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The Ethereum Foundation has reportedly received a “voluntary enquiry from a state authority,” according to a note added to the group’s Github page. State Actors Have Contacted the Ethereum Foundation; SEC Reportedly Investigating On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the crypto community discussed a message posted to the Ethereum Foundation’s Github repository which also features a … Read more
A researcher at the Ethereum Foundation said he had “internally” discovered that staking Ether reveals a user’s IP address information. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
As previously announced by ETHGlobal, the first-ever Pragma summit kicked off the wider ETHGlobal Tokyo hackathon on Thursday as a “hub for high-quality talks and as a forum of discussion for builders and leaders from the Ethereum ecosystem and beyond.” The event, emceed by Kartik Talwar of ETHGlobal, featured on-stage interviews with Aya Miyaguchi of … Read more
Shapella will take effect at epoch 194,048, which is scheduled for 10:27:35pm UTC on April 12. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Only 226 validators have been slashed since Ethereum staking began, with 75 of those coming from a single event in February 2021. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Ethereum core developers plan to activate the “Shapella” transition through the Zhejiang public testnet on Feb. 7, 2023, according to Tim Beiko of the Ethereum Foundation. If successful, Beiko said the Sepolia testnet could follow two days later, followed by the Goerli testnet. He noted that the testnet has a faucet, block explorer, and staking … Read more
Ethereum developers have begun finalizing the Shanghai upgrade “shadow fork,” according to software engineer Marius van der Wijden. The “shadow fork” will serve as a testing environment for the Shanghai upgrade, allowing developers to identify bugs and any potential issues. Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade ‘Shadow Fork’ Launches As the cryptocurrency community awaits the upcoming Shanghai hard … Read more
The Ethereum proof-of-stake consensus mechanism will cut energy consumption by a massive 99.95% compared to the proof-of-work system. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
With the Ethereum Merge only hours away, Cointelegraph spoke to industry experts about the transition to proof-of-stake today and what to look out for. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
On Wednesday the Ethereum Foundation clarified that The Merge will not reduce onchain fees as the highly anticipated transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoW) is now 29 days away. Amid The Merge update from the Ethereum Foundation, during the last month, Ethereum network costs have printed some of the lowest onchain fees since 2020. … Read more