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Ethereum Validator Activation Queue Grows: 90,000+ Validators Waiting in Line
5.6.2023
Ethereum faces congestion for validators to enter and begin staking in the protocol. According to data from Wenmerge, an information dashboard, more than 90,000 validators are waiting to provide protocol validation services on Ethereum. This means a validator entering the queue today must wait more...
Mitya Argunov, CPO of P2P.org, on ETH, Direct Staking, and Validators | Ep. 235
2.6.2023
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com, Mitya Argunov, Chief Product Officer for P2P.org, talks about how P2P differs from other staking platforms, non-custodial staking services, and the future of staking.
Mitya Argunov is the Chief Product Officer for P2P.org and the technical expert...
Vitalik Buterin warns against overloading Ethereum consensus
22.5.2023
Buterin has advocated preserving Ethereum consensus minimalism and not overloading validators with other things
Ethereum Briefly Stopped Finalizing Transactions. What Happened?
17.5.2023
The loss in finality meant that blocks could have been tampered with, and while it isn’t supposed to affect end-user experiences, it did lead to some inconveniences for some applications
Ethereum validators earn a record $46M as staking rewards rate surges
10.5.2023
Ethereum's staking rewards hit a record 8.6% post-Merge, with validators earning $46 million in the first week of May, citing the memecoin craze responsible
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.”
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
CoinDesk Validator ‘Zelda’ Successfully Exits Ethereum as Withdrawal Queue Shrinks to 9 Days
3.5.2023
It took about 12 days for Zelda to fully exit the Ethereum blockchain. For any new staking withdrawal requests, the wait to get out has shrunk to nine days from 17 days
CoinDesk Winds Down Ethereum Validator ‘Zelda,’ and We Now Wait for Money Back
19.4.2023
CoinDesk set up its own Ethereum validator, fondly nicknamed “Zelda,” in 2020 to witness firsthand the blockchain’s landmark shift to an energy-efficient proof-of-stake consensus mechanism from its original proof-of-work – the same one used by Bitcoin
Lukso Genesis Validator Smart Contract to Go Live on 4/20 at 4:20
18.4.2023
The Lukso initial validators will vote on token supply of LYX and how much the Lukso Foundation can hold
Ethereum Unstaking Requests Pile Up After Shanghai Upgrade, Now at 2-Week Wait
13.4.2023
Validators looking to fully exit the chain could be looking at a wait of up to 14 days, to get their crypto back, according to Rated Network's explorer
Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade Unlocks Staked Ether, Over 860K ETH Poised for Withdrawal, Price Surges 6%
13.4.2023
On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade was successfully implemented, enabling validators to withdraw staked ether. Data reveals that more than 860,000 ether is poised for unlocking, and 77,000 ether is expected to be withdrawn on Thursday....
Less than 1% of staked ETH estimated to sell after Shanghai upgrade: Glassnode
12.4.2023
The analytics firm backed up its prediction, stating only 253 validators have signed up to fully exit their staked Ether position
Ethereum ‘re-staking’ protocol EigenLayer launches on testnet
7.4.2023
The re-staking collective aims to address Ethereum validator economic incentives
CoinDesk’s Ethereum Validator Enters Final Weeks, Sitting on More Than $30K of Gains
5.4.2023
To better chronicle the Ethereum blockchain's transition to a proof-of-stake network, CoinDesk in 2020 started its own validator – nicknamed Zelda. We plunked down the 32 ETH (roughly $15,000 at the time) and laid the technical groundwork. With staking withdrawals due to start April 12, we take...
TON validators receive single nominator smart contract
4.4.2023
Orbs’ single-nominator contract offers independent validation for validators, safeguards against gas attacks and enables stake recovery during emergencies
KDDI joins the list of validators on Oasys Blockchain
28.3.2023
Oasys Blockchain is on the way to achieving its mission of promoting the adoption of blockchain technology. Known for establishing successful partnerships, the blockchain network recently added KDDI to the list of validators that SoftBank entered on February 16, 2023. Under this partnership,...
Latest Ethereum Blocks Suggest Validators Are Reversing Censorship
22.3.2023
Non-censoring relays such as Agnostic and ultra sound are delivering more data blocks on Ethereum than Flashbots, the one-time king of MEV-delivering relays
Ethereum Upgrade to Implement Beacon Chain Withdrawals Scheduled for April 12
16.3.2023
During the Execution Layer Meeting streamed on March 16, 2023, Ethereum developers announced that the blockchain is scheduled to upgrade on April 12, in 27 days. The upgrade, known as the Shanghai-Capella upgrade or Shapella, will include the implementation of Beacon chain push withdrawals. This...
Solana Faces Renewed Criticism After 10th Downtime and Bumpy Restart, but Developers Remain Optimistic
28.2.2023
Following the initial incident on Feb. 25, Solana resolved the blockchain’s performance degradation after validators decided to restart the network. According to an outage report following more than 24 hours of downtime, Solana developers detailed that the “root cause is still unknown and under...