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How the Hunt for Yet-to-Exist Tokens Is Shaping Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape
26.4.2023
Token airdrops – and the prospect of them – have become a major customer acquisition strategy for Ethereum's layer 2 scaling projects. But is this strategy a sustainable one?
CoinDesk Winds Down Ethereum Validator ‘Zelda,’ and We Now Wait for Money Back
19.4.2023
CoinDesk set up its own Ethereum validator, fondly nicknamed “Zelda,” in 2020 to witness firsthand the blockchain’s landmark shift to an energy-efficient proof-of-stake consensus mechanism from its original proof-of-work – the same one used by Bitcoin
Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade on Deck; Developers, Traders Aflutter With Anticipation
12.4.2023
Developers and crypto market analysts are getting in their final words before staked ETH withdrawals are activated
CoinDesk’s Ethereum Validator Enters Final Weeks, Sitting on More Than $30K of Gains
5.4.2023
To better chronicle the Ethereum blockchain's transition to a proof-of-stake network, CoinDesk in 2020 started its own validator – nicknamed Zelda. We plunked down the 32 ETH (roughly $15,000 at the time) and laid the technical groundwork. With staking withdrawals due to start April 12, we take...
Arbitrum Shows Just How Messy (and Tricky) Crypto Airdrops Can Be
29.3.2023
Bugs, server crashes and scammers continue to plague crypto airdrops. Will regulatory pressures be next?
Latest Ethereum Blocks Suggest Validators Are Reversing Censorship
22.3.2023
Non-censoring relays such as Agnostic and ultra sound are delivering more data blocks on Ethereum than Flashbots, the one-time king of MEV-delivering relays
MEV Rewards on Ethereum Reach All-Time High During SVB Bank Run and USDC Depeg
15.3.2023
Profits made from MEV were more than twice as high as the last peak during the FTX implosion
Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed
8.3.2023
A programmer by training, Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory, with a focus on the principal-agent problem
Upcoming Upgrades That Will Shape the Ethereum Ecosystem
1.3.2023
Here are some approaching dates and launches that Ethereum followers and observers should keep an eye on
War of Words Over zkEVMs Might Portend Long Struggle to Tech Maturity
22.2.2023
As Polygon and Matter Labs race to bring their zkEVMs to market, both will need to make compromises in the name of security
Arbitrum Surges Ahead as Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape Takes Shape
15.2.2023
Layer 2 rollups now see more transaction volume than Ethereum’s main network
Detecting Specific Text Input with HTML and CSS
9.11.2021
Louis Lazaris breaks down some bonafide CSS trickery from Jane. The Pen shows off interactivity where:
You have to press a special combination of keys on a keyboard.
Then type a secret password.
From there, a special message pops …
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Valid Points: How CME Ether Futures Work and Why They Matter
17.2.2021
A financially settled and U.S. regulated ether futures product makes all the difference
Valid Points: Eth 2.0 Validators Earn Record $1.2M as ETH Price Rallies
10.2.2021
Ethereum 2.0 validators earned their highest daily total income ever on Feb. 8, at $1.2 million
Valid Points: CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 Validator Is Officially Staked
3.2.2021
Ethereum developers met Tuesday to compare research on the eventual merge of Eth 1.x and Eth 2.0
Valid Points: CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 Validator Is Officially Staked
3.2.2021
Ethereum developers met Tuesday to compare research on the eventual merge of Eth 1.x and Eth 2.0
Valid Points: What to Expect When Ethereum 2.0 Undergoes Its First ‘Hard Fork’
27.1.2021
Here's what the impending Eth 2.0 hard fork means, and why Ethereum devs are still debating the “Ice Age.”
Valid Points: Why Ethereum 2.0 Shifts How Investors Value ETH
20.1.2021
The use case of ether has shifted with the launch of Ethereum 2.0. Here’s why that matters
Valid Points: Price Dips, 60K Validators and Eth 2.0’s ‘Graffiti’ Messages
13.1.2021
The price of ether dove hard last weekend, but the number of validators joining the Eth 2.0 network continues to grow, regardless of price movements
Valid Points: New Year, New Price Gains For ETH
6.1.2021
Bullish price activity has tipped the total value of ETH locked into Ethereum 2.0 past $2.4 billion