Ethereum Devs Issue Final Report on Finality SNAFU
One week ago, the Ethereum network encountered a finality glitch that caused significant angst within the project’s developer community. The...
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Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Is Not the Finish Line
Ethereum’s Merge was a feat of decentralized engineering. More than 10 teams developing nine clients across continents and time zones...
The Beginner’s Guide to Consensus Mechanisms
What are consensus mechanisms? Blockchain consensus mechanisms are the cornerstone of an emerging decentralized society of Web3, finance and governance....
What Is Proof-of-Stake (PoS)? The Investor’s Guide
Proof-of-stake is a type of blockchain consensus mechanism that evaluates the crypto stake of participating nodes when selecting one for...
Rocket Pool Upgrade Lowers Ethereum Staking Cap to 8 ETH
Rocket Pool, the Ethereum-based DeFi staking protocol, has just pushed a major update granting users instant access to ETH staking...
US Lawmakers Try Again: Validators, Miners, Devs Are Not ‘Brokers’
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers are again pushing a bill to keep key crypto infrastructure — such as validators...
Why Blockchain, NFTs, And Web3 Have A Sustainability Problem
Blockchain – the distributed, decentralized system that helps verify crypto transactions and record ownership of NFTs – requires a massive...
Ethereum On Track To Reach 500,000 Validators Within Days
homenewsDeFiEthereum On Track To Reach 500,000 Validators Within DaysThe growing number of validators points to “increasing confidence, positive market sentiment,...
Proof-Of-Work Is Important For Bitcoin – Bitcoin Magazine
This is an opinion editorial by Pierre Gildenhuys, the co-founder of a Hong Kong-based social environment tech startup.Proof-of-work is the...
Nothing’s Cheaper Than Proof-Of-Work Consensus – Bitcoin Magazine
This is a transcribed excerpt of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” hosted by P and Q. In this episode, they are...