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Ethereum Developers Set Timeline for Final ‘Dencun’ Testnet Upgrades
25.1.2024
Developers will run through Dencun on the Sepolia and Holesky testnets on Jan. 30 and Feb. 7
Is It Too Late to Buy Ethereum Classic? ETC Price Pumps 56% as This Meme Coin Goes Viral
12.1.2024
Meme Kombat presale is seeing continuous hype as ETC ‘s price spikes 56% on Ethereum ETF speculation. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. Ethereum Classic (ETC), the original Ethereum hard fork, has recently experienced a massive spike in its price, rallying more than 50% amid the broader...
ETHW Core Team Dissolved Just Weeks After Pleading for Funds to Maintain Servers
20.12.2023
The Ethereum Proof of Work (ETHW) core development organization has been dissolved to help the protocol achieve full autonomy. In late November, the ETHW team pleaded for $200,000 in funding to maintain servers and recruit part-time engineers. ETHW Core team’s development approach has been...
End of Line for BSV on Coinbase, Exchange to Delist Crypto in January 2024
8.11.2023
Coinbase has announced it will be removing bitcoinsv (BSV) from its platform, having informed its clientele through an email notification. BSV, which was created following a hard fork from the Bitcoin Cash protocol on November 15, 2018, will no longer be hosted on Coinbase’s services after...
Is Bitcoin SV Going to Zero? BSV Price Sinks 5% as Attention Switches to This Other Bitcoin Project
6.11.2023
Leading Bitcoin hard-fork project Bitcoin SV (BSV) has sunk -5% amid a shift in attention for Bitcoin alternatives towards an emerging Bitcoin cloud mining presale. The tumble in price action comes as Bitcoin SV enters retracement from an impressive +74% ‘Uptober’ rally triggered...
Ethereum Inflation Rises as Onchain Activity Declines; $35.31M Added in 17 Days
11.10.2023
Ethereum’s shift from a deflationary to an inflationary model has witnessed a 0.178% uptick in the last 17 days. During this period, the network added 22,502 ether, valued at $35.31 million, to its total supply. Ethereum’s Growing Inflation Fueled by Onchain Downturn Previously...
Ethereum Hard Fork Coin ETHW Down More Than 95% Since The Merge
13.9.2023
Nearly a year after Chandler Guo — the instigator of the Ethereum blockchain’s last hard fork — predicted its rise, the native coin of the breakaway Ethereum proof-of-work blockchain has plummeted by more than 95%. Ethereumpow (ETHW) now trades at a price less than 1% of...
Bitcoin’s 21 Million Supply Cap: Immutable Truth or Future Flexibility?
6.9.2023
This week, the crypto community is abuzz with discussions about Bitcoin’s 21 million supply cap and the potential for its alteration. On September 4, in a social media exchange, software developer and Bitcoin Core contributor Peter Todd expressed his belief that in “10-20 years the idea of...
Bitmain’s Upcoming Monero ASIC Miner Sparks Anxious Buzz Within XMR Community
28.8.2023
In an announcement on Sunday, cryptocurrency mining rig manufacturer Bitmain revealed its intention to sell a machine designed for mining the digital currency monero (XMR). The machine boasts a hashrate of 212 kilohash per second (KH/s), and the firm asserts that it is the first...
BNB Chain hard fork to improve security & compatibility with EVM chains
10.8.2023
Binance’s BNB Chain is set for two upgrades that are aimed at improving finality of the network and compatibility with other EVM blockchains
Ethereum’s Fiery Path: $6.6 Billion Ether Burned Since the London Hard Fork
16.7.2023
Drawing upon recent data, the Ethereum network has incinerated close to 3.46 million ether, translating to a staggering $6.68 billion in value burned since the London hard fork’s implementation on August 5, 2023. Taking into account the 710-day period that followed, the Ethereum network...
Improved Security Measures Await BNB Chain Users in July Hard Fork
14.7.2023
The BNB Beacon Chain, the Binance blockchain ecosystem, is expected to undergo a scheduled hard fork upgrade on 19th July at 6:00 UTC, with enhanced security features for users.
The hard fork dubbed “ZhangHeng,” named after a Chinese scientist, will occur at block height 328,088,888, the official...
BNB Chain to Tackle Blockchain Exploit Risks in Major July Hard Fork
13.7.2023
The upgrade will push security measures immediately on the occasion of a blockchain exploit to safeguard user assets
BNB Beacon Chain hard fork adds 'panic' feature that can 'halt' blockchain
13.7.2023
BNB Beacon Chain mainnet is set to undergo the "ZhangHeng" hard fork around July 19, which will bring new upgrades aimed at improving security
Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen
26.6.2023
The Optimism layer-2 network saw less than 300,000 transactions per day around the time of the upgrade, but this number increased to over 500,000 afterward
Ethereum Developers Cement Final Lineup of Changes in ‘Dencun’ Upgrade
8.6.2023
Proto-danksharding is at the heart of the package, with other improvements for storage on-chain, as well as minor code changes related to the Ethereum Virtual Machine
Optimism successfully completes ‘Bedrock’ hard fork, reducing deposit times, layer-1 fees
6.6.2023
The upgrade is part of a series of reforms meant to increase modularity in the OP Stack, allowing developers to spin up their own networks using the software
Optimism Completes ‘Bedrock’ Hard Fork, in Pursuit of Superchain
6.6.2023
Developers behind the layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum say the upgrade will reduce gas fees and cut deposit confirmation times
Optimism 'Bedrock' Upgrade to Speed Confirmations, Cut Gas Fees, Set Path to 'Superchain'
5.6.2023
The "Bedrock” upgrade will improve the usability of the chain by lowering gas fees and cutting deposit-confirmation times by 90% – pitched as a key step toward the Optimism network's goal of becoming a "Superchain."
Burning Metrics: Ethereum Burns 3.33 Million Ether Valued at $6.1 Billion in 21 Months
28.5.2023
In the past 21 months following Ethereum’s London hard fork, the network has witnessed the destruction of over 3.33 million ether, valued at $6.1 billion. At present, roughly 3.51 ether is burned every single minute. Standing out as a prominent participant in the burn process since August...