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ETH 2.0 Won’t Fix Ethereum’s Scalability Problems, Analyst Argues

Technology Sep. 19, 2020

The average transaction fee on Ethereum costs $7.5, three times that of Bitcoin. Setting up a wallet on MakerDAO costs over $40, while the fees to lend on Compound amount...
Ethereum 2.0 Imminent, Serenity Phase 0 EIP Submitted

Technology Sep. 16, 2020

Danny Ryan and Vitalik Buterin have submitted a formal proposal outlining the different components of the highly-anticipated Ethereum upgrade, ETH 2.0. This is an essential step towards the network’s launch...
Bitcoin Makes Headway Implementing Smart Contracts, ‘Most Complicated’ Part of Upgrade C...

Technology Sep. 13, 2020

Bitcoin coding expert Pieter Wuille has successfully merged support for Schnorr signatures to BTC. The Taproot merger and the soft fork update are the final steps for smart contract implementation...
Acala Network, Polkadot’s MakerDAO, Comes to Ethereum

Technology Sep. 11, 2020

Acala Network, one of the first few DeFi projects on Polkadot, revealed it’s blockchain now supports the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). With this integration, assets on Acala will be freely...
Minecraft Will Get In-Game Cryptocurrency Items with Enjin

Technology Sep. 10, 2020

Minecraft players will be able to use in-game items imported from non-fungible Ethereum tokens. The feature will be rolled out with a third-party plugin from blockchain gaming company Enjin. In-Game...
Charles Hoskinson Announces ‘Gerolamo,’ Linking Cardano and Enterprise Blockchain Atala

Technology Sep. 9, 2020

IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson has announced “Gerolamo,” an interoperability system that links its public blockchain Cardano with its enterprise blockchain Atala. Cardano for Enterprises In the past, IOHK has served...
Chainlink Endures Spam Attack: Congestion, High Fees

Technology Sep. 5, 2020

The oracle platform Chainlink was targeted by a spam attack on Sunday, Aug. 30, congesting the network and preventing nodes from providing data to blockchain app developers. Spam Attack on...
MetaMask Has Launched Its Ethereum Wallet for iOS and Android

Technology Sep. 4, 2020

MetaMask has finally released a mobile version of its Ethereum wallet for mobile users, as announced yesterday on Twitter. Announcing the launch of MetaMask Mobile! Download the App and take...

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ETH 2.0 Won’t Fix Ethereum’s Scalability Problems, Analyst Argues

Ethereum 2.0 Imminent, Serenity Phase 0 EIP Submitted

Bitcoin Makes Headway Implementing Smart Contracts, ‘Most Complicated’ Part of Upgrade C...

Acala Network, Polkadot’s MakerDAO, Comes to Ethereum

Minecraft Will Get In-Game Cryptocurrency Items with Enjin

Charles Hoskinson Announces ‘Gerolamo,’ Linking Cardano and Enterprise Blockchain Atala

Chainlink Endures Spam Attack: Congestion, High Fees

MetaMask Has Launched Its Ethereum Wallet for iOS and Android