Ethereum celebrates its fifth anniversary but can’t seem to step out of Bitcoin’s shadow in the mainstream press. Ethereum’s perception in the media has been on a roller-coaster ride since its inception in 2015, but the blockchain and its native Ether (ETH) cryptocurrency are clearly still seen as being in second place behind Bitcoin (BTC). […]
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The Ethereum ecosystem is now seeing the growth and adoption of ideas outlined more than five years ago, including many of the components of DeFi. Ethereum’s fifth anniversary from the mainnet launch is upon us, marking an important milestone in the long history of the first smart contract platform to reach significant adoption. Following the […]
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Ethereum has come a long way since its 2015 beginnings, although its move into proof-of-stake has faced a bevy of delays. Five years ago to the month, a massive crypto project launched, forever changing the landscape of the crypto and blockchain space. Since its 2015 opening day in July, Ethereum has undergone a number of […]
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Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has warned about the risks of smart contract exploits in DeFi. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has warned of the dangers of ‘smart contract risk’ in DeFi protocols in an interview to mark Ethereum’s fifth birthday. Buterin also warned users not to ‘risk their life savings’ in DefI in his appearance on […]
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The bridge integration will make the stablecoin available on the Syscoin blockchain for the first time. Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance plans to use a bridge between the Syscoin and Ethereum blockchains to move its Binance USD (BUSD) stablecoin between them. The bridge developed by the Syscoin Foundation will allow BUSD holders to move their tokens […]
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As Ether transaction fees hit 100 gwei, the project’s co-founder warns that a failure to respond could undermine the security of the network. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has called for reform to the cryptocurrency’s fee system, warning that rising transaction fees could undermine the security of the network. The idea is based on a […]
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The Ethereum Foundation launched two Ethereum 2.0 attack networks for hackers to break in exchange for a bug bounty. The Ethereum Foundation has launched public “attack networks” for Ethereum 2.0 based on existing stable clients. The networks are designed to give security researchers a sandbox environment where they can try to break Ethereum 2.0’s networks […]
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Programmer suggests a standardized proxy contract will solve the Ethereum contract size limitation. As Ethereum contracts can hit the maximum contract size limit of 24KB when there are too many functions and too much code, a new standard has been developed to help combat it. Programmer Nick Mudge revealed in his blog post on July […]
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Polkadot and Ethereum have an intertwined history, but how does the newly launched Polkadot stack up against the plans for Ethereum 2.0? After Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood left the Ethereum Foundation in 2016, he wrote a white paper for a new kind of blockchain — one that would use an innovative form of sharding and […]
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Five years following the launch of ETH in 2015, and the future of the blockchain may lay in DeFi and USDT, according to industry experts. Industry experts say Tether and Decentralized Finance tokens will play large roles in the future of Ethereum as the blockchain approaches its five-year anniversary on July 30. In a statement […]
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