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BTC Downturn, ETH Scaling, Coinbase Listing and 20 Crypto Jokes
27.2.2021
Welcome! Let's do a short recap of what happened in the crypto week behind us. Coin Metrics said there's little reason to believe that Bitcoin miners are responsible for downturns in BTC’s price, Kraken’s CEO Jesse Powell said that “extreme” ethereum selling caused Monday’s flash crash to USD...
'Scaling Coming to Ethereum in March', Optimism Announces Mainnet Launch
25.2.2021
Ethereum (ETH) fans are celebrating the news that Ethereum scaling solution, Optimism, is now set to launch on the network's mainnet next month, ahead of schedule. But what does this mean both for Ethereum and its users?
"Mainnet in March. Scaling is coming to Ethereum," commented...
Andreessen Horowitz leads $25m round for Optimism's L2 scaling solution
25.2.2021
Optimism has been on a hiring spree and plans to expedite its mainnet launch after securing backing from Andreessen Horowitz
How Bitcoin’s Taproot Upgrade Will Improve Technology Across Bitcoin’s Software Stack
3.2.2021
Scaling, privacy and custody software will all benefit from Bitcoin’s biggest upgrade in years
Reddit partners with Ethereum Foundation to boost scaling and resources
28.1.2021
The social media network says the aim of the partnership is to bring Ethereum to "Reddit-scale" production
Reddit Joins With Ethereum Foundation to Build Scaling Tools
27.1.2021
The social media firm will dedicate developer resources to support scaling efforts for Ethereum
OKCoin to Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network in Q1
22.1.2021
The feature, added to alleviate fee pressure during Bitcoin’s bull market, could be live within a month's time
Scaling Solution Hermez Network Adds Tether Token to Tackle High Ethereum Fees
11.1.2021
Hermez Network sets out to provide faster and cheaper transactions on Ethereum
A Conversation with One of Bitcoin Cash’s Most Prolific Developers
8.1.2021
Calin Culianu is the #1 contributor to the Electron Cash project. Also, he contributes to BCHN, and has created the Fulcrum server. Definitely a Bitcoin Cash hero in my book. I picked his brain a bit about all things Bitcoin Cash, and got some juicy answers. Calin likes to talk, so let’s...
Statechains Scaling Solution Offers New Potential for Bitcoin Privacy
30.12.2020
Statechains offer another way to scale bitcoin payments. New exploration has uncovered that statechains could boost Bitcoin privacy as well
Snowden Puzzled by Bitcoin’s Lack of Scaling and Privacy, Says Devs ‘Had Years to Do It’
25.12.2020
Just recently, the film producer and well known Youtuber, Naomi Brockwell, sat down with Edward Snowden and the two discussed a number of subjects including privacy and bitcoin. When Snowden talked about bitcoin, he delved into the protocol’s lack of progressive scaling and privacy....
Roll-ups to preserve Ethereum’s DeFi monopoly despite competitors: Messari
3.12.2020
Popular crypto data provider Messari has predicted that roll-ups will beat out Layer 1 alternatives as the dominant scaling solution amid Eth2’s multi-year incubation
Vitalik Buterin outlines next steps for Ethereum after Beacon Chain launch
2.12.2020
A lot of the work is done in parallel, meaning scalability is closer than it seems
Lightning Network’s New Liquidity Marketplace Attracts a ‘Surprising’ Mix of Individuals, Enterprises
19.11.2020
Lightning Labs’ new liquidity marketplace, Lightning Pool, has seen more early-stage growth than its creators expected
Majority of Bitcoin Hashrate Signals Support for Taproot Scaling, Privacy Upgrade
19.11.2020
Over 50% of Bitcoin's hashrate now supports the "uncontroversial" upgrade
Sam Bankman-Fried believes even ETH 2 can't handle DeFi's potential growth
11.11.2020
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried doesn’t believe Ethereum will be able to provide the scaling capabilities required by the DeFi sector in future
Lightning Network Exploits Continue to Hinder the Bitcoin Scaling Solution
1.11.2020
While bitcoin has run-up to all new price highs in 2020, a great number of crypto supporters have been complaining about the mempool backlog and the high fees needed to send a transaction. Meanwhile, the Lightning Network is far from seeing widespread adoption, and a number of attack vectors have...
4 Bitcoin Lightning Network Vulnerabilities That Haven’t Been Exploited (Yet)
27.10.2020
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network has a few of vulnerabilities that have been discovered in its two-year lifespan, but none have been exploited
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Calls on Power Users to Move to Layer 2 Scaling
14.10.2020
Talking at CoinDesk's invest: ethereum economy event, the Ethereum founder called for users of the second-largest blockchain to move over to scaling solutions that are “already here."
High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum
14.10.2020
Miners are incentivized to keep Ethereum gas fees high, and in doing so limit one of the network's principal use cases