Ethereum devs create ‘shadow fork’ to test conditions for Ether withdrawals

Developers are attempting to attack the forked testnet with malicious nodes to see if they can find vulnerabilities.

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Ethereum Releases ‘Shadow Fork’ For The Much-Anticipated Shanghai Upgrade

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Ethereum launches first ‘shadow fork’ for the Shanghai upgrade

Developers will follow up with more shadow forks ahead of the Shanghai upgrade. The Shanghai upgrade will allow for withdrawal of staked ETH Over 16 million ETH have been locked since Ethereum began the transition from proof of work to proof of stake chain.

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Latest Ethereum ‘Shadow Fork’ Brings Blockchain’s Shanghai Upgrade Closer to Reality

The first set of testing has commenced for the much anticipated Shanghai upgrade, expected in March, that will enable staked ether withdrawals. Some minor glitches were reported.

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Despite Nagging Issues, NFT Mints on Solana Sets A New All-time High Record

After years in Ethereum’s shadow, Solana’s $2 billion Non-Fungible Token (NFT) record is worth celebrating amid a price crash. 

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Final Ethereum Shadow Fork Before Merge Goes Live

The Ethereum development team completed the final shadow fork test before the Ethereum Merge yesterday. The post Final Ethereum Shadow Fork Before Merge Goes Live appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Ethereum ready for The Merge as last shadow fork completes successfully

The successful completion of the last shadow fork signaled the readiness of the Ethereum network for migrating to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.

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Ethereum’s Mainnet Shadow Fork 10 Goes Live in Preparation for the Merge

As The Merge draws nearer, the Ethereum team has not relented in deploying preparatory upgrades and testnets. Barely two weeks after the Shadow Fork 9 went live, the Ethereum development team deployed the tenth shadow fork on the mainnet.

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Ether Poised To Take Out All-Time Highs As Devs Implement Shadow Fork 10 In Lead-Up To The Merge

Ethereum developers have reached another milestone in the much-hyped and oft-delayed ETH 2.0 network upgrade.

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Ethereum 2.0 draws closer, Goerli testnet merge slated for August

Ethereum’s (ETH) tenth shadow fork went live on July 26 at 11:45 UTC bringing the network closer to its transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. The post Ethereum 2.

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Ethereum Retests $1,500 Region, Shadow Fork Deployed Ahead Of Merge

Over the past 24 hours, the market has seen gains. Ethereum, increased by 8. 13% while the market king, Bitcoin, has increased by 3. 25%. The performance of the remaining top cryptocurrencies has been comparable to that of the two majors.

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Ethereum’s Mainnet Tenth 'Shadow Fork' Goes Live Ahead of September Merge

Developers focused on testing key releases similar to the ones in the upcoming Goerli merge – the final testnet hard fork before the real Ethereum Merge.

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Ethereum Price Pumps to $1.3K, Can ETH Overtake BTC in 2022?

Ethereum price has been doing exceptionally well today, rising by over 9% in the past 24 hours. ETHUSD is trading at $1,354 with a global market cap of $164 billion. The recent bullish momentum for Ethereum is likely due to the successful Shadow Fork 9 integration with the mainnet, as the network is one step […] The post Ethereum Price Pumps to $1.

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Ethereum Primed For Gargantuan Boost As Shadow Fork 9 Goes Live In Build-up To ‘The Merge’

Ethereum is staging a comeback rally following reports of an update on the journey to The Merge.

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Ethereum’s Shadow Fork 9 Goes Live in Lead-Up to the Merge

Developers are focused on testing the integration of the MEV boost feature that will be part of the proof-of-stake validator incentives.

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Ethereum 2.0 Shadow Forks Timeline Updated: Details

Galaxy Digital researcher Christine Kim shares recap of latest Ethereum All Core Devs meeting

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Ethereum Devs Launch Their First Mainnet “Shadow Fork” Ahead Of Merge

The Ethereum Foundation continues to edge closer to the transition to the proof-of-stake (PoS) model. On Monday, Ethereum’s first mainnet Shadow Fork went live. The purpose behind this is to primarily conduct a stress test on the existing assumptions about the testnets, and mainnets to understand how seamless the shift to a PoS consensus will […]

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Ethereum tests first mainnet shadow fork in anticipation of Proof-of-Stake

Ethereum’s (ETH) transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus network is creeping closer after the network launched the first mainnet shadow fork on April 11. The post Ethereum tests first mainnet shadow fork in anticipation of Proof-of-Stake appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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ETH devs implement first-ever ‘shadow fork’ as PoS testing continues

The shadow fork, which is intended to test the next phase of Ethereum’s configuration, has no impact on the existing mainnet.

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Ethereum’s Game-Changing ‘Merge’ Is Almost Here As Devs Test First Mainnet Shadow Fork

Ethereum developers have successfully launched the first-ever mainnet Proof of stake (PoS) shadow fork even as the “merge” beckons.

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Ethereum's First Mainnet Shadow Fork Goes Live as Move to PoS Continues

The shadow fork will stress test developers' assumptions on existing testnets and the mainnet.

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First-Ever Shadow Fork Happens on Ethereum

Right now, Ethereum PoW/PoS merge is being stress tested in a unique "shadow fork," developers unveiled

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Is Stellar Lumens here to stay or will it fade in the shadow of Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP

Stellar Lumens began with a promise, however, it’s being forgotten. Founded by Jed McCaleb, the man who also found Ripple Labs, Stellar Lumens failed to become as strong a contender as Ripple. Why The post Is Stellar Lumens here to stay or will it fade in the shadow of Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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No hard fork love for Ethereum as ETH price falls to a three-week low

Ether continues to trade lower under the shadow of Bitcoin in days leading up to its supply-crunching hard fork event.

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More Ethereum Whales Joined The Network Despite Recent Price Crash, Data Shows

The price of ethereum recently experienced a major technical breakdown (similar to bitcoin). After breaking below late June 2019’s high of $370, ETH cratered by as much as 30% in less than 7 days. The decreasing prices likely cast a shadow on ETH day traders.

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Ethereum's good fortune may be coming to an end

It has been both difficult and easy to critique Ethereum this year. For a long time, it seemed to co-exist under the shadow of Bitcoin without having a standout identity. Enter 2020 and its developmenThe post Ethereum's good fortune may be coming to an end appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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OKEx Exchange Considers Delisting ETC After $5.6 Million Loss Due to a 51% Attack

OKEx will consider delisting Ethereum Classic (ETC) following the recent 51% attacks that saw the crypto exchange lose $5. 6 million. This was prompted by a double-spend where the attacker created confusion by launching a ‘shadow chain’ and leveraging OKEx’s high ETC liquidity.

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Despite Its Success, Ethereum Doesn’t Get Media Attention It Deserves

Ethereum celebrates its fifth anniversary but can’t seem to step out of Bitcoin’s shadow in the mainstream press.

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XRP, Ethereum Classic, Chainlink price analysis : 06 July

With the start of a new quarter, slowly but surely some altcoins are moving out of Bitcoin's shadow. As the $9,000 mark does not look to budge for the king coin, some alts, led by the top two EthereumThe post XRP, Ethereum Classic, Chainlink price analysis : 06 July appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Ethereum on-call: Sell-off paused as calls flood market

Bitcoin's shadow on the larger cryptocurrency market continues to loom large, something exhibited by the market's latest price movements. Following the king coin's massive move over $9,000, most majorThe post Ethereum on-call: Sell-off paused as calls flood market appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Ethereum's Buterin: Proof-of-Stake is finally going to be real

Ever since Ethereum was launched in 2015, it has been adopted widely by the crypto-space. However, while it arguably has been in the shadow of Bitcoin for a long time, given the Ethereum 2.0 update, tThe post Ethereum's Buterin: Proof-of-Stake is finally going to be real appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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The Dawn of Hybrid Layer 2 Protocols

Special thanks to the Plasma Group team for review and feedback Current approaches to layer 2 scaling - basically, Plasma and state channels - are increasingly moving from theory to practice, but at the same time it is becoming easier to see the inherent challenges in treating these techniques as a fully fledged scaling solution for Ethereum.

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‘Market Cap is a Lie’ – Bitcoin Buy Support Dwarfs Ethereum, Altcoins

Bitcoin buy support is a superior metric to coin market capitalization for measuring the future of Bitcoin and altcoins, according to a new monitoring resource. ‘Market Cap Is A Lie’ CoinMarketBook, deliberately named to shadow the current ‘go-to’ directory for cryptocurrency statistics Coinmarketcap, launched in October – but its mission is markedly different.

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XAPO CEO Wences Casares Continues to Champion Bitcoin For the Right Reasons

Bitcoin (BTC), Cryptocurrency–It’s not often that discussions of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency occur without the overarching shadow of price, volatility and the wealth to made in a budding industry.

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Lisk (LSK) Outplaying Leading Coins in the Market with Late hype Return?

Per time of writing, the pair LSK/USD is experiencing one of the best performances in the crypto-verse. Gaining almost 10. 00% in the last 24-hours while leading the BTC market for 10. 53% in the green is leaving several coins in the shadow.

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Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: Getting Creative With Blockchain Solutions

This week’s top stories include two feature interview: one with Kavita Gupta, founding managing partner at ConsenSys Ventures; and another with electronic dance music DJ Justin Blau (aka DJ 3BLAU) who is launching a decentralized music festival.

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