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Ethereum Resumes Finalizing Blocks after Second Performance Hiccup in 24 Hours

12.5.2023
Finality refers to the guarantee that a block cannot be altered and removed from the Ethereum blockchain

Among Bitcoin Developers, Debate Is Raging Over Whether to Censor Ordinals BRC-20s

12.5.2023
Despite calls for censorship, many developers agree that maintaining the status quo is the right thing to do for now

Cardano Scaling Node Hydra Head Goes Live on Blockchain's Mainnet

12.5.2023
The tool, the first in a planned suite of products, aims to speed up transaction times on Cardano

Ethereum Mainnet Was Unable to Fully Finalize Transactions for 25 Minutes

11.5.2023
Developers resolved the finalization issues and are investigating what caused the outage

Meet ‘Dencun.’ Ethereum Developers Are Already Planning Next Hard Fork

11.5.2023
The next major upgrade for the blockchain will include “proto-danksharding,” though developers are still deciding what else to include in the hard fork

Threshold Network Goes Live With Wormhole to Bridge Bitcoin to 20 Blockchains

11.5.2023
Using bitcoin on other networks previously required users to rely on centralized bridges, which increased risks for token holders

Developers Deploy Uniswap Contracts on Bitcoin as BRC20-Based SHIB, PEPE Gain Popularity

11.5.2023
Tokens issued on Bitcoin ran to a cumulative market capitalization of as much as $1.5 billion earlier this week before sharply correcting

Crypto Derivatives Protocol Vega's Mainnet Goes Live for Futures, Options Trading

10.5.2023
The blockchain, called Alpha, is said to be built mainly to support decentralized trading

Coinbase Works to Fix Wallet Support for Ethereum Staking Withdrawals Stuck in Limbo

9.5.2023
According to Coinbase’s customer support, “Our systems currently do not support deposits to Coinbase ETH addresses from external validators… Funds may be stuck until we are able to support these transactions.”

Crypto Security Firm Dfns Adds Biometric Support to Wallet Development Toolkit

9.5.2023
The addition will allow wallet developers to incorporate Face ID, fingerprints, and other convenient authentication methods into their products

Alameda Research Receives $57M From Crypto Exchange OKX

9.5.2023
Alameda Research-controlled wallets hold over $240 million worth of various cryptocurrencies

Ether Staking Deposits Top Withdrawals for First Time Since Shapella Upgrade

9.5.2023
The divergence comes amid a meme coin frenzy that has pushed up fees on the Ethereum blockchain

Bitcoin’s ‘BRC-20’ Explosion Sends Users Scrambling for Options, Including Lightning

9.5.2023
The effects of the BRC-20 mints range from halting of bitcoin withdrawals on Binance to frustration with the sudden high costs of making bitcoin payments in places like Africa and South America

Ordinals Upend Bitcoin Mining, Pushing Transaction Fees Above Mining Reward for First Time in Years

9.5.2023
Several mining pools such as Luxor Technologies and AntPool mined blocks on Monday where fees exceeded Bitcoin’s block subsidy of 6.25 BTC

Canto Blockchain Set for Vote on Reduction in Liquidity Incentives, Block Rewards

8.5.2023
If passed, the mining incentives for each liquidity pool on Canto will be reduced on average by roughly 38%, and data-block rewards known as "security emissions" would decrease by 15%

PEPE Meme Coin Craze Spreads Wealth to Ethereum Validators Running Blockchain

8.5.2023
As risk-taking crypto traders sought to make tremendous profits off of surging prices for the suddenly-hot PEPE, a resulting surge in transaction fees brought a windfall to validators running the Ethereum blockchain

Privacy Project Railgun DAO Adopts Chainway’s ‘Proof of Innocence’ Tool

8.5.2023
Railgun DAO’s new functionality – initially developed by the developer Chainway for use on Tornado Cash – could allow users to mathematically demonstrate that coins involved in transactions did not come from blacklisted addresses. Digital Currency Group, owner of CoinDesk, is an investor in Railgun...