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Ethereum Developers Commence Finalizing Shanghai Upgrade ‘Shadow Fork’ for Testing and Bug Identification

[Jan 23, 2023 12:30 PM] 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…

Ethereum Validator Count Surpasses 500,000 Ahead of Upcoming Shanghai Hard Fork

[Jan 16, 2023 6:30 PM] According to statistics, the number of Ethereum network validators on the Beacon chain exceeded 500,000 as of Jan. 12, 2023. The validator milestone comes as Ethereum core developers prepare for the Shanghai hard fork. Five days ago, Ethereum core…

Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Rises to All-Time High, Making Block Discovery More Challenging

[Jan 15, 2023 8:30 PM] Bitcoin’s mining difficulty printed a record increase on Jan. 15, 2023, rising 10.26% to 37.73 trillion at block height 772,128. The network’s difficulty is now at an all-time high. This means, on average, it takes 37.73 trillion…

Combined Transactions on Arbitrum and Optimism L2 Chains Outpace Ethereum’s Daily Transfer Count 

[Jan 15, 2023 5:30 PM] Since The Merge, Ethereum’s onchain fees have been considerably lower. However, combined transaction volume on layer two (L2) chains Arbitrum and Optimism has outpaced Ethereum’s onchain transaction output. On Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023…

Bitcoin Network Braces for Notable Difficulty Increase in 3 Days

[Jan 12, 2023 11:00 AM] Bitcoin’s mining difficulty, the measure of how difficult it is to find a new block and add it to the blockchain, is set to increase significantly on Jan. 15, 2023, according to current estimates. At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s…

Ava Labs Partners With Amazon Web Services to Accelerate Blockchain Adoption, AVAX Jumps 16%

[Jan 11, 2023 4:00 PM] Ava Labs, the team behind the layer one (L1) smart contract platform network Avalanche, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to an announcement made on Jan. 11, 2023. Founder and CEO of Ava Labs, Emin Gün Sirer, said the…

Bitcoin Hashrate Reaches All-Time High, Boost Could Lead to Record-Setting Difficulty Increase

[Jan 7, 2023 10:00 AM] During the first week of the new year, Bitcoin’s hashrate reached an all-time high (ATH) on Jan. 6, 2023, at block height 770,709. The network recorded a milestone of around 361.20 exahash per second (EH/s) on Friday, jumping more than 4%…

NEAR Strong Rebound Seen As Crypto Registers 8% Spike In Last 24 Hours

[Nov 30, 2022 1:10 AM] NEAR, the native token of the public proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain Near Protocol, dumped more than 50% of its current monthly high of $3.42 that it achieved on November 6. It seemed like a recurring theme for the digital asset which, in the…