In brief: Ethereum Classic miners can now opt to also mine Zilliqa. ETC miners in the Ethermine mining pool can update their mining code to support Zilliqa mining via Ezil.me. The merged mining operates by automatically...
As of October 2nd, 2019, Ethereum Classic made use of five separate testnets. On October 3rd, that number became six. The new testnet “Mordor” went live onstage at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Vancouver, Canada. Launching...
In brief: China has ordered the US to close the American consulate in Chengdu. This move is in retaliation to the United States ordering the closure of China’s consulate in Houston. The back and forth between...
Ethereum Istanbul Pushed Sorry Ethereum fans, Istanbul hasn’t happened yet. The upgrade (or at least the testnet iteration), which is expected to bring the popular blockchain a number of improvements and changes, was recently pushed back...
Summary: U.S. Inflation numbers were released on Wednesday, triggering a move in the price of crypto assets. Consumer Price Index data stood at 8.5% for July 2022. The numbers fell from the 9.1% level reported in...
Ethereum-based Staked Not Efficient, Claims DeFi Builder Much like banks, there is competition with the Ethereum decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem; each protocol and ecosystem offers different benefits and drawbacks, especially regards to interest rates. Due to...
Quick take: The number of Uniswap whales holding 100k or more UNI now stands at 237 This is a 16% increment in 3 weeks Uniswap (UNI) has just set a new all-time high of $13.17 –...
While blockchains themselves are hard to hack and penetrate due to their decentralized nature, applications interacting with, say, Bitcoin and Ethereum are susceptible to hacks and other technical mishaps. According to a recent Twitter thread published...
Summary: An Ethereum ETH2.0 deposit contract has been launched on GitHub There has been no official announcement from Ethereum developers The launch has been overshadowed by the US Election saga If the deposit contract turns out...
Summary: Ethereum reserves on crypto exchanges have hit a 2 year low Ethereum continues to be locked in DeFi and the ETH 2.0 deposit contract NFT marketplaces are also pushing up the demand of ETH outside...
In four days’ time, Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain by its cryptocurrency market’s capitalization (the first being Bitcoin), will see what is known as the “Istanbul” hard fork. The hard fork, which will implement upgrades to the...
Ethereum active addresses have hit an all-time high of 771k This milestone eclipses previous all-time highs set in November 2020 and January 2018 Unique Ethereum addresses also continue to grow, hitting a new high of 148.8...