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Ethereum Validator Count Surpasses 500,000 Ahead of Upcoming Shanghai Hard Fork
17.1.2023
According to statistics, the number of Ethereum network validators on the Beacon chain exceeded 500,000 as of Jan. 12, 2023. The validator milestone comes as Ethereum core developers prepare for the Shanghai hard fork. Five days ago, Ethereum core developers launched a developer network environment...
‘Ultra Sound’ Money — Simulation Shows Ethereum’s Inflation Rate Is Significantly Lower Using Proof-of-Stake
29.12.2022
Its been 105 days since Ethereum transitioned from a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain to a proof-of-stake (PoS) network and the number of Ethereum validators is set to surpass 500,000 in 2023. According to metrics, Ethereum’s issuance rate of new coins has dropped considerably and only...
Terra Validators Grant $900K to Security Auditor SCV
12.12.2022
SCV will try to maintain a "bare minimum" of security across the Terra ecosystem
FTX Blowup Helped Enrich the Ethereum Validators Who Run the Blockchain
21.11.2022
They saw a surge in MEV, or profits from optimizing the order of transactions, surge amid crypto chaos early this month
Ethereum solo validators that censor blocks should ‘be tolerated,’ says Buterin
18.10.2022
Speaking about a hypothetical scenario, the Ethereum co-founder said censorship should be tolerated depending on the case
Binance Exec: BNB Smart Chain Hack Could Have Been Worse if Validators Hadn’t ‘Sprung Into Action’
10.10.2022
Patrick Hillmann, chief communications officer at crypto exchange Binance, joined “First Mover” to discuss last week’s $100 million exploit and how validators prevented the worst case scenario
Binance Smart Chain Validators Look to Push Update to Bring BSC Back Online
7.10.2022
A tweet from the official BNB chain Twitter account indicates that the chain is expected to be back online in the afternoon Asia time
Solana Network Suffers Another Outage — Cyber Capital Founder Says Downtime Is ‘Another Consequence of Bad Design’
1.10.2022
The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network Solana suffered another outage on September 30 and the network restart did not take effect until six hours later on October 1. Solana has suffered a myriad of network outages during the last year, and the blockchain’s latest downtime caused...
45% of ETH validators now complying with US sanctions — Labrys CEO
30.9.2022
Labrys CEO Lachlan Feeney is trying to raise awareness amongst validators running Flashbots’ software that they may potentially be contributing to censorship within the Ethereum network
Proof-of-Work Proponents Question Validator Censorship as 59% of Staked Ethereum Is Held by 4 Companies
16.9.2022
Prior to The Merge, Ethereum used to have dozens upon dozens of mining pools dedicating hashrate toward the blockchain network. That has all changed and most of the miners transitioned or plan on transitioning to other Ethash compatible coins like ethereum classic, ERGO, and the new fork ETHW....
Square Enix Exploring Blockchain Game Development as Part of Oasys Project Partnership
16.9.2022
Square Enix, one of the biggest Japan-based gaming companies, has inked a partnership with Oasys, a Web3-oriented blockchain project. As part of this partnership, Square Enix will be part of the first 21 validators of the Oasys network, and will explore new possibilities regarding developing...
Ethereum may now be more vulnerable to censorship — Blockchain analyst
16.9.2022
With Ethereum validators being required to stake 32 ETH, Ethereum could become more centralized and susceptible to censorship from governments
Ethereum Devs Successfully Complete Merge Shadow Fork With No ‘Client Incompatibility Issues’
10.9.2022
Next week or roughly around four days from now, The Merge is expected to be implemented and Ethereum will transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). According to Ethereum developers, prior to the Paris upgrade, programmers successfully completed the 13th and last shadow fork....
Ethereum’s Bellatrix upgrade hiccups jangle nerves... but it'll be right on the night
7.9.2022
The Bellatrix upgrade was the last major upgrade before the Ethereum Merge, which will transition the network’s consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake
Ethereum Implements Bellatrix — Network’s Upcoming Paris Upgrade to Trigger The Merge, Validator Block Production
6.9.2022
The blockchain network Ethereum has officially activated the Bellatrix upgrade, the final change before The Merge, the highly anticipated transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). Bellatrix was successfully codified into the codebase at epoch 144,896 on the Beacon chain...
Largest Ether mining pool Ethermine opens new ETH staking service
31.8.2022
The new service offers Ethermine members a chance to collectively stake their ETH and earn 4.43% interest annually on top of their ETH deposits. As little as 0.1 ETH ($159) required to enter
What Is The Merge? A Brief Explanation of Ethereum’s Transition From Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake
23.8.2022
In 23 days the Ethereum network will transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm after operating as a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain since July 30, 2015. While the change may not mean much to ethereum users and traders, what’s changing under the hood is a very big deal....
Terra’s 2 Classic Coins Mysteriously Spike in Value, USTC Climbs 42% Higher in 24 Hours
23.8.2022
During the last 24 hours, crypto asset prices have improved as the global cryptocurrency market capitalization today has risen 1.9% to $1.07 trillion. Interestingly, the two so-called ‘defeated’ Terra blockchain tokens, now called terraclassicusd (USTC) and luna classic (LUNC), have...
Ethereum community splits over solutions for transaction censorship
23.8.2022
Social slashing and even a user-activated soft fork have been suggested as possible responses to the threat of transaction censorship on Ethereum
While the ‘Timeline Isn’t Final,’ Ethereum Could Implement The Merge on September 19
16.7.2022
In roughly 65 days, there’s a chance Ethereum’s highly anticipated transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), otherwise known as The Merge, could be implemented. The information was shared via “a planning timeline” on Twitter, which noted the shift from...