Ethereum Shanghai upgrade for geeks: unpacking the tech side

The highly anticipated ethereum Shanghai upgrade is scheduled for activation today, April 12th, following a swift consensus reached during the 157th AllCoreDevs Execution Layer meeting. What are the execution changes brought by Shanghai? This move comes after a smooth Goerli…

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Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade Will Help Layer 2 Networks, Crypto Investor Says

Max Williams, chief operating officer at Runa Digital Assets, says secondary blockchains are “already trending well” and the upgrade will spur more activity.

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OP Plummets 7% As Optimism Postpones Hardfork

Weeks after its recent bedrock upgrade, aimed at enhancing network performance via Optimism Collective, Optimism (OP) is still thriving to stay relevant among the competitive Layer 2 network markets.

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Shanghai Upgrade Pushed to Early April Following Latest Ethereum Core Developers Meeting

The Ethereum community may have to wait longer for the Shanghai upgrade after the core developers’ bi-weekly meeting, Execution Layer Meeting 156, ended with a decision to have the hard fork run on the Goerli test network by March 14 and the final deployment somewhere in April.

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Lido DAO (LDO) Holds 10% Gains On Weekly Chart While Majority Of Coins Shrink

Some Ethereum Ecosystem coins are up as the community awaits the Shanghai upgrade. According to the Ethereum developer team, the Shanghai upgrade would allow validators to withdraw their staked Ether from the Beacon Chain to the executive layer.

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Ethereum Shanghai Moves Forward, But Core Dev Sees “Road Yet Long”

On the verge of the launch of the Shanghai Capella testnet by Ethereum developers this week, the Consensus Layer (CL) client teams discussed the progress of testing the upgrade on an All Core Developers Consensus Call (ACDC).

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Bitcoin NFT War Looms as BTC Layer 2 Stacks (STX) Upgrade Set to Challenge Ordinals

30-Day Trading Volume for Stacks-based NFTs

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OP Token Surges 25% as Optimism Foundation Proposes 'Bedrock' Upgrade

Layer 2 scaling solution Optimism's governance token, OP, has chalked up a 200% rally in four weeks, outperforming market leaders bitcoin and ether by a big margin.

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Shibarium Launch Will Trigger Massive Buys of BONE: PawZone Founder

Founder of PawZone expects BONE purchasing to skyrocket before Layer 2 SHIB upgrade launches

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Ethereum Gains 4.5% in Weekly Timescale As Shanghai Upgrade Nears

Ethereum, the king altcoin, has been generating a lot of buzz lately. According to CoinGecko, the coin appreciated by 4. 5% in the weekly timescale. This is because of the upcoming “Shanghai” upgrade which is expected to improve the overall usability of Ether’s Layer 1 chain.

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Tezos: This might serve as a catalyst for XTZ's upward trend

Tezos, a layer 1 blockchain, activated an upgrade dubbed Kathmandu on Friday (23 September), according to a tweet from the team. The Kathmandu upgrade reportedly went live on Friday at block 2,736,129The post Tezos: This might serve as a catalyst for XTZ's upward trend appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Cardano’s Vasil Hardfork Launches Tomorrow. Here’s What You Need to Know

The upgrade will make Cardano more scalable and introduce several other improvements. Cardano Awaits Vasil Cardanos Vasil hardfork is finally at hand. The Layer 1 blockchains highly anticipated upgrade is...

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Binance Suspends ETH Transactions on Certain Networks Before Phase One of Merge

Crypto exchange Binance suspends deposits and withdrawals for Ether and Wrapped Ether on some popular layer 2 Ethereum networks before the Bellatrix upgrade. The post Binance Suspends ETH Transactions on Certain Networks Before Phase One of Merge appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Ethereum Layer 2 Arbitrum Completes Nitro Upgrade

The Arbitrum Nitro upgrade brings faster transactions, lower fees, and a better user experience for developers building applications. Arbitrum Upgrades to Nitro Arbitrum Nitro is live. The Ethereum Layer 2...

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Arbitrum, its growing network activity, and everything latest to know

Ethereum layer 2 solution, Arbitrum is looking to rediscover its lost mojo in the crypto market. The roll-up solution is about to undergo a major Nitro upgrade which is scheduled for next week. But ArThe post Arbitrum, its growing network activity, and everything latest to know appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Can MATIC really leverage the hype around Ethereum for more upside?

It has been quite an interesting week for Ethereum's community as it prepares for a major upgrade. In fact, its impact has started spilling over into Ethereum layer 2 solutions such as Polygon now.

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Chainlink says protocol will not support Ethereum PoW forks

Chainlink Labs says its protocol will not support any forked versions of Ethereum (ETH) ahead of the highly anticipated ‘Merge’ event that will see the Ethereum network upgrade from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus layer.

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Over 13M Ether Now Locked On Eth 2.0 Staking Protocol as The Merge Nears

The number of Ether staked on Ethereum’s Eth 2. 0 staking contract has surpassed 13 million even as the layer one blockchain prepares to upgrade to a proof of stake consensus network. Staking is the act of depositing 32 ETH to activate validator software.

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Ankr Unveils Its Biggest Upgrade, Ankr Network 2.0, to Truly Decentralize Web3’s Foundational Layer

The upgrade brings decentralized RPC, new utility and staking for the ANKR token, and the ability for independent node providers to run full nodes and earn rewards.

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Ankr unveils Network 2.0 to truly decentralize Web3’s foundational layer

The upgrade brings decentralized RPC, new utility and staking for the ANKR token, and the ability for independent node providers to run full nodes and earn rewards  Ankr, one of the world’s leadThe post Ankr unveils Network 2.

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Ankr Unveils Its Biggest Upgrade, Ankr Network 2.0, to Truly Decentralize Web3’s Foundational Layer

San Francisco, United States, 15th July, 2022, Chainwire Ankr, one of the world’s leading… The post Ankr Unveils Its Biggest Upgrade, Ankr Network 2.0, to Truly Decentralize Web3’s Foundational Layer appeared first on CoinJournal.

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As Ether’s Ropsten Proof-of-Stake ‘Test Merge’ Goes Live, Uncertainty Looms Over Ethereum L2s

As the major upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain, Ethereum 2.0, is set to launch later this year, uncertainty looms over layer 2 solutions built on the Ethereum blockchain. Ethereum 2.0 is set to be a new version of the blockchain that will enthrone the proof-of-stake (PoS) mechanism of verifying transactions via staking. Ethereum 2.0 (Consensus […]

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Why The Denial-Of-Service Argument Against BOLT 12 Doesn’t Hold Up

A successor proposal to BOLT 11, BOLT 12 is a proposed upgrade to Lightning, the most popular Layer 2 Bitcoin protocol.

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Oraichain launches mainnet 2.0 to boost AI adoption and blockchain interoperability

AI-powered blockchain platform Oraichain has launched version 2. 0 of its mainnet in an upgrade that introduces Layer 2 Rollups and opens up the blockchain space for further adoption of Artificial intelligence and interoperability.

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Ethereum's 'consensus layer' contract hits 10M ETH staked

The migration to the proof-of-stake consensus appears to be progressing well by all numerical accounts, potentially signifying an anticipatory demand for the network's long-awaited upgrade.

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Cardano (ADA) adopting Orbis ZK rollups to boost scalability

The Cardano blockchain seeks to expand and achieve scalability through the Hydra upgrade. However, according to Orbis, the team behind the first zero-knowledge rollup layer two solutions, Hydra will not solve all the scalability problems on Cardano (ADA/USD).

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Next Big Ethereum Upgrade Could Reduce Layer 2 Gas Fees

A recent Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) put forth by network co-founder Vitalik Buterin aims to address transaction costs, one of the network’s greatest drawbacks. The post Next Big Ethereum Upgrade Could Reduce Layer 2 Gas Fees appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Crypto Market Forecast: Week of November 8th 2021

A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, layer 1 and metaverse tokens outperform BTC, the Bitcoin network prepares for its first major upgrade since August 2017 and Solana is now the 4th largest asset in crypto.

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Major Blockchain Scalability Coming To Cardano Thanks To The Incoming Hydra Upgrade

Key takeaways Cardano, having launched Alonzo, now aims to deploy Hydra. Hydra is a layer 2 scaling solution that will make the real-world application of Cardano possible. Development of Hydra to be discussed during Cardano Summit 2021.

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ZKSwap to list algorithm pegged synthetic asset Zerogoki

ZKSwap is a decentralized exchange (DEX) that offers a layer 2 scaling solution to its users. The platform had recently announced the launch of its V2 on the 28th of July. With an upgrade the platfThe post ZKSwap to list algorithm pegged synthetic asset Zerogoki appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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L2 scaling finally arrives on Uniswap v3

Uniswap (UNI/USD) the world’s biggest and most popular decentralized exchange, has finally rolled out the long-awaited Layer 2 scaling solution upgrade. The project introduced it to its ecosystem with the launch of v3 of its platform, as announced in a blog post published on July 13th.

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Uniswap V3 Arrival Signals Bright Future For the DEX

The Uniswap team teased us with a V3 upgrade just a month ago, promising the long-anticipated Layer 2 scaling. Such an upgrade couldn’t come sooner. The post Uniswap V3 Arrival Signals Bright Future For the DEX appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Ethereum could soon enable thousands of transactions per second

Over the weekend, Ethereum went through a significant software upgrade, dubbed Istanbul. The hardfork brought several improvements to the network. And, it allowed the integration of a second layer scaling solution that promises to enable more than 3,000 transactions per second (TPS) while maintaining decentralization and privacy.

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Bitcoin Cash Multi-Party Escrow, Retail Adoption, and Upgrade Discussions

Another week has passed for the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community and as usual, there’s been a bunch of announcements and developments. BCH supporters this week saw the release of a multi-party onchain escrow system, Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin discussed using the BCH chain as a data layer, and more BCH-accepting merchants were onboarded.

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Tezos’ co-founder Arthur Breitman says side-chains are tricky and difficult

In the event of Tezos’ first-ever on-chain upgrade, Arthur Breitman, the Co-Founder of Tezos, spoke with the popular crypto influencer Naomi Brockwell about the upgrades made on-chain versus implementation of the same on a second layer.

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Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Make or Break Lies at $100

Finally, after a disappointment, Charles St. Louis has published a Constantinople postmortem report. Constantinople, as you may be aware by now, is the third upgrade in the Metropolis leading to the “ideal” Ethereum where consensus will be proof of stake complete with layer two solutions as Plasma as well as infusion of privacy features via […] The post Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Make or Break Lies at $100 appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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