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CoinDesk’s Twitter Hack Proved the Media Can’t Rely on Web 2.0
24.7.2020
Last week's Twitter hack, which downed a key CoinDesk channel for seven days, showed how news groups are overly dependent on social media
Everything You Need to Know About Ethereum 2.0
24.7.2020
A new 22-page report from CoinDesk Research explains the technology behind Ethereum's upcoming overhaul – and the potential market impact of Eth 2.0
Eth 2.0 Dev Shares Details of Upcoming Community Testnet
23.7.2020
Ethereum 2.0 developers formalized the date of the first community-run testnet on August 4
Blockchain Bites: OCC’s Crypto Letter, Eth 2.0’s ‘Official’ Testnet and Dinwiddie’s Tokenized Airball
23.7.2020
Visa said crypto is part of "the future of money," members of the U.S. Senate think the dollar should go digital and OCC will allow banks to custody crypto
Ethereum 2.0 Developers Announce ‘Final’ Testnet Before Network Launch
22.7.2020
Medalla, the final testnet before Ethereum begins its long-awaited, gradual transition to proof of stake (PoS), has been announced
Open Interest in Ether Options Jumps to New Record High
22.7.2020
Data from major exchanges shows that open interest in ether options rose to a new lifetime high of $194 million on Tuesday
A Date for Final Ethereum 2.0 Public Testnet Announced; Attacknets Live
22.7.2020
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Step by step, or rather one testnet by another, Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0) seems to be on track for launch - as the date for the final public testnet has been announced.
Ethereum Core developer Danny Ryan posted on the testnet’s Discord site that the next multi-client...
Ethereum 2.0 Final Testnet Set to Launch on August 4
22.7.2020
The final public testnet for ETH 2.0 aims to launch just two weeks from now
Phase 0 of Ethereum 2.0 Has Another Possible Launch Date - November
21.7.2020
Ethereum 2.0 (ETH 2.0), or Serenity, is "well on track" for a launch later this year, according to Afri Schoedon, release manager at blockchain infrastructure company Parity Technologies and ex-Ethereum developer - and unless there is a critical problem found, there is no reason to push...
Ethereum Challenges Hackers to Attack Proposed 2.0 Networks
20.7.2020
The Ethereum Foundation launched two Eth 2.0 attack networks for hackers to break in exchange for a bug bounty
Are Stablecoins Eurodollars 2.0? Long Reads Sunday
19.7.2020
Long Reads Sunday features two essays previously published on CoinDesk that show the trajectory of stablecoins in the global economy in 2020
Ethereum 2.0 and Polkadot Offer Alternative Solutions to Scaling Issue
18.7.2020
Polkadot and Ethereum have an intertwined history, but how does the newly launched Polkadot stack up against the plans for Ethereum 2.0?
Quantstamp Audit Greenlights Ethereum 2.0 Client Prysm for Launch
15.7.2020
Ethereum 2.0 client Prysm is “basically ready” to launch, according to the audit firm's CEO Richard Ma in a phone call with CoinDesk
Researcher Hopes Cosmos-style ‘Checkpoint’ Could Fix Ethereum’s Data Problem
13.7.2020
The “ReGenesis” proposal by Ethereum researcher Alexey Akhunov would “nuke” the state for certain nodes. It might just fix the network’s growing data issue
Ethereum 2.021, Dai Giveaway, Bourbon on Tokens + More News
10.7.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Phase 0 of Ethereum's next version, Ethereum 2.0 might go live in January of 2021 at the earliest, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake...
Waiting for Ethereum 2.0, but Layer-Two Solutions Are Needed Now
8.7.2020
Ethereum 2.0. is coming, but not soon enough. Could layer-two solutions be the answer?
Social Media Bans ‘Highlight the Profound Censorship on Web 2.0’
6.7.2020
Recent moves by social media companies to outlaw certain types of content raise big questions about the future of free speech in the modern internet era
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
IOTA Foundation Enters Base Layer Race With ‘2.0’ Testnet
1.7.2020
IOTA's new testnet addresses the technical feature that nuked the blockchain-like network for nearly two weeks earlier this year
Blockchain Tech Vendor Bison Trails Adds Ethereum 2.0 Support
1.7.2020
Bison Trails announced it would provide services to help its clients transition to the Ethereum 2.0 network