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The Protocol: Friend.tech Fades as Crypto Craze, but Ethereum Is Scaling
30.8.2023
This week in blockchain tech: Polygon's new "chain development kit," Farcaster's move to Optimism, Shibarium's return and Interlay's new Bitcoin layer-2 network, and Pancake Swap expands to Consensys's Linea
Ethereum Handled Friend.tech Frenzy Without 'Gas Fee' Spike. Why That’s a Big Deal
30.8.2023
Friend.tech, Crypto's latest fad, didn't drive up congestion and fees on Ethereum the way frenzies have in the past – possibly a sign that the blockchain's efforts to scale by fostering supplemental "layer-2" networks, like Coinbase's new Base, are bearing fruit
Anchorage Digital opens up DeFi voting for custody clients
17.5.2023
Anchorage joins AAVE, Lido and BitDAO in adopting the off-chain voting platform Snapshot
Worth it? Trader spends $120K on gas buying $155K worth of a memecoin
9.5.2023
A user spent an additional 76% of their total purchase price in gas fees on a single memecoin trade
Subway-themed trading bot makes millions using ‘sandwich’ attacks
20.4.2023
The anonymous MEV bot operator’s best day was April 18, where he profited about $950,000
NFT Marketplace Looksrare Launches Version 2, Cutting Protocol Fees by 75% and Introducing Bulk Purchases
9.4.2023
Looksrare, the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, has launched version two, also known as v2, which reduces protocol fees by 75%. According to statistics from Dune Analytics, Looksrare was the tenth-largest NFT marketplace in terms of trader count during the past week. NFT Market Protocol...
Crypto Wallet Giddy Lets Polygon Users Pay Gas Fees in USDC
2.3.2023
Wallet startup Giddy has a new "autogas" feature for easy onboarding into Polygon
Polygon primed for hard fork aimed at reducing gas fee spikes: New details revealed
15.1.2023
Polygon told Cointelegraph that the hard fork will take effect at block 38,189,056, which will be initiated without the influence of centralized actors
Web3 Applications Will Increasingly Be Built on Custom Blockchains, Says Ankr’s Head of Product
16.12.2022
As blockchain developers compete for traffic and resources for their respective dapps (decentralized applications), the downside to this, according to some in the industry, can be a poor user experience which in turn undermines the mass adoption cause. Therefore, unless current blockchains —...
Downsides of Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake, explained
14.9.2022
Not all consensus mechanisms are born equal — and the differences between major blockchains can have a huge effect on gas fees and transaction speeds
Ethereum Foundation clarifies that the upcoming Merge upgrade will not reduce gas fees
17.8.2022
The Merge will still reduce the network's energy consumption by an estimated 99.5%
While the Bear Market’s Claws Drag ETH Prices Down, Ethereum Network Fees Remain Low
31.7.2022
While ethereum prices jumped 61% higher during the last 30 days, the crypto asset’s U.S. dollar value is still down more than 60% lower than ether’s all-time high recorded nine months ago. Amid the market downturn, the network’s average fees have been lower than $5...
Ethereum Transfer Costs Continue to Slide — Network Fees Tap a 19-Month Low
3.7.2022
On Saturday, Ethereum transaction fees tapped a low not seen since November 2020 as the average network fee dropped to 0.0016 ether or $1.67 per transfer. Average fees on Saturday have been as low as 32 gwei or $0.69 per transfer as Ethereum gas fees have been steadily dropping since May 11, 2022....
OpenSea announces migration to Seaport protocol
14.6.2022
The firm estimated that users can save 35% on gas fees with newly optimized transaction efficiency
Ethereum Transaction Fees Hit a 10-Month Low as Gas Costs per Transfer Sink Below $3
30.5.2022
The average Ethereum network fee has dropped to the lowest value recorded in over ten months, after fees hit a low of $2.96 per transaction on Sunday afternoon (ET). The last time ethereum transfer fees dropped below the $3 mark was last year on July 11, 2021. Moreover, median fees are even...
Ethereum’s popularity 'a double-edged sword’ — a16z's State of Crypto Report
18.5.2022
“Ethereum’s overwhelming mindshare helps explain why its users have been willing to pay more than $15 million in fees per day on average just to use the blockchain,” a16z stated
L1 Ethereum Network Fees Drop to Levels Not Seen in Over 2 Months, L2 Fees Follow
17.5.2022
Ethereum network fees have dropped a great deal this week, sliding under $10 per transaction to levels not seen since March 10, 2022. On May 17, the average ethereum transfer fee is 0.0027 ether or $5.68 per transaction. The cheaper fees on layer one (L1) have made it so layer two (L2) fees have...
Polygon reaches level that last time triggered a 275% MATIC price rally — will history repeat?
10.5.2022
MATIC has rebounded sharply after testing the July 2021 support level, borrowing further upside cues from Polygon's partnership with Meta
Vitalik: L2 transaction fees need to be under 5c to be 'truly acceptable'
4.5.2022
Despite Layer-2s offering relatively cheap transactions, Vitalik Buterin said that all transactions need to be under $0.05 to be truly acceptable
Ethereum burning spikes to new high on Yuga Labs’ NFT hype
2.5.2022
Otherdeed NFTs top the “burn leaderboard” over the past seven days at roughly 55,816 ETH or 56% of all burns during that period