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Ethereum Staking Sees Accelerating Growth Ahead of Merge

Staking of Ethereum’s native ETH tokens is accelerating ahead of ‘the Merge,’ with more than 9% of the entire supply of ETH now locked in staking protocols. Meanwhile, exchanges are being depleted of their ETH supply, as more investors are taking their tokens into their own...

, by Fredrik Vold

Ethereum Classic Jumps 54% In a Week, But History Shows That the Rally May Not Last

The price of Ethereum classic (ETC), the project that split from Ethereum (ETH) after a hack in 2015, jumped over the weekend, supported by strong technicals in the chart and speculation that some Ethereum miners could embrace it.As of 12:10 UTC on Monday, ETC traded at USD 39.03. The coin...

, by Fredrik Vold

Ethereum Moves Higher Against Bitcoin on a Wave of Positive News

The price of ethereum (ETH) has outperformed bitcoin (BTC) over the past 24 hours, after news emerged that a final testnet has gone through the steps necessary for transitioning Ethereum to its planned proof-of-stake (PoS) system.On Wednesday at 10:40 UTC, ETH stood at USD 2,682, up 6% for...

, by Fredrik Vold

Final Countdown to Ethereum Merge Begins as Configs for the Last Public Testnet Go Live

Ethereum (ETH) took another step towards the Merge, when the current Ethereum Mainnet will "merge" with the beacon chain proof-of-stake (PoS) system -- as configurations for Kiln, the last public testnet before switching to the PoS mining algorithm, have been published."The configs for the...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Hut 8’s ‘Ferrari of GPUs’ Ready for Ethereum’s PoS Move, Miner Open to M&A

Contrary to smaller Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto miners, Canada-based Hut 8 would not be "really affected" by Ethereum (ETH)'s move to the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, as the miner is ready "no matter what," Sue Ennis, Vice President (VP) of Corporate Development and Investor...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Ethereum.org Shifting from ‘ETH 1’ and ‘ETH 2’ to ‘Execution Layer’ and ‘Consensus Layer’

Ethereum.org will stop using the conventional "ETH1" and "ETH2" terms when referring to the phases of Ethereum (ETH)'s development -- instead adopting the use of "execution layer" and "consensus layer."More specifically, ETH1, which refers to Ethereum using the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Team Proof-of-Work Educates Lawmakers at Bitcoin Mining Hearing in US

Questions ranged from whether Bitcoin (BTC) could potentially transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, to whether crypto mining can be considered “wasteful,” as lawmakers in the US House of Representatives discussed the energy impact of crypto mining during a...

, by Fredrik Vold

Watch Mining Hearing: Bitcoin Is More Energy-Efficient than Banks, Bitfury CEO Tells US Lawmakers

Traditional banking requires 2.5 times the amount of power as Bitcoin (BTC) to produce the same amount of value, and only proof-of-work (PoW) provides “a truly trustless system,” according to Brian Brooks, CEO of major blockchain technology firm Bitfury and a former Comptroller of...

, by Fredrik Vold

Misleading Memo for US House Hearing on Bitcoin & Ethereum Mining Includes ‘Basic Errors’

A hearing on crypto mining scheduled to take place in the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce this week is already raising alarms in the crypto industry as a pre-published memo revealed what some called “basic errors” in lawmakers’ understanding of...

, by Fredrik Vold

Vitalik Buterin Over the Past Decade: How Right or Wrong Was He?

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has summarized his crypto-related predictions over the last decade, revisiting his past stances towards various subjects and making a verdict on whether he now thinks he was right or wrong. Bitcoin and adoptionHe started with bringing up a piece,...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

Another Step Towards ETH 2.0: Ethereum Devs Ask the Community to Test on Kintsugi Testnet

The Ethereum (ETH) blockchain's Kintsugi Testnet is now live, allowing users to test and prototype the merge of proof-of-work (PoW) with the beacon chain proof-of-stake (PoS) system.Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko announced the news on Monday, saying that Kintsugi, "a longer-lived public...

, by Ruholamin Haqshanas

DAOs, Token Holders Could Face New Tax Liabilities, PwC Report Warns

People who are part of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), or even holders of certain decentralized finance (DeFi)-focused governance tokens, could have tax liabilities that far exceed what they expect to see, a new PwC report on crypto taxation has warned.The report, which looked...

, by Fredrik Vold

Watch: 6 Crypto CEOs Testify About Threshold Issues, Bitcoin Mining, and More

US lawmakers should take steps to bring crypto-related activities into the regulated financial system, while also developing a “national policy for a decentralized Web 3” as they did for Web 1 in the 1990s, Brian Brooks, CEO of Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm Bitfury, wrote in a...

, by Fredrik Vold

Ethereum Developer Calls for the Community to Test the Merge

An Ethereum (ETH) developer has called onto the community to help test the so-called Merge – Ethereum mainnet "merging" with the beacon chain proof-of-stake (PoS) system – and the new program’s start seems to have been a success.“Ethereum needs you to test the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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, by Alex Lielacher

The Ethereum Premine Debate On Fairness, Regulation, and Centralization

"A pre-mine is unethical and favors some actors over others in a political fashion.""The ICO can be classified as a security offering and the ether tokens as securities."The ETH sale was actually more open and distributed than critics claim.The ETH camp claims that PoS doesn’t favor actors...

, by Simon Chandler

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