Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has provided a detailed reflection on the Bitcoin block size wars, a significant conflict within the Bitcoin community that spanned from 2015 to 2017. This debate centered on whether to increase Bitcoin’s block size limit from 1 MB to accommodate more transactions, thereby reducing fees and enhancing its utility as […]
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Deutsche Bank AG has announced its strategic push into blockchain technology as a potential remedy for the margin compression challenges facing the financial services industry, Bloomberg News reported on May 29.
Solana validators voted to allocate 100% of priority fees to themselves on May 27, ending the previous 50/50 split between burning fees and rewarding validators. The proposal, known as SIMD-0096, passed with 77% approval.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has issued a stark warning about the vulnerabilities in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), urging the implementation of quantum-resistant strategies to safeguard these digital currencies from emerging cybersecurity threats.
Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2009 and the explosion of innovation that followed, the web3 industry has faced many challenges. Beyond dealing with regulators, improving UX, and weeding out bad actors, blockchain engineers continue to tackle two major hurdles: scalability and interoperability.
In our world today, blockchain technology is at the forefront of almost every innovation. A groundbreaking innovation itself, the blockchain was initially associated with cryptocurrencies but is rapidly disrupting other industries.