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Ethereum L2s Are About to Hit a Brick Wall: Polynomial Protocol Founder
20.1.2025
Sustained demand for Layer 2s could quickly deplete the available blob capacity. The impending Pectra upgrade only kicks the can down the road, Polynomial's co-founder said
The Protocol: Bitcoin Bridged Trustlessly to L2; Ethereum's Blob Mob
27.11.2024
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Marc Hochstein, CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief for features, opinion and standards.IN THIS ISSUE:Ethereum's blob mobStaking on StarknetAvalanche's big upgradeL2 teams beam...
The Protocol: Bitcoin Bridged Trustlessly to L2; Ethereum's Blob Mob
27.11.2024
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Ethereum Blob Usage Explodes as Traders Rush to Layer 2 Solutions
26.11.2024
Ethereum has seen a surge in blob usage, averaging over 21,000 blobs this month, matching March's record activity.The Dencun upgrade allows Layer 2 solutions to efficiently bundle transactions and post them to Ethereum.Blob fees spiked, leading to the burning of over 166 ETH worth $560,000 in...
Ethereum fees poised for rebound amid L2, blob uptick
7.11.2024
In November, L2s have been posting some 3x more transaction data each day to mainnet than they did in March
Ethereum blob fees soar: What does it mean for L2s?
23.10.2024
Ethereum blob fees briefly surged to a price of $4.52 spurred by a frenzy of Scroll airdrop claims.
Ethereum’s Pectra fork adds dynamic blob fees to to improve L2 scaling
18.10.2024
A proposal to change the blob gas target and max values on Ethereum comes seven months after blobs were introduced in the blockchain’s Dencun upgrade in March
Ethereum price falls 12% in 2 days — Are investors running out of reasons to hold ETH?
3.10.2024
Selling from ETH ICO participants and a lack of demand for the spot Ether ETF could be contributing to Ethereum’s price downside
Ethereum blob count is ‘uncomfortably close to a ceiling’ — Vitalik Buterin
27.9.2024
“I think the ecosystem is sleeping on the fact that it's uncomfortably close to a ceiling,” cautions the Ethereum co-founder.
How to Download a YouTube Video or Channel
4.9.2024
The ability to download media on the internet almost feels like a lost art. When I was in my teens, piracy of mp3s, movies, and just about everything else via torrents and apps like Kazaa, LimeWire, Napster, etc. was in full swing. These days sites use blob URLs and other means to prevent...
HTML Attribute to Allow/Disallow Handwriting Input
12.8.2024
A new explainer for a new HTML attribute to handle handwritten inputs. Like this:
<input type="text" handwriting="true" ... <input type="text" handwriting="false" ... <textarea handwriting="" ... <!-- evaluates to "true" --<div contenteditable...
Bitcoin sats the ‘most valuable digital canvas ever’ — Ordinals artist
13.5.2024
The “epic sat” mined from the fourth halving block now contains 3D neurogenerative artwork with music and an AI-generated voice from Grimes
Ethereum Blob Inscriptions Exceed 40%, Triggering Unprecedented ‘Blob Contention’
28.3.2024
Following the debut of the Dencun upgrade and Ethereum blobs, enthusiasts have devised methods to embed data akin to how Ordinal inscriptions operate. Since this development, inscription-based activities now account for over 40% of blob transactions, leading to a significant increase in network...
As BLOB Meme Coin Surges 7,000%, This Low Cap Gem Might Explode Next
3.1.2024
Source: Dall•E 3 BLOB has rocketed by as much as 7,000% overnight, with the coin becoming the latest new meme token to take the Solana-based Radium DEX by storm yesterday. However, after surging to a record high of around $0.00040 yesterday afternoon, BLOB has already plummeted since, with the meme...
Adam Back States ‘You Can’t Stop JPEGs on Bitcoin,’ Proposes Block Size Increase to Host Inscriptions
18.12.2023
Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream and legendary cryptographer, has acknowledged that inscriptions, media embedded directly on top of Bitcoin, cannot be stopped, stating that any action focused on this will only prompt users to do it in “worse ways.” Instead, Back proposed adding a new blob...
Behold The Pulsating Human Blob That Awaits You In The Crew Motorfest
19.9.2023
I didn’t expect cosmic body horror when I booted up The Crew Motorfest, Ubisoft’s new racing video game. Yet, that’s what I find each time I start the game. Every time I play Motorfest, the pulsating blob of humans is there, waiting for me. A horrific entity trapped inside my Xbox, unable to speak...
Ethereum’s Shanghai Hard Fork Could Happen in March 2023, ETH Dev Says Staking Withdrawals Is the ‘Highest Priority’
9.12.2022
According to a recent Ethereum Core development meeting on Dec. 8, developers disclosed that the next Ethereum hard fork, called Shanghai, could be implemented by March 2023. It’s been suggested that the Shanghai hard fork will be able to manage the network’s staked ethereum...
Holographic Trading Card Effect
26.10.2022
Simon Goellner (@simeydotme)’s collection of Holographic Trading Cards have captured our attention.
Under the hood there is a suite of filter(), background-blend-mode(), mix-blend-mode(), and clip-path() combinations that have been painstakingly tweaked to reach the desired effect....
Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Discusses Proposal to Alleviate Network’s Congestion, High Fees
6.2.2022
Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, and developer Tim Beiko have been discussing a proposed solution to the data transfer gas problem and current scaling issues. Buterin talked about adding a feature like “blob-carrying transactions” in a “near-future hard...
Exploring the CSS Paint API: Blob Animation
30.8.2021
After the fragmentation effect, I am going to tackle another interesting animation: the blob! We all agree that such effect is hard to achieve with CSS, so we generally reach for SVG to make those gooey shapes. But …
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