William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

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Parity technologies

Polkadot Releases Rococo, Its Test Environment for Interoperable 'Parachains'

Polkadot has released its first testnet, Rococo, for its parachain network. The testnet will commence with three parachains, Parity Technologies said.

By William Foxley

Aug 6, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. UTC

Aug 6, 2020

Parity TechnologiesPolkadotWeb3 FoundationCoinFlash

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Tech

Gaming

NBA's Spencer Dinwiddie, Andre Iguodala and More Join Dapper Labs $12M Funding Round

Dapper Labs raised $12 million in its newest funding round led by NBA stars Spencer Dinwiddie, Andre Iguodala, JaVale McGee, Aaron Gordon and Garrett Temple.

By William Foxley

Aug 6, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 6, 2020

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Tech

Transaction fees

DeFi Traders Are Gaming Ethereum for Higher Profits, Researchers Say

DeFi trading bots create "walls of executions," resulting in higher rewards for Ethereum miners, higher profits for traders and higher fees for everyone.

By William Foxley

Aug 5, 2020 at 7:20 p.m. UTC

Aug 5, 2020

Transaction FeesEthereumTrading BotsDeFi

Tech

Ethereum

Ethereum 2.0 Testnet Medalla Goes Live With 20,000 Validators

Medalla, the final testnet before the anticipated launch of Ethereum 2.0 later this year, is now live, the Ethereum Foundation announced Tuesday.

By William Foxley

Aug 4, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 4, 2020

EthereumEth 2.0TestnetsMedalla

Tech

Ethereum

Ethereum 2.0: Closer Than Ever, Still Plenty of Work to Do

Five years later, Ethereum is still chugging along as a decentralized platform for self-executing code. Eth 2.0 is quite close, but for real this time.

By William Foxley

Jul 31, 2020 at 12:50 p.m. UTC

Jul 31, 2020

EthereumEthereum 2.0Eth 2.0Ethereum at Five

Tech

Ethereum

DeFi Lender Aave Rolls Out Governance Token on Path to Decentralization

Aave will transfer ownership of the protocol to a “genesis governance” built and approved by LEND token holders. It will also swap LEND tokens for AAVE.

By William Foxley

Jul 29, 2020 at 4:08 p.m. UTC

Jul 29, 2020

EthereumDeFiLiquidity MiningAave

Tech

Prediction markets

5 Years After Launch, Predictions Market Platform Augur Releases Version 2

Augur v2 has all the bells and whistles: Interplanetary File System (IPFS), 0x Mesh, MakerDAO’s dai and Uniswap’s v2 oracle network.

By William Foxley

Jul 28, 2020 at 10:06 p.m. UTC

Jul 28, 2020

Prediction MarketsOraclesAugurIPFSDAIUniswap

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Markets

Parity technologies

Polkadot Raises $43M in 72-Hour Private Sale: Source

A second private sale of the Polkadot token (DOT) has netted some 3,982.07 BTC worth an estimated $43.3 million as of press time, according to sources.

By William Foxley

Jul 27, 2020 at 9:44 p.m. UTC

Jul 27, 2020

Parity TechnologiesGavin WoodPolkadotDOTs