Plasma scalability for the Ethereum network is now a matter of implementation, according to the non-profit Plasma Group. The non-profit research organization Plasma Group announced in a Jan. 9 blog post that it would cease studying Ethereum scalability. Identifying funding of public goods as the next key challenge, it pledged to donate its remaining funds […]
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Critical Ethereum 2.0 smart contract not affected by the bugs, developers argue. A Jan. 8 post published by the Ethereum Foundation (EF) revealed that developers are working on a new implementation of the Vyper compiler, due to “multiple serious bugs” in the existing version. The Vyperlang team responded by noting that existing Vyper smart contracts […]
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The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York indicted Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith on Jan. 7. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has filed an indictment against Ethereum Foundation researcher Virgil Griffith on Jan. 7. According to a court filing on Jan. 7, a […]
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Crypto community wonders why Nakamoto Telegram channel enters read-only mode – could this be due to spam and trolls or something else. On Jan. 3 a “pro-Bitcoin” news outlet called “Nakamoto” launched with the stated intention of letting industry thought leaders share positive content about cryptocurrencies. According to the about section of the Nakamoto website, the […]
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An overview of the stances of China, Russia, India and the developing world toward crypto regulation in 2019. This is the second part of a three-part series that covers the regulatory landscape for digital currencies in 2019 and looks at the prospects of 2020. While the first chapter in the series looked at the “Insiders,” […]
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Ethereum co-founder sells 90k ETH to Kraken amidst reports that Vitalik Buterin plans to sell $25 million worth of the cryptocurrency. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder and core developer, Jeffrey Wilcke, has reportedly sent 92,000 ETH ($11.5 million) to U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken on Dec. 25. While Cointelegraph reported early today about concerns that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik […]
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The MetaMask team is allegedly not getting the support it needs from its parent company ConsenSys, a Redditor claims. A contributor of major Ethereum browser extension Metamask has reported that the MetaMask team is “totally overwhelmed” and not being prioritized by its parent company ConsenSys. In a Dec. 25 Reddit post, Reddit user lazaridiscom3 alleges […]
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Commentators worried after three giant token transfers sent over 200,000 ETH to three major exchanges on Christmas Day. Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin became the center of attention on Christmas Day amid fears he plans to sell $25 million of the cryptocurrency. Records from monitoring resource Etherscan showed a total of 92,000 ETH (currently worth […]
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has recently published an alternative proposal for an early transition to Ethereum 2.0. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has recently published an alternative proposal for an early transition to Ethereum 2.0. In a Dec. 23 post on the ETH Research forum, Buterin has set out an “accelerated schedule” for the transition from […]
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Binance DEX adds option to trade ETH, with BNB/ETH trading pair. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has added the Binance Coin/Ether (BNB/ETH) trading pair to its decentralized exchange (DEX), according to a company announcement on Dec. 24. Last week’s proposal is this week’s launch The listing follows an initial proposal posted on the Binance community website a […]
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