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Ethereum Has Burned 1.2 Million ETH in 4 Months, Close to $5 Billion in Ether Destroyed
28.12.2021
With three days left until the end of 2021, the Ethereum network and its native token ether have had a phenomenal year as ether has increased more than 450% in value in 12 months. 145 days ago, on August 5, the Ethereum network implemented the London hard fork and since that day, 1,283,226 ether...
Ethereum Hashrate Taps Record-Setting 1 Petahash as ETH’s Mining Profitability Remains High
28.12.2021
20 days ago, Ethereum’s network participants upgraded the protocol and implemented the Arrow Glacier upgrade. The move delayed Ethereum’s “Ice Age” proof-of-stake (PoS) transition for another six months and this week, the network’s hashrate tapped all-time highs....
Crypto.com Supports Cosmos’s Mainnet Upgrade
13.12.2021
Cosmos Hub, the first of hundreds of interconnected blockchains, has announced its Vega upgrade that will bring about new major upgrades and advanced features to the platform. The Cosmos Hub will encompass the Cosmos Network that supports its primary token, ATOM, and plans to adopt many more tokens...
Crypto.com to Support Ethereum Arrow Glacier Network Upgrade
10.12.2021
Crypto.com recently announced its support of the Ethereum Arrow Glacier Network upgrades. The well-known crypto and payment platform suspended the withdrawal and deposit functionalities for Ethereum on 9th December to support the upgrade. It has not been long since Ethereum released...
Delaying the Ice Age — Ethereum Network Participants Prep for Upcoming Arrow Glacier Upgrade
7.12.2021
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade soon called “Arrow Glacier,” a change that aims to mimic the “Muir Glacier” upgrade. Essentially, Ethereum’s Arrow Glacier changes the parameters of the network’s Difficulty Bomb delay to June...
Coinbase adds 'ETH2' despite tomorrow's Ethereum upgrade postponing difficulty bomb
7.12.2021
But ETH2 is not a new cryptocurrency and the exchange appears to be prepping for Ethereum's transition to Proof-of-Stake
ICP's 'Long-Awaited' Transferability Upgrade Went Live
30.11.2021
The DFINITY Foundation, a not-for-profit organization developing technology for the Internet Computer (ICP) blockchain, has launched an upgrade proposed by the community to expand support for all canister smart contracts, enabling users to hold and transfer ICP tokens.
ICP tokens will be sent...
Ethereum Devs Assess Reducing Data Transfer Cost 5x, EIP-4488 Becomes Possible Solution
28.11.2021
The second leading crypto asset ethereum has been dealing with high fees since the end of June and today the average ethereum transaction fee is between $5 and $34 per transfer. While there’s been a lot of complaints about ether gas costs this year, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin...
Vitalik Buterin proposes calldata limit per block to lower ETH gas costs
27.11.2021
Buterin issued a decrease-cost-and-cap proposal, which aims to achieve most of the benefits of the decrease
Ethereum Has Burned More Than a Million ETH Over the Last 3 Months
24.11.2021
111 days ago, the Ethereum network implemented the London hard fork upgrade which added a mechanism (EIP-1559) that changed Ethereum’s fee rate to a new scheme that makes the crypto asset ether deflationary. Since then 1 million ether has been burned or the equivalent of around $3.8 billion...
Third-Generation Blockchains Will Pick Up the Defi Slack Left by Ethereum
22.11.2021
With the ETH 2.0 upgrade still months, if not years, from a full launch, third-generation blockchain protocols are quickly racing up to dethrone Ethereum as the “go-to” hub for dapps and defi. Blockchain Metamorphosis to Catalyze Future Defi Growth Although many people may only...
Binance to Support the NEM (XEM) Network Upgrade
18.11.2021
Binance, the world-renowned exchange, recently announced that it would support the upcoming NEM (XEM) network hard fork and upgrade. The NEM network will release the upgrade after the XEM mainnet reaches the block height of 3,464,800 or on 18th November at 18:00 UTC. The network will suspend...
VeChain upgrades to Proof of Authority 2.0 consensus mechanism
17.11.2021
The latest consensus mechanism upgrade is expected to improve several aspects of the network’s security and key operations while making it even more environmentally friendly
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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