it was implemented in.https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2016/2016-06-21-ethereum-is-doomed/Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://tomhickerson.com/en/archives/en/2016/2016-06-21-ethereum-is-doomed/“If you want a smart contract that you can actually use, you have to be certain that it is bug-free before it is deployed. there are no known tools or methods available to Solidity developers which could provide an appropriate level of certainty. Such tools will take years to be developed and until they are in common use, no Ethereum smart contract should be trusted. Ethereum is doomed.” tags: bitcoin