BFT: The Most Secure Proof-of-Stake

By Jae Kwon

Bitcoin brought the world’s attention to the blockchain. But alas, the Bitcoin version of blockchain isn’t sufficient for the world’s blockchain needs. That is because Bitcoin’s proof of work (PoW) consensus requires an enormous…

Tendermint: From Then to Now

The history of Tendermint, and information on the latest release and more. By Jae Kwon

Some of you have asked about the history of Tendermint, so here it is. Back in the day, we had some serious…

On TheDAO and Proof-of-Stake Governance

An attacker (the hacker) has stolen more than 3.5mm ether (around $45mm) from the DAO yesterday. By Jae Kwon

Announcing Ethermint — GoEthereum powered by Tendermint

GoEthereum powered by Tendermint BFT consensus. By Jae Kwon

While we were at the Shanghai Devcon event a little less than two months ago, we met and discovered a number…

A Critique of Merkle’s DAO Democracy: Making it Reliable

A critique of the subsection of the new DAO paper by Merkle, specifically of the section entitled ‘Making it Reliable’. By Jae Kwon