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Highly Anticipated Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Activates — Taproot Script-Spends Seen in the Wild
14.11.2021
Bitcoin advocates are celebrating the successful implementation of the Taproot upgrade after block height 709,632. The upgrade was highly anticipated as it was one of the biggest changes since the introduction of Segregated Witness (Segwit) in 2017. After the upgrade was completed, the Bitcoin...
BREAKING: The Bitcoin network welcomes Taproot soft fork upgrade
14.11.2021
Taproot soft fork introduces the concept of Merkelized Abstract Syntax Tree (MAST) to improve the scripting capabilities and privacy of the Bitcoin network
Bitcoin’s ‘Upgrade for the Ages’ Taproot is Here
14.11.2021
It’s been long coming, but now it’s here – Taproot, Bitcoin (BTC)’s largest upgrade in more than four years....
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Bitcoin Taproot upgrade improves the network as BTC price impact may be limited
13.11.2021
This upgrade focuses on the expansion of the Bitcoin network’s smart contract capabilities and improves privacy on the network
Moonshot to $90K — After Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Activates, Crypto Advocates Expect the Price to Rally
13.11.2021
In mid-June, the ‘Speedy Trial’ lock-in period for the Bitcoin network upgrade Taproot locked in at block height 687,285 and was mined by the bitcoin mining pool Slushpool. Taproot is expected to activate on the network on Saturday, November 13, 2021, and the upgrade is considered...
OVR Upgrades Its Token Economics
12.11.2021
OVR has decided to upgrade its token economics to make its own tokens more rare and valuable. Last May, the OVR team burned about 1 million OVR tokens to celebrate the first six months of the project. Now it is announcing an exciting decision to make token burn an integral part of its token...
Ethereum Fees Pushed Higher by DEX Trading as Optimism's Upgrade Nears
10.11.2021
As Ethereum (ETH) continues to be plagued by high gas fees, the layer 2 (L2) scaling solution Optimism is expected to launch a major upgrade on November 11....
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Bitcoin’s Major Upgrade Taproot Set for Activation This Week
8.11.2021
The much-anticipated Bitcoin (BTC) upgrade, Taproot, is expected to finally be activated this week.
Per taproot.watch, the upgrade will activate in 872 blocks from the time of writing, or in estimated 6 days.
Taproot is a major event and a major upgrade - the largest one since SegWit, which...
Bitcoin soft fork days away as Taproot upgrade closes in
7.11.2021
The Taproot upgrade was set for deployment after achieving a 90% consensus among the Bitcoin miners (mining nodes)
Cardano prepares to scale with Hydra upgrade as network reaches 2M wallets
2.11.2021
It's been barely half a year since Cardano's network hit the 1 million wallets mark
Ether Inferno: Ethereum Network Burned Over $2.4 Billion Worth of ETH in 87 Days
31.10.2021
87 days ago, the Ethereum network successfully implemented the London hard fork upgrade, and ever since then over 700,000 ether has been burned, or more than $2.4 billion using today’s exchange rates. 702,886 Ethereum Burned Since the London Hard Fork Data from Dune Analytics indicates that...
A New Academic Paper Describes 3 Attack Methods Against an Ethereum PoS Chain
31.10.2021
Following the Altair upgrade on the Ethereum network, the protocol’s native cryptocurrency reached a new all-time price high. Altair is the next step for the Ethereum’s network’s proof-of-stake (PoS) transition. However, a recently submitted white paper explains that a group...
While Ethereum Prices Skyrocket, Ether Gas Fees Surge Fueling Costly Transfers
30.10.2021
On October 29, 2021, the second-largest crypto asset in terms of market valuation, ethereum, reached an all-time price high at $4,467 per unit. Meanwhile, after the Ethereum network’s Altair upgrade went live, ether gas fees have skyrocketed significantly. As Ethereum Tests New Price Highs...
Ethereum hits new ATH after Altair upgrade shows clear path to the merge
29.10.2021
The price of ETH has been on a bullish tear recently. After dropping to around $1,780 on July 21 it has since gained 147% to sit at around $4,400
Eth2's Altair upgrade goes off smoothly with 98.7% of nodes now upgraded
28.10.2021
The Altair update will introduce Beacon Chain to the Ethereum Mainnet
Ethereum 2.0 inches closer with the Beacon Chain’s Altair upgrade
26.10.2021
The Altair upgrade later this month will be the first update to the Beacon Chain, marking the first preparatory move for the upcoming Merge
Ethereum Altair Upgrade: Launch Date and What it Contains
26.10.2021
Only a short while ago, Ethereum released the EIP-1559, and now its next upgrade is on the way. Ethereum is ready to launch the Altair upgrade, adding new features to the beacon chain. The EIP-1559 upgrade brought significant changes for miners, and Altair will do the same for developers. Altair...
Ethereum Gets Its Altair Upgrade In Two Days
25.10.2021
The Altair hard fork, the first mainnet upgrade to the Ethereum (ETH)’s beacon chain, is slated to go into effect on October 27.
The update is considered a "low stakes warm-up" to the upcoming Merge, when the current Ethereum mainnet, which is secured by a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism, ...
Hands On: The PS5’s Storage Upgrade Is Quick And Easy
20.10.2021
Last month Sony finally upgraded the PlayStation 5 firmware with support for additional storage via NVMe M.2 solid-state drives (that is, the latest, fast models of SSDs). While not quite as simple as popping open the lid and slotting a chip, with the right hardware and a single small Phillips head...
Xbox’s Cloud Streaming Upgrade Means You Might Not Need A Series X
7.10.2021
Xbox’s cloud-gaming service just got the hardware upgrade you’ve been trying to nail down for months. Speaking to The Verge, representatives for Microsoft confirmed that Xbox cloud gaming now runs entirely on Xbox Series X hardware, wrapping up a backend upgrade that quietly kicked off over...