Hello Holesky, Ethereum’s Newest Testnet
[Sep 13, 2023 9:21 AM] The new network comes after years of growth for Ethereum’s developer community, and will replace the Goerli testnet.
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Ethereum staking services agree to 22% limit of all validators
[Aug 31, 2023 9:16 PM] The 22% self-limit rule ensures at least four major staking entities would need to collude in order for the chain to reach finalization.
Ethereum Gears Up for ‘Holesky’ Testnet Launch With 1.6 Billion Testnet Ether
[Aug 19, 2023 2:30 PM] Ethereum developers plan to roll out a new testnet named Holesky, intending to bring 1.6 billion Holesky testnet ether to the network. The core devs of Ethereum highlighted that 1.4 million validators were evaluated for Holesky, with the aim of…
Turbulence in Shibarium’s Debut: $1.7M ETH Stuck and a Crypto Whale Shifts the Tide
[Aug 17, 2023 8:00 AM] On August 16, 2023, the Shiba Inu meme coin enthusiasts celebrated the unveiling of the second-layer (L2) blockchain, Shibarium. This platform is designed to bolster decentralized app growth while tackling Ethereum’s scalability and…
Google Cloud Is Running a Validator on Celo Network
[Aug 2, 2023 7:00 AM] The cloud service joins Deutsche Telekom and other ecosystem contributors to participate in validating the Celo platform.
Curve Debacle Triggers Transaction Frenzy, Sending Ethereum ‘MEV’ Rewards to Record High
[Jul 31, 2023 11:43 AM] On July 30, over 6,000 ETH ($11M worth) in so-called Maximal Extractable Value rewards were paid out to Ethereum validators, the most ever for a single day.
Ethereum logs $1M MEV block reward amid Curve Finance exploit
[Jul 30, 2023 11:59 PM] The highest recently generated block reward was 584 ETH, created by a MEV bot front-running transactions during the DeFi chaos.
Bitcoin Mining Is an Oligopoly, and Proof-of-Stake Isn't Any Better
[Jul 26, 2023 10:17 AM]
Polygon Labs Unveils ‘Hyperproductive’ Token POL, Poised to Replace MATIC and Boost Ecosystem Rewards
3 reasons why Ethereum’s market cap dominance is on the rise
[Jun 21, 2023 11:18 AM] Bitcoin dominance is rising, but so is Ethereum’s share of market dominance among its altcoin competitors. Cointelegraph explains why.
Ethereum Core Devs Weigh Pros and Cons of Raising Validator Threshold From 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH
[Jun 19, 2023 3:30 PM] Ethereum’s core developers are engaged in discussions about raising the validator threshold from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH. This proposal, put forward by Michael Neuder, a researcher from the Ethereum Foundation, aims to address concerns related…
‘Distributed Validator Technology’ Marks Last Key Milestone in Ethereum’s Current Era
[Jun 14, 2023 9:30 AM] The technology known as DVT involves splitting a validator's private key across several node operators. The goal is to increase the network's resilience – while also protect the individual validators – by reducing single points of failure.
Ethereum Validator Activation Queue Grows: 90,000+ Validators Waiting in Line
[Jun 5, 2023 5:30 AM] Ethereum faces congestion for validators to enter and begin staking in the protocol. According to data from Wenmerge, an information dashboard, more than 90,000 validators are waiting to provide protocol validation services on Ethereum. This means…
Vitalik Buterin warns against overloading Ethereum consensus
[May 22, 2023 12:15 AM] Buterin has advocated preserving Ethereum consensus minimalism and not overloading validators with other things.
Ethereum Briefly Stopped Finalizing Transactions. What Happened?
[May 17, 2023 1:30 PM] The loss in finality meant that blocks could have been tampered with, and while it isn’t supposed to affect end-user experiences, it did lead to some inconveniences for some applications.
Coinbase Works to Fix Wallet Support for Ethereum Staking Withdrawals Stuck in Limbo
[May 9, 2023 1:56 PM] According to Coinbase’s customer support, “Our systems currently do not support deposits to Coinbase ETH addresses from external validators… Funds may be stuck until we are able to support these transactions.”
PEPE Meme Coin Craze Spreads Wealth to Ethereum Validators Running Blockchain
[May 8, 2023 11:24 AM] As risk-taking crypto traders sought to make tremendous profits off of surging prices for the suddenly-hot PEPE, a resulting surge in transaction fees brought a windfall to validators running the Ethereum blockchain.
CoinDesk Validator ‘Zelda’ Successfully Exits Ethereum as Withdrawal Queue Shrinks to 9 Days
[May 3, 2023 8:41 AM] It took about 12 days for Zelda to fully exit the Ethereum blockchain. For any new staking withdrawal requests, the wait to get out has shrunk to nine days from 17 days.
CoinDesk Winds Down Ethereum Validator ‘Zelda,’ and We Now Wait for Money Back
[Apr 19, 2023 5:00 AM] CoinDesk set up its own Ethereum validator, fondly nicknamed “Zelda,” in 2020 to witness firsthand the blockchain’s landmark shift to an energy-efficient proof-of-stake consensus mechanism from its original proof-of-work – the same one used by…
Ethereum Continues Stretching Gains Against Bitcoin 4 Days After Shanghai
[Apr 18, 2023 4:00 PM] The Ethereum uptrend continues when writing on April 18, four days after the smart contracting platform activated the much-anticipated Shanghai Upgrade. As Ethereum bulls double down, the coin has outperformed Bitcoin, the world’s largest…
Lukso Genesis Validator Smart Contract to Go Live on 4/20 at '4:20'
[Apr 18, 2023 8:20 AM] The Lukso initial validators will vote on token supply of LYX and how much the Lukso Foundation can hold.
Ethereum Unstaking Requests Pile Up After Shanghai Upgrade, Now at 2-Week Wait
[Apr 13, 2023 10:14 AM] Validators looking to fully exit the chain could be looking at a wait of up to 14 days, to get their crypto back, according to Rated Network's explorer.
Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade Unlocks Staked Ether, Over 860K ETH Poised for Withdrawal, Price Surges 6%
[Apr 13, 2023 10:00 AM] On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade was successfully implemented, enabling validators to withdraw staked ether. Data reveals that more than 860,000 ether is poised for unlocking, and 77,000…
Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade to Enable Staking Withdrawals Set to Go Live on April 12
Less than 1% of staked ETH estimated to sell after Shanghai upgrade: Glassnode
[Apr 11, 2023 10:57 PM] The analytics firm backed up its prediction, stating only 253 validators have signed up to fully exit their staked Ether position.
Ethereum ‘re-staking’ protocol EigenLayer launches on testnet
[Apr 6, 2023 10:10 PM] The re-staking collective aims to address Ethereum validator economic incentives.
CoinDesk’s Ethereum Validator Enters Final Weeks, Sitting on More Than $30K of Gains
[Apr 5, 2023 5:00 AM] To better chronicle the Ethereum blockchain's transition to a proof-of-stake network, CoinDesk in 2020 started its own validator – nicknamed Zelda. We plunked down the 32 ETH (roughly $15,000 at the time) and laid the technical groundwork. With…
Latest Ethereum Blocks Suggest Validators Are Reversing Censorship
[Mar 22, 2023 5:00 AM] Non-censoring relays such as Agnostic and ultra sound are delivering more data blocks on Ethereum than Flashbots, the one-time king of MEV-delivering relays.
Ethereum Upgrade to Implement Beacon Chain Withdrawals Scheduled for April 12
[Mar 16, 2023 2:00 PM] During the Execution Layer Meeting streamed on March 16, 2023, Ethereum developers announced that the blockchain is scheduled to upgrade on April 12, in 27 days. The upgrade, known as the Shanghai-Capella upgrade or Shapella, will include the…
Solana Faces Renewed Criticism After 10th Downtime and Bumpy Restart, but Developers Remain Optimistic
[Feb 28, 2023 9:30 AM] Following the initial incident on Feb. 25, Solana resolved the blockchain’s performance degradation after validators decided to restart the network. According to an outage report following more than 24 hours of downtime, Solana developers detailed…