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There’s no denying that Ethereum has interesting qualities as an ecosystem. The amount of activity around the protocol alone is proof of that. However, is it a better currency than Bitcoin? This software engineer with a BA in economics thinks that ETH “is more likely to become a global currency than BTC.” He makes the case in 11 tweets, and...

The month of June was a spectacular and rewarding month for the entire ParaState ecosystem. Several exciting events took place on the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) platform - ParaState. Events like the extension of its POLIS ambassador program. The list of its top ten testnet validators has also been published. Also, ParaState this month rewarded several members of its community (Citizens and...

Perpetual liquidity protocol Sigmadex has been researching new methods of further decentralization within existing blockchain bridges. In a research piece published on May 31, the Sigmadex Protocol acknowledged that the challenge of blockchain interoperability still remains an open issue. It added that many attempted solutions which use proof-of-authority or...

Competitors are milking Elon Musk’s misconceptions about Bitcoin’s energy consumption for all their worth. The general public and legacy media won’t shut up about this previously resolved can of worms. And when Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, received the question, he didn’t hesitate....

What is Staking?What is Proof of Work (PoW)?What is Proof of Stake (PoS)?Where can you stake your tokens? When it comes to earning passive income with your crypto assets, there are few lucrative options to let you extract that...

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter and Square Investment is a well-known Bitcoin proponent, and he has made his stance clear on the Bitcoin network's environmental impact debate claiming the top cryptocurrency is environmentally friendly as it promotes sustainability with the use of clean green energy. The Bitcoin network energy consumption debate also led to The post Jack Dorsey Claims Proof-of-stake (POS) Less...

Lido is interested in expanding to layer-1 chains beyond Ethereum and Terra.

The President & Co-Founder of Anchorage speaks on the progress of the institutional crypto industry.

Cartesi is a layer-2 platform for the development and deployment of scalable decentralized applications. It provides a bridge between Linux and blockchains like Ethereum, allowing developers to build their dApps off-chain in a familiar Linux environment,...

Ethereum update is a hot topic at the moment. Over the last years, the growing interest in DeFi pushed the Ethereum network to its limit. At the moment, the network can process a maximum of 15 transactions per second, leaving users to choose between long delays or high transaction fees. In fact, Ethereum miners recently […] The post Ethereum...

Gavin Wood, founder of Polkadot, Kusama, and Parity, discusses what he calls the "meta-protocol," Polkadot. In this episode, he talks about: his vision for Polkadot and the problems he set out to solve when conceiving it why he considers Polkadot a meta-protocol...

Proof of Stake is one of the two main consensus protocols used to verify transactions and secure blockchains. Proof of stake has recently been heralded for its energy efficiency and scalability, with the most notable example being Ethereum, which is gradually moving away from...

Ryan Watkins and Wilson Withiam, senior research analysts at Messari, explain the nuts and bolts of Ethereum 2.0, including how it will transform ETH as an asset and why they believe it will be Ethereum’s most ambitious upgrade yet. Topics include: the different phases of Ethereum 2.0 and the functions they serve...

Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX and Alameda Research, and Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder and CEO of Solana Labs, discuss the Project Serum ecosystem that they are building on the Solana blockchain, and the unique approach to scaling the Solana blockchain is taking. In this episode, they talk about:...