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What Ethereum’s Kintsugi Testnet Means for Proof-of-Stake

Kintsugi is a “longer-lived, public testnet” that will allow application developers and users to become familiar with a post-merge Ethereum environment.

Ethereum's Kentsugi testnet is deployed. (svetolk/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk)

Why Ethereum’s ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Has Been Delayed Again

Also: Polygon moves closer to bringing EIP 1559-style fee markets to their proof-of-stake scaling platform.

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Can Stablecoin Supply Measure Ethereum Adoption?

As innovation on top of Ethereum continues to connect DeFi with the outside world, stablecoin growth appears to be a strong measure of adoption.

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Which Comes First: DeFi Utility or Yield?

Also: Tackling Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) on Ethereum

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‘Ethereum Killers’ Are Helpful, Not Harmful

Also: Real-world countries and constitutions collide with the digital world.

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