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How The Ethereum Merge Could Impact Staking Yields
10.6.2022
Max Shannon, Digital Asset Analyst at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares._____
The Merge aims to move Ethereum from Proof of Work (PoW) to Proof of Stake (PoS), and provide the foundation for increased scalability and reduced energy consumption. Detrimental trade-offs...
Ethereum's Ropsten Test is 'Almost' Bug-Free, Two More Testnets to Go Before the Merge
9.6.2022
The Ropsten test network (testnet) -- also referred to as Ethereum (ETH)'s first dress rehearsal for the upcoming Merge, when the current Ethereum Mainnet will merge with the beacon chain proof-of-stake (PoS) system -- successfully went through The Merge yesterday....
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Report: Microsoft Kinect Creator Resigns After Being Accused Of Watching ‘VR Porn’ At Work
9.6.2022
Alex Kipman, a longtime Microsoft executive, is leaving the company after 21 years due to numerous misconduct allegations, Insider reports. The accusations include inappropriately touching female employees and watching what one witness described as “VR porn” at work.Read more
The Best Sex Games On Steam, According To OnlyFans Creators
8.6.2022
If Steam’s huge list of sex games is a gated, glistening community pool, I am the discarded, embarrassing flamingo float, doomed to skim the surface for all eternity. I make attempts to dive in—I look at each 2D succubus thumbnail carefully and determine whether or not demon porn is against my core...
IMF recommends eco-friendly CBDCs and non-PoW mechanisms for payments
8.6.2022
In addition to eco-friendly components, the IMF recommended central banks to include other features in the CBDCs, such as compliance, higher resilience and offline capabilities
New York Governor yet to commit to signing Bitcoin mining ban into law
8.6.2022
“We’ll be looking at all the bills very, very closely. We have a lot of work to do over the next six months,” said Governor Hochul
Building Interoperable Web Components That Even Work With React
7.6.2022
Those of us who’ve been web developers more than a few years have probably written code using more than one JavaScript framework. With all the choices out there — React, Svelte, Vue, Angular, Solid — it’s all but inevitable. One …
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Bitfinex Bitcoin longs hit a record-high, but does that mean BTC has bottomed?
6.6.2022
A key derivatives metric used by margin traders has hit a record-high, but there’s plenty of risk and a catch to consider
New York Bill That Aims to Establish a Bitcoin Mining Moratorium Awaits Governor Hochul’s Signature
3.6.2022
The state of New York passed a bill that puts a moratorium on specific types of cryptocurrency mining operations that leverage carbon-based energy sources. The policy will place a two-year ban on proof-of-work (PoW) mining if the assembly bill is approved by New York governor Kathy Hochul. New York...
New York State To Ban Carbon-Powered Bitcoin, Altcoin Mining, While Kenya Fosters Green BTC
3.6.2022
As regulators across the world work to adopt varying stances on crypto mining, the US state of New York and the East African country of Kenya offer two examples of how legislators can thwart or foster crypto innovation through their initiatives....
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Game Devs Tell Elon Musk He's Wrong About What It Takes To Make Something Good
2.6.2022
The Ls are stacking up for Elon Musk. Tesla’s shitposter-in-chief got ratio’d over the weekend for trying to dunk on a satirical gaming site and is now taking heat for an incredibly aggro company email about how remote work is for lazy frauds. A lot of people in the tech world aren’t having...
DeFi protocols launch stablecoins to lure new users and liquidity, but does it work?
1.6.2022
In the wake of UST’s collapse, several DeFi platforms launched their own stablecoins to lasso new users and liquidity but are investors willing to take on the risk in return for 20% APY?
The Merge for Ethereum's 'Longest-Lived' PoW Testnet Ropsten Expected 'Around' June 8
31.5.2022
Ethereum (ETH)'s Ropsten public testnet, the longest-lived proof-of-work (PoW) testnet that allows for blockchain development testing before deployment on the mainnet, is set to run through The Merge "around June 8."
Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko broke the news on Twitter, detailing that...
What is ApeCoin and how does it work?
29.5.2022
APE token holders make collective governance decisions, casting votes and deciding on issues such as fund allocation, rule framing, partnerships, project selection, and more
3 reasons why Bitcoin is regaining its crypto market dominance
27.5.2022
Hint: Many altcoins—not just LUNA—are down over 80% from their all-time highs in 2022
Ethereum’s Beacon Network Deals With a 7-Block Chain Reorganization
26.5.2022
On May 25, seven blocks were reorganized on Ethereum’s Beacon chain at 8:55:23 a.m. (UTC) at block height 3,887,075 all the way to block 3,887,081. The reorganization was discovered by Martin Köppelmann who noted the “current attestation strategy of nodes should be reconsidered...
Ethereum Beacon Chain Experienced a 7-block Reorg, More Work Needed Ahead of The Merge
26.5.2022
The Beacon Chain, which will introduce proof-of-stake (PoS) to Ethereum (ETH), experienced a seven-block reorganization (reorg) on Wednesday.
A reorg can happen either through a malicious attack from a miner with high resources or simply through network failure, such as a bug, temporarily...
ESG Study Shows Bitcoin Mining’s Potential to Eliminate 0.15% of Global Warming by 2045, Claims No Other Technology Can Do Better
26.5.2022
In recent times, the impact of bitcoin mining on the environment has been a topical discussion as climate change activists believe proof-of-work (PoW) mining is too energy-intensive. However, a recent report written by the ESG analyst Daniel Batten explains that bitcoin mining could eliminate...
Cryptopedia: Learn the concepts behind stablecoins and how they work
25.5.2022
Cointelegraph breaks down stablecoins and how they give users a way to safely store their assets without worrying about depreciation
Bitcoin Mining Can be a Force for Good or Bad, Banning it Doesn’t Solve Anything – FTX.US President
25.5.2022
Bitcoin (BTC) mining can be a force for both good and bad, depending on how it’s done and where it happens. But countries thinking of banning it should know that miners will not hesitate to simply move somewhere else, FTX.US president Brett Harrison said at the World Economic Forum in Davos...