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Ethereum’s 2020 Defi Boom Doubles Active Ether Addresses, But Fees Skyrocket
22.7.2020
The number of active Ethereum addresses has grown aggressively in 2020 because of the decentralized finance (defi) boom. Active Ethereum addresses doubled in size leaving networks like Tron, Cardano, and EOS in the dust. There’s a lot happening in the world of decentralized finance (defi)...
Vitalik Buterin Warns High Fees Threaten Ethereum’s Security
22.7.2020
As Ether transaction fees hit 100 gwei, the project’s co-founder warns that a failure to respond could undermine the security of the network
Ethereum's Buterin Calls DeFi-powered Yield Farming ‘Unsustainable’
14.7.2020
Ethereum (ETH) Co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he has a bit of “love and hate” for the influx of decentralized finance (DeFi) apps that have been built on the network of late – although he labeled them “valuable and essential” to the blockchain's community.
Speaking in an interview with Ryan Sean...
Unitize Roundup: Top 10 Quotes From the Virtual Blockchain Conference
12.7.2020
Vitalik Buterin, Heath Tarbert, Brock Pierce and many more — here are 10 memorable quotes to take away from five days of the Unitize virtual blockchain conference
Key Short-Term Scalability Feature Still Needs Research, Says Vitalik Buterin
10.7.2020
Stateless clients research promises to make blockchain nodes lighter without sacrificing validation, but there are stumbling blocks in their cryptography
Avalanche Launch Fumbles: ‘A Highly-Sophisticated DDoS Attack Derailed Token Sale’
9.7.2020
On July 8, 2020, some members of the cryptocurrency community were prepared to leverage the AVA Labs Avalanche (AVAX) token sale, in order to acquire some of the highly anticipated coin on Wednesday. However, due to “record-breaking demand” and a “highly-sophisticated DDOS...
Twitter Users Can Now Send Crypto to Each Other With Torus
7.7.2020
A private key management startup, Torus, enables social media users to send crypto using Twitter and GitHub handles
Vitalik: We Underestimated How Long Proof-of-Stake and Sharding Would Take to Complete
3.7.2020
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin mentioned looking back at Ethereum’s development
Vitalik Buterin Uses Questionable Historical Comparison to Explain Crypto Tribalism
3.7.2020
Ethereum co-founder invoked Godwin's law in a Twitter discussion
Vitalik Buterin Pushes for Rollups as Ethereum's Scaling Solution
1.7.2020
Vitalik Buterin. Source: a screenshot, YouTube/ETHWORLD.
Vitalik Buterin, Co-founder of Ethereum (ETH), reiterated that rollups are the way to go when it comes to the network's scaling issue. They'll likely be the main solution for at least two years, he suggested.
As is all too well known, terms...
ETH Scalability Isn’t Going to Be an Issue Soon, Vitalik Buterin Posits
30.6.2020
Ethereum 2.0 will eventually facilitate up to approximately 100,000 transactions per second
Ethereum Miners Vote to Increase Gas Limit, Causing Community Debate
19.6.2020
Ethereum miners consider increasing the block gas limit, which has both advantages and drawbacks for the network
Vitalik: Ethereum Supply is 40M Lower Than Originally Expected
17.6.2020
Vitalik Buterin pointed out that 40 M fewer Ethers have been mined today than was envisioned five years ago
Researcher Refutes ‘Blackmail’ Theory Behind Mysterious Ether Transactions
16.6.2020
The abnormal transaction fees from last week may not be blackmail after all, according to Alex Manuskin, a blockchain researcher at wallet company ZenGo
Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Now Bitcoin Price Analyst Too
15.6.2020
Vitalik Buterin. Ethereum (ETH) Co-founder Vitalik Buterin keeps criticizing the stock-to-flow (S2F) model, though agreeing that a lack of correlation between the rise in bitcoin (BTC) price and the coin's halving isn't enough to do away with this popular and disputed model.
The theory that...
Ethereum’s $5.2 Million Fee Scandal Explained: Exchange Held to Ransom by Hackers
13.6.2020
Hackers are holding an unnamed crypto exchange to ransom after an alleged cyber-attack forced the Ethereum blockchain to facilitate two separate transactions at a cost of $5.2 million in fees, new information suggests. The hackers may have gained access to the exchange’s funds but failed...
Vitalik Buterin Comments on Strange Transaction Fees
12.6.2020
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin says recent high fees could be blackmail
Speculation Rife as User Pays a Second $2.6 Million Fee in Ether Transaction
11.6.2020
History repeated itself on Thursday, after the Ethereum blockchain processed another transfer with fees of $2.6 million – the second such unusual, record-fee transaction in 24 hours. A user sent 350 ether (ETH), worth about $86,400 and paid 10,668 ETH, or $2.6 million, in transaction fees....
This Political Conversation With Vitalik Buterin Shows How Ethereum Could Change the World
10.6.2020
Congressional candidate Jonathan Herzog hosted a live YouTube broadcast with Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin on Monday, along with author Glen Weyl
Did Vitalik Buterin Just Say That Ethereum Is Now More Important Than Bitcoin?
3.6.2020
Vitalik Buterin. The crypto space needs to acknowledge and adjust to the reality that finance is no longer as important as it was in the last decade, and embrace the current shift from crypto as finance to include crypto as decentralized entities as well, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin...