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Hedera Adds Major Household Name To Its Council – Why Is This Important?
15.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Eagle Hedera has announced the latest member of its governing council – the tech giant Hitachi. Hedera’s President Charles Adkins told Cryptonews why having household names join the ranks is relevant. Hedera Lending Credibility with Hitachi America The Hedera...
Distributed Validator Technology More Primed to Overcome the Ethereum Validator Overload Challenge – Alon Muroch
14.1.2024
While the Ethereum network’s migration to a proof of stake (PoS) consensus mechanism has seen the protocol become less energy-intensive, Alon Muroch, the founder of the SSV Network core team, said if the number of validators is not contained this can lead to a network overload. The Promise...
EthereumPOW Core Team Disbands to Achieve Full Decentralization as OneDAO Provides Transitional Support
19.12.2023
The EthereumPOW core team is disbanding to achieve decentralized governance, with OneDAO providing temporary support. Image by Sergey Nivens, Adobe Stock. The core development team behind the proof-of-work (PoW) fork of Ethereum announced on Tuesday its decision to dissolve EthereumPOW’s...
BNB Chain Reveals Greenfield Tech Roadmap, Neon EVM Integrates Ledger Live + More News
12.12.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Ascannio Get your daily, bite-sized digest of crypto and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: BNB Chain Reveals Greenfield Tech Roadmap Neon EVM Integrates With Ledger Live Immutable and Transak Partner...
Ethereum’s Decentralization Questioned as Block Builders Censor Transactions Tied to US Sanctions
6.12.2023
Censorship is on the rise in Ethereum as key players block transactions tied to US sanctions, undermining its decentralized ethos. Image by Kerem Goktug Kaya, DALL-E 3. A pillar of Ethereum’s original vision was decentralization—the idea that its blockchain would operate outside constraints...
Decentralized Infrastructure Provider Grove Raises $7.9M
30.11.2023
Decentralized infrastructure is the use of blockchain technology and token incentives to build physical networks so other projects don't need to incur the costs of buying and running their own equipment
Cosmos Hub greenlights ATOM inflation cut for security boost
26.11.2023
The proposal secured a narrow passage, garnering 41.1% approval votes compared to 38.5% disapproval, marking the highest turnout vote in the Cosmos ecosystem
Indexed Finance thwarts hijackers, set to compensate 2021 hack victims
26.11.2023
In an X thread, Laurence Day, a former core contributor, detailed the efforts of the Indexed community in overcoming two hijacking attempts on the remaining treasury of the Indexed DAO
Yearn.Finance token tumbles 43%, community speculates on exit scam
18.11.2023
Yearn.Finance's YFI token crashed over 43% in just five hours, after rallying almost 170% in November
Ethereum L2 Starknet aims to decentralize core components of its scaling network
16.11.2023
Starknet has laid out its road map to begin decentralizing core components of its Ethereum layer 2 scaling network to defend against censorship and improve robustness
46% of crypto lost from exploits is due to traditional Web2 flaws - Immunefi
15.11.2023
The security platform released a report categorizing Web3 exploits in 2022, concluding that nearly half came from “infrastructure” or centralized elements
Microsoft, Tencent and other tech giants join decentralized Infura network
15.11.2023
Infura said the partnerships mark a major milestone in decentralizing and making its network more censorship-resistant
Reddit Moons Price Soars 160% as Community Takes Steps Towards Decentralization
14.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Aozora MOON, a coin of social media giant Reddit‘s r/cryptocurrency community, jumped nearly 160% in a single day, following an update by the admins who will be burning the coin’s contract and 34% of the supply, moving the coin to full decentralization. On Tuesday...
Bitcoin Researcher Behind 'BitVM' Ignites Fresh Buzz With New Paper on File Hosting
13.11.2023
The proposal by Robin Linus, a core contributor to Bitcoin-based zero-knowledge proofs developer ZeroSync, sets out how an open market for content hosting could be created by "an atomic swap of coins for files."
Near Foundation and Polygon Labs Partner to Build Zero-Knowledge ‘Prover’ for WASM Chains
12.11.2023
Near Foundation and Polygon Labs recently announced that they would build “a zero-knowledge (ZK) prover for WASM blockchains.” For WASM chains using the zkWASM prover, settling transactions will be more efficient and cost-effective with maximum security guarantees. Transaction Settling...
Why the service industry needs blockchain, explained
11.11.2023
The service industry needs blockchain for enhanced security, transparency and efficiency in managing transactions, contracts and customer data
Web3 social media to disrupt a $100B market: Pop Social joins Cointelegraph Accelerator
9.11.2023
Web3 social media dApp Pop Social becomes the newest member of the Cointelegraph Accelerator program
Ritual Raises $25M for AI Decentralization, Targets Universal Access with DeFi Integration
9.11.2023
Ritual raises $25M to build a decentralized AI network. Image by ipopba, Adobe Stock. Ritual, a startup building a decentralized platform for artificial intelligence, has raised $25 million in a seed funding round. The funding was led by venture capital firm Archetype, with participation from Robot...
'107,000 GPUs on the waitlist' — io.net beta launch attracts data centers, GPU clusters
7.11.2023
Io.net’s recently developed decentralized physical infrastructure network has moved into its beta phase, allowing GPU computing providers to plug into the platform
Moody’s unveils service that uses AI to predict stablecoin depeggings
7.11.2023
Moody’s Analytics will use machine learning and a host of indicators to compile and analyze large-cap stablecoins and identify probable depeggings