Merge
Here’s why trading ETHPoW tokens could open users to risk of losing mainnet Ethereum
Selling ETHPoW tokens could lead to losing Mainnet ETH if the ChainID of ETHPoW is not updated as planned
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Outage
Ethereum lead developer saved Avalanche from over $24B ecosystem crash
Péter Szilágyi on March 29, 2022, identified a bug in Avalanche's PeerList package which would have been easily exploited by a malicious actor.
Price Watch
Ethereum Classic falls 13%; Cardano founder recommends Ergo for proof-of-work
Ethereum Classic fell by 13% since Sept. 6, while Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson suggests miners to turn to Ergo. On the other hand, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin boosts ETC mining community.
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Technology
Algorand mainnet performance to increase 5x after new upgrade
The upgrade increased Algorand’s protocol performance from 1,200 transactions per second (tps) to 6,000 tps.
Merge
Ethereum’s Merge: Analytics suggest it is doing little to attract new users
Outside of the hacks and token collapses of this year, the merge has been one of the most discussed events and has been omnipresent in the last week as seen in IntoTheBlock’s word cloud for Ethereum news.
Partnerships
PolygonLEAP accelerator program gives rise to 6 Web3 startups
Polygon-sponsored accelerator program has announced 6 winning projects that will share from a grand prize of $250,000.
Gaming
The Play to Earn craze may be over with new coalition of gameplay-first communities
Polkastarter, Xborg, and Ultra make quite the team as they lead the charge in web3 gaming by removing the Play-to-Earn gimmick and focusing on gameplay
Analysis
Rising star? FLUX enters top 100 following 130% gains over past month
Flux intends to fill the Proof-of-Work void left by Ethereum's upcoming switch to Proof-of-Stake.
Adoption
Saylor says Bitcoin’s Lightning Network most important technology in the world right now
Michael Saylor announced that MicroStrategy is working on an inhouse Lightning Network solution that will onboard over 10 million consumers.
