One of the most groundbreaking and attractive features of the Tezos blockchain is the practice of “baking” your tokens to earn rewards of more tokens by securing the network and validating transactions. Unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum, which rely on “mining” to validate transactions, Tezos does not require expensive computer hardware…
Tezos Hits Baking Milestone
Tezos hit an important milestone this week of breaking the barrier of 100 active bakers on the network acting to validate transactions and provide network decentralization. Though the Betanet launched on June 30, it wasn’t until July 21 when bakers other than the Tezos Foundation bakers were able to begin…
Tezos News Recap (July 23)
There was a lot of news in the Tezos universe last week and due to travel limitations I was not able to cover any of it. However, there are so many great things happening I didn’t want them to slip under the radar without a mention. Tezori Wallet (Galleon) Tezori,…
Exchange Update: Gatecoin Goes Live, Gate.io Announces Baking Rewards
As we watch Tezos hover around the 18-19 spot on CoinMarketCap, there is some news on the exchange front. Gatecoin Gatecoin has announced that Tezos withdrawals and deposits are now open according to the most recent blog entry: HONG KONG — 11 July 2018 — Tezos (XTZ) withdrawal and credit have been enabled. You…
Tezos Week In Review (July 6)
Since the Tezos Betanet launched on June 30, activity in the Tezos community has skyrocketed as contributors activate their ICO tokens and begin using the network. Here is a look at all the important news of the week in case you missed any of the activity. One thing to note…
First Look: Tezos Baking On Ledger Nano S
With Tezos Betanet coming in a matter of days, we’ve seen the first look at some of the software capabilities being rolled out by Obsidian Systems to support the launch. The most recent announcement from Obsidian involved a suite of software tools built to facilitate baking and provide a wallet…
Obsidian Announces Ledger Baking Software
In a blog post earlier today, Obsidian Systems announced it will be releasing software with support for the Ledger hardware wallet platform to securely facilitate the process of Tezos baking. As a security precaution, the first release for Betanet will be limited in capability, but more features will be added…
Obsidian Systems Article On Tezos Home Baking
The Tezos Foundation partnered with Obsidian Systems a few months back to work on software and support for the Tezos baking process. Up to this point, the Tezos community has not heard much from Obsidian but that silence broke today when the company released a short article, titled “Benefits and…