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ETHW Core Team Dissolved Just Weeks After Pleading for Funds to Maintain Servers
20.12.2023
The Ethereum Proof of Work (ETHW) core development organization has been dissolved to help the protocol achieve full autonomy. In late November, the ETHW team pleaded for $200,000 in funding to maintain servers and recruit part-time engineers. ETHW Core team’s development approach has been...
Ethereum Hard Fork Coin ETHW Down More Than 95% Since The Merge
13.9.2023
Nearly a year after Chandler Guo — the instigator of the Ethereum blockchain’s last hard fork — predicted its rise, the native coin of the breakaway Ethereum proof-of-work blockchain has plummeted by more than 95%. Ethereumpow (ETHW) now trades at a price less than 1% of...
Declining Interest Leads to Poor Market Performance for Ethereum Proof-of-Work Forks
3.1.2023
After transitioning from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), the Ethereum community saw the launch of two new PoW Ethereum forks: ethereumpow and ethereumfair. In the past four months, the value of both coins has dropped by 94.8% to 98.4% in U.S. dollars. PoW Ethereum Forks Ethereumpow...
Ethereum Proof-of-Work Pool Goes Live Through Binance Pool
3.10.2022
Ethereum Proof of Work is now live with Binance Pool. Users can participate in the mining process during the promotional period and claim zero pool fees. The official announcement was published by Binance on its website, informing that users were eligible to withdraw ETHW. Deposit ETHW is currency...
Binance Starts Ethereum Proof-of-Work Mining Pool, Initially With No Fee
29.9.2022
ETHW initially stumbled, but mining support from Binance customers could in theory help
Ethereum Hard Fork Instigator Chandler Guo Claims the Value of ETH and Forked ETHW Will Be the Same in 10 Years
23.9.2022
The U.S. dollar value of the recently airdropped coin native to the forked Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain will be at par with that of ether, Chandler Guo, the instigator of the latest Ethereum hard fork, has said. Guo added that he expects the value of the token, which is currently...
Grayscale Declares Distribution of Rights to Ethereum Proof-of-Work Tokens With SEC
17.9.2022
A Securities and Exchange Commission filing filed on September 16 shows that the company Grayscale Investments has declared “distribution of rights to Ethereum Proof of Work Tokens.” The newly launched ETHW blockchain went live on September 15 and roughly 50-60 terahash per second...
Ethereum Proof-of-Work Fork Stumbles as Justin Sun's Poloniex Supports Rival Fork
16.9.2022
The fork’s ETHW token dropped 70% as new proof-of-work blockchain’s debut was pocked by technical glitches and the crypto exchange of vocal early supporter Justin Sun decided to support a different, little-known fork
Team Behind Ethereum’s PoW Fork Aims to Launch Network 24 Hours After The Merge
13.9.2022
While The Merge is expected to take place in less than two days, the Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) fork is scheduled to go live 24 hours after the transition, according to ETHW developers. On August 8, 2022, ETHW exchanged hands for $141 per unit and today the crypto asset is down 73% lower in...
Ethereum Proof-of-Work Fork Timing Posted
13.9.2022
Degens borrowing ETH to get fork tokens create headaches for DeFi platforms
7.9.2022
Aave has halted ETH lending until the Merge has gone through, while Compound Finance has opted to cap the number of loans and introduce a “jump” interest rate model
Coinbase Discloses It Will ‘Evaluate Any ETH Fork Tokens Following The Merge’
28.8.2022
The publicly listed firm Coinbase Global has revealed the company plans to evaluate any potential forks that arise from the upcoming Ethereum upgrade known as The Merge. In a recently updated blog post, Coinbase said if a new Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) token is created it “will be reviewed...
End-of-Week Ethereum: Merge News Fails to Hold Price Up, Traders Discuss Merge-Related Sell-Off, Binance Joins Exchanges Preparing for Possible Fork
26.8.2022
The price of Ethereum’s native token ETH fell over the past 24 hours, while developers identified several bugs and traders started fearing the Merge could become a ‘sell the news’-type of event.
On Friday at 09:10 UTC, ETH was down by 2.8% for the past 24 hours to a price of USD 1,661. The drop...
Ethereum Proof-of-Work Forks: Gift or Grift?
24.8.2022
Ethereum will soon transition to a more energy-efficient system for processing transactions, but prominent crypto personalities are hell-bent on keeping the energy-hungry version of the chain alive. Why?
Japan’s bitFlyer Will ‘Pay Close Attention’ to Any Ethereum Proof-of-Work Hard Fork
24.8.2022
The Japanese crypto exchange bitFlyer has said it will “pay close attention” to any hard forks that may happen as a result of Ethereum’s (ETH) transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), and that forked tokens that continue to rely on PoW could be supported.
Writing in a blog post...
DeFi Platforms See Broad Weekly TVL Decline, One Protocol Stands Out
22.8.2022
Major decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms have seen a broad decline in the total value locked (TVL) over the past week, with only one top 10 protocol seeing growth. The fall in TVL came as prices of popular smart contract tokens like ethereum (ETH), solana (SOL), and BNB also fell...
End-of-Week Ethereum: Developers Firm Up Merge Date, Hedge Fund Investor Says Merge is ‘Not Priced In’, Aave Proposes Strongly Signaling Support for PoS
19.8.2022
Ethereum (ETH) developers firmed up September 15 as the date when the highly anticipated Merge is estimated to happen, while Aave (AAVE) seeks to "strongly signal" its support for the PoS chain instead of PoW. Meanwhile, a crypto hedge fund manager says the Merge is not yet priced in by...
Ethereum Developers Looking for Potential Merge Dates
12.8.2022
During a call on Thursday, Ethereum (ETH) developers mentioned potential dates for the Merge – the massive and much-anticipated event when Ethereum moves from the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake (PoS).
The dates mentioned in the document shared during the call include...
The Merge’s Long Term Impact on Ethereum
10.8.2022
Kosala Hemachandra is the founder and CEO of MEW (MyEtherWallet). __________...
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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Downplays Ethereum PoW Fork, Hopes It ‘Doesn’t Lead to People Losing Money’
8.8.2022
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin recently discussed what he thinks about the recent Ethereum proof-of-work (PoW) fork topic that’s been finding its way into a number of conversations within the crypto community. Buterin remarked at the ETH-Seoul conference over the weekend, that...