Ethereum News and Information Today

French energy company runs Ethereum nodes

Oct 13, 2022

According to a recent report, French energy company EDF manages more than 150 Ethereum nodes. Under a subsidiary company, Exaion, EDF is managing 10 Ethereum nodes itself. 140 Ethereum nodes are run on behalf of EDF clients. 'We want to become the Amazon Web Services of web3, Exaion’s CEO told crypto news outlet Big Whale.

XEN Crypto minting craze sets record for burning Ethereum fees

Oct 11, 2022

Airdrops are highly desirable and there are groups, forums, and websites featuring opportunities to mint new tokens for free. XEN Crypto is doing something similar that is still different and it is setting a record for the last 30 days on the Ethereum blockchain. Why is XEN burning up so many fees and is it really worth it or just a pain to everybody else who is trying to use Ethereum?

Researchers suggest new token standards to reverse Ethereum transactions

Sep 27, 2022

An open and public blockchain is censorship resistant. This is the case with Bitcoin and Ethereum as well as many others. Some blockchains don’t need censorship resistance since they are kept private which often means that they run in a corporate environment and serve a different purpose. Censorship resistance is what makes blockchain technology so disruptive. No authority on this planet, not even nation-states can interfere with transactions. This makes each network that is considered to be censorship resistant immune to dictators and the persecution of innocent people. What is the downside of censorship resistance and what are three researchers from Stanford proposing to change that?

Ethereum is facing a supply shock just hours after the Merge

Sep 15, 2022

The Merge moved Ethereum from proof of work to proof of stake, and the main implication is that the Ethereum blockchain is becoming carbon-neutral. Today was the big day and so far, there have been no hiccups or fatal errors reported. This does not mean that we are out of the woods yet, but it looks pretty good, and chances are high that Ethereum can proceed with the rest of the items on its roadmap. Another factor that comes into play is the supply of Ether, the native currency of the Ethereum blockchain. Is ETH becoming scarce and how is the supply changing within hours after the Merge commenced?

The Ethereum Merge has happened

Sep 15, 2022

The most anticipated event in crypto in years has been successful. Around 8.45 AM Central European Time, Ethereum switched from proof-of-work consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake.

Vitalik defends proof-of-stake ahead of the Merge

Sep 13, 2022

In a recent interview with Noah Smith, co-founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin discussed some key reasons why we are witnessing the Ethereum Merge. It had all along been the vision that Ethereum would be a proof-of-stake system. But why?

The countdown to the Ethereum Merge

Sep 12, 2022

The Ethereum Merge is very close. The current estimated date and time place it in the early morning of Thursday September 15th (European time). On Google, if you search for Ethereum Merge, you'll get a countdown timer.

Lawsuit users Tornado Cash against US Department of Treasury

Sep 09, 2022

Six users of Ethereum and coin mixer Tornado Cash have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department. They claim that putting Tornado Cash on the sanctions list is unconstitutional and that there are numerous legitimate ways to use this coin mixer. Crypto exchange Coinbase is financially supporting the lawsuit.

The ripple effects preceding the Ethereum Merge

Sep 07, 2022

The upcoming Ethereum Merge has all kinds of expected and less expected effects - even before the Merge has taken place. For example, it was foreseeable that graphics cards would become cheaper, now that Ethereum miners soon won't need them anymore. Less expected is the dynamic around the positions traders take to take advantage of the potential fork after the Merge.

Bellatrix activated: The Merge has been started

Sep 06, 2022

The Merge is the event in 2022 and the Ethereum community is more than excited for it to commence. Many hopes and dreams as well as fears are attached to the Merge. While some believe that proof of stake will put Ethereum into a pole position others fear that anything could go wrong from a technical perspective and threaten the Ethereum blockchain. Just a few hours ago the Bellatrix upgrade was shipped to the beacon chain. What is Bellatrix and when are we going to witness the full transition?

Is the Ethereum Merge reflected in the ETH price?

Sep 05, 2022

The upcoming Ethereum Merge is the longest anticipated event in crypto in recent years. In recent months, the markets seem to express positive expectations: the price of Ethereum has held up better than Bitcoin's. But is the Merge, expected around September 15, already fully priced in? Or will a successful Merge lead to higher prices? We check the opinion of three prominent analysts.

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