Crypto News, August 16 2018: Red Day

Highlights: Vitalik tweetstorm, Forbes misquotes a transcription, and new blockchain games.

Vitalik’s Twitter Thread on PoS

Source: Twitter

Vitalik published a tweet thread yesterday on Ethereum’s Casper research. He reviews the history of the tech, its conception, various solutions they’ve tried and implemented. He also describes some of the challenges that PoS has a difficult time solving, like defining “malicious activity” where multiple definitions may exists, and enforcing appropriate penalties. Read the 75-tweet thread in its entirety in the link above.

Forbes Misquotes Vitalik

Source: Twitter

A likely transcription error resulted in Vitalik being misquoted in a Forbes article. He is quoted in the article as specifically citing BCH, which Twitter user WhalePanda jumped on to claim it constituted promotion. In actuality, BCH was on a list of four different coins cited by Vitalik in the source video. Forbes has since fixed the error, but other sources are already running with the misquote.

Doges on Trial Game

Source: Doges on Trial
By https://kleros.io/

Blockchain dispute resolution protocol Kleros has launched Doges on Trial, a token-curated registry of Doge memes offering a bounty for a user who can “break” their system by adding a cat into the mix. It’s essentially a gamified proof-of-concept of the technology they offer.

Zombie Battlegrounds Alpha

Source: Medium

The Zombie Battlegrounds alpha has been released to early backers of the project’s Kickstarter. According to Loom, the alpha is “fully playable,” and the source article linked above includes a video of the gameplay (warning: it’s loud). The open beta is expected to be released later this year, with approximately 23,000 people already signed up to receive notifications.

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