A final series of testnets has been activated for the Beacon Chain stage of Ethereum’s Serenity roadmap, but one called ‘Spadina’ has been a failure. This has set the stage for the next testnet called ‘Zinken.’ Spadina Failed on Finality The three-day Spadina testnet was one of the final dress rehearsals for the real thing,...Read More
Validator participation in Ethereum 2.0’s Medalla testnet is on the rise. And with the growing number of them, the number of staked test ETH is about to close in on a new high of Almost two million test ETH tokens, that are now staked on Medalla. This comes amid the launch of the Optimism Layer...Read More
Layer 2 scaling developers at the Plasma Group have recently announced the launch of their Optimistic Ethereum testnet, which will be deployed on projects to test much needed scaling solutions. Essentially, Layer 2 scaling involves taking work off the root chain to process data and transactions faster. The team has built a system called OVM,...Read More
Testnets serve a very good purpose, and that is to determine whether the technology is capable of running on a much broader scale. For Ethereum, the Medalla testnet has been in operation and growing in terms of staked ETH and validators since early August. Not all validators have been happy with the experience, however, and...Read More
That is until today when the lead developer has submitted the first official proposal for the Phase 0 stage of the migration to Ethereum 2.0. Phase 0 EIP Submitted Ethereum developer Danny Ryan has submitted the first Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 2982 to the Github repository. This marks the first official step to getting Phase...Read More
Ethereum’s price has been freefalling in the past few days, losing nearly $200 of value at one point. According to a recent report, the price drop came shortly after the top 100 ETH exchange addresses dumped over 1 million tokens. ETH’s Recent Price Dump Predicted By Sell-Offs? Just until a few days ago, ETH’s price...Read More
More than 1.1 million test Ether (ETH) tokens are now staked by validators on Ethereum 2.0’s Medalla test network. Validator participation is trending at 74 percent, which is well above the 66 percent threshold. The average staking balance of 32 ETH has been maintained by validators, who are now almost 38,000. This comes amidst the...Read More
The Ethereum community rejoiced after the first block of the Medalla test net was finalized. But the transition to ETH 2.0 isn’t turning out to be all that smooth. Despite the important updates, network participation on the test net remains wobbly. This is happening amid Medalla’s gnawing debacle last week. Medalla Testnet’s First Block As...Read More
Ethereum’s network is on the brink of its highest congestion rate, while the transaction fees are still particularly high. Amid all of this, Tether has moved over 1 billion USDT from Tron’s network to Ethereum. Tether Moving 1 Billion USDT to Ethereum Earlier today, Tether, the company issuing the most popular stablecoin, USDT, announced that...Read More
Following the latest developments and price movements from Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has seen its weighted social sentiment turn significantly more positive to reach a fresh all-time high. Twitter Loves Ethereum According to data from the popular analytics company Santiment, Ethereum’s so-called weighted social sentiment has been increasing in positivity lately. Essentially,...Read More
Shifting trends are not uncommon in the crypto industry. At the moment, Ethereum’s bullish narrative is possibly heading towards a restructure. It seems like a long time but Ethereum surged past its $400 resistance only a week back. The fact that the community has been talking about it consistently is making it impossible to keep...Read More
Ethereum’s next target is $500, according to BitMEX co-founder and CEO Arthur Hayes. He expressed his amazement about ETH’s surge to $400, calling for the continuation of the rally. Ethereum Breaks Above $400 For First Time Since August 2018 On Sunday, Ether hit the highest level in two years, breaking above $400 for the first...Read More
Ethereum prices hit a two-year peak of $410 on Sunday. Ethereum has been sitting in a range bound channel around $230 for three months, but in late July, it finally broke out to surge 70% in less than two weeks. Sunday’s intraday high put ETH prices back at their highest since August 2018, a couple...Read More
The ETH2 validator launchpad is now live, according to the Ethereum Foundation. Thus, potential validators can learn how the upcoming network works. Ethereum 2.0 Validators Can Deposit Into Medalla Those who want to become validators in the upgraded version of Ethereum, which will fully adopt Proof of Stake (PoS) soon, can finally get familiar with...Read More
Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, recently posted on the progress being made on the interoperability between the two Ethereum chains. Serenity will usher in a completely new blockchain for the platform, but there will be a transition period when both the new and the old will need to work together. Work on “the eth1 -> eth2...Read More
Ethereum is currently one of the top-performing high capitalization crypto assets with a surge of 11.5% on the day to reach a five-month high of $270. ETH on a Tear The move was initiated a few hours ago following weeks oscillating between $225 and $245. A minor pullback has occurred as trading begins in Asia,...Read More
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin admitted in a tweet that the higher transaction fee on the second-largest blockchain network is opening the door to security risks. However, he said that the fee market reform EIP 1559 will solve this. Higher Transactions Fees Vs. Block Reward Encourage Malicious Mining In a recent tweet, Buterin said that the...Read More
Proof of Work, a consensus mechanism, has proved to be the backbone of some of the leading and widely-adopted blockchain networks. These include Ethereum, Litecoin, and, of course, Bitcoin. Many from the blockchain industry have wondered how come Proof of Work (PoW) remained so resilient over all these years. Some are even baffled by its...Read More
Phase 0 of Ethereum 2.0 has been running full nodes on the Topaz testnet for months. However, the first block on the highly anticipated Beacon Chain has been mined and validated in mid-April. The first testnet was called Sapphire, and it was a scaled-down version that successfully tested smaller 3.2 ETH deposits. Topaz went live...Read More
The highly anticipated upgrade from ETH 1.0 to ETH 2.0 has been in the pipeline for a couple of years now. The initial phase, Beacon Chain, has been running full nodes on testnet since May, and staking rewards are being paid out to validators testing the new platform. The mainnet launch is unlikely to happen...Read More
There is no doubt that the hottest thing in the crypto industry at the moment is decentralized finance. However, Ethereum as its foundation still hasn’t caught up. Another day has heralded another all-time high for the total dollar value of collateral locked up in DeFi markets. That milestone has just hit $2.15 billion as more...Read More
Median transaction fees on Ethereum just hit their highest point in almost two years, as the network struggles under heavy congestion. Meanwhile, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin confirmed on June 30 that the network would have to make do with current off-chain scaling solutions for the next two years. That’s until the planned scaling capabilities of...Read More
Ethereum’s hash rate has increased by nearly 30% since the start of 2020 to the current levels of 187,369 GH/s suggesting that miners are becoming more involved before the impending launch of Ethereum 2.0. ETH Hash Rate Rises In 2020 According to data from Etherscan, ETH’s hash rate started the year at approximately 147,405 GH/s....Read More
Despite Ethereum’s price nosediving by over 85% from the all-time high levels reached in January 2018, the interest in the second-seeded cryptocurrency by market cap is gradually increasing. New data indicates that the number of non-zero ETH addresses has skyrocketed by over 350% since the time ETH reached its all-time high levels. Ethereum Addresses On...Read More
The rollout of Ethereum 2.0 is set to arrive in installments, with the first milestone expected some time around Q3 of 2020. From that moment on, things promise to get interesting. At one point, we will see two Ethereum blockchains existing at the same time. Initially, the ETH 2.0 token will be practically useless for...Read More
Ethereum investors have been accumulating and holding substantial amounts lately. More than 77% of ETH in externally owned accounts (EOAs) has not moved in the past six months, new data revealed. Ethereum Investors Hodl And Accumulate The price of Ethereum, similarly to most cryptocurrencies, went through violent turbulence lately. Starting 2020 at about $131, reaching...Read More
The leading digital asset management company, Grayscale Investments, has purchased nearly 50% of all mined ethers in 2020. The firm outlined the increased interest from institutional investors, hinting that the upcoming Ethereum 2.0 could be the reason behind both. Grayscale On ETH Buying Spree New information on the matter indicated that the total number of...Read More
In brief: The price of US Crude oil fell hard to $0 with its futures contracts going as far down as $-40. The once in a lifetime event, shook the crypto markets with Bitcoin (BTC) going back below $7,000. At the time of writing this, the price of Ethereum (ETH) is holding the $168 support...Read More
In brief: The Bitcoin dominance on Coinmarketcap is steady at around 65%. Ethereum’s dominance in the market currently stands at 8.23%. In the past few days, ETH has had a hard time reclaiming the $140 support zone. The ETH/USDT 6-hour chart is exhibiting bearish signs that are further confirmed by a possible death cross on...Read More
With Ethereum (ETH) price consolidating over the last couple of weeks, top holders of the second largest cryptocurrency have been filling their bags with more coins, according to new data from Santiment, an on-chain metrics provider. According to the report, the largest 100 Ether wallet addresses have started accumulating higher percentages of the token’s total...Read More
