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Bitcoin Sees Major Hash Rate Recovery, Ethereum Mining Slows
Bitcoin's hash rate has been on the rise since its 50 percent drop last year and has regained over 80 percent of its all-time-high…
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MakerDAO Votes to Raise Ethereum-backed Loan Interest Rate by 2.0 Percentage Points
MakerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that provides crypto collateralized loans, voted to raise interest rates from 1.5 percent to 3.5 percent. The vote is…
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ConsenSys Founder Joe Lubin Says The Next Killer App (Ethereum) is Already Here
During his speech at the 2018 Devcon4, Joe Lubin, the CEO of ConsenSys and co-founder of Ethereum, addressed the current state of the Ethereum…
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Ethereum’s Hard Fork Constantinople: What You Need to Know Before January 16th
The long-planned Ethereum fork is coming on Jan. 16th. With Constantinople going live within weeks, here’s what is important to know. Constantinople Activating in…
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Ethereum’s New Serenity Protocol Lowers the Cost of Running Staking Nodes
Ethereum's new Serenity update, which will enable the network to transition from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus model, has been generating…
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A Deeper Look at Sigma Prime’s Lighthouse: An Open-Source Ethereum 2.0 Client
The world of blockchain innovation is a tide pool of information that has left many cryptocurrency skeptics in the dark, but for decentralized security,…
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Vitalik Buterin Proclaims an End to Explosive Growth as ETH Values Plummet: How Will Ethereum Recover?
Ethereum prices have plummeted over the last week, experiencing a drop in value of over 30% amidst a bloodbath that has shaved $50 billion…
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Rocket Pool Reveals Roadmap for Ethereum 2.0
Since its inception, leading smart contract platform Ethereum has been facing issues with scalability and network congestion. With a roadmap recently revealed, Ethereum 2.0…
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Ethereum client Parity receives major upgrade
The most popular smart contract platform in the world is working diligently to solve its issues with scaling and user interface. In a recent update,…