DeFi
Ethereum wants home validators to verify proofs but a 12 GPU reality raises a new threat
A recent estimate puts full block proving near seven seconds on heavy hardware, sparking new fears about prover centralization.
Gino Matos 9 min read
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DeFi
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Layer-2
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Staking
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Politics
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DAOs
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AI
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