Ethereum Blockchain Project Launches First Production Release — Jacob Donnelly, www.coindesk.com

Next-generation blockchain platform Ethereum has released ‘Homestead’ the first production release of its software, which was implemented at block 1,150,000 today.

The introduction follows Frontier, Ethereum’s inaugural release, which was released to developers in July 2015. Further, it comes on the heels of escalating interest in the open, public platform, which is attracting the interest of major financial institutions, in part due to its support for self-executing smart contracts.