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People leaving Ethereum is ‘just never going to happen,’ says Solana co-founder

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Time Stamp: December 2, 2021 4:30 PM - Modified On: December 2, 2021 - Published By:
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2021 saw a significant proportion of developers shifting from Ethereum to rival blockchains. Primarily, because the Ethereum network continued to fight high gas fees and congestion. Well, one network that hugely benefitted from this situation was Solana. Its meteoric rise over 2021 positioned it as one of the main Ethereum-killers. Solana’s native token Sol reached a new all-time high in early November. Furthermore, at the time of writing, the token registered a 10% ROI over the past week. Also, it had a 24-hour trading volume of over $3.6 billion, at

Acala and Moonbeam Leading Polkadot Parachain Auction with $2.5B TVL

Source Node: https://beincrypto.com/acala-moonbeam-polkadot-parachain-auction-with-2-5b-tvl/
Time Stamp: November 16, 2021 3:20 AM - Modified On: November 16, 2021 - Published By:
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There are two horses extending their leads in the inaugural Polkadot parachain auction and the deadline for the end of bidding is approaching.Sponsored Sponsored The Polkadot network’s highly anticipated parachain auctions kicked off on Nov 11 and two projects are commanding a significant lead over the rest of the pack vying for the slot. With a combined total value locked of more than $2.5 billion worth of DOT pledged, Acala and Moonbeam are close contenders for the victory for the auction ending on Nov 18.Sponsored Sponsored The winning project will

Bug in Leading Ethereum Node Software Has Caused the Chain to Fork

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Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 11:32 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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A bug in outdated versions of the leading Ethereum client for node operators, Geth, is causing forks on the chain, according to research by the Block.According to The Block, this could enable double spends on the world’s second-largest blockchain by market capitalization. Ethereum security lead Martin Holst Swende tweeted, “Fortunately, most miners were already updated, and the correct chain is also the longest (canon).”Ethereum developer who works on the Geth client, Marius Van Der Wijden, said that most retail users should be okay, particularly if they are using the most

L2 Labs explores L2.Cash Protocol to bring Zk-Proofs to payment tools

Source Node: https://ambcrypto.com/l2-labs-explores-l2-cash-protocol-to-bring-zk-proofs-to-payment-tools/
Time Stamp: August 27, 2021 3:00 AM - Modified On: August 27, 2021 - Published By:
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L2 Labs Foundation, the high-profile software engineering team behind flagship Ethereum-based decentralized exchanges (DEXes), solidifies its stance as a prominent scaling infrastructure provider. Now it intensifies the research and development efforts addressing the one-stop payment solution for businesses and individuals. L2 Labs Foundation develops payment protocol powered by zk-proofs: What is L2.Cash? Seasoned blockchain developers from L2 Labs have shared the details of their new product, L2.Cash. It is going to allow decentralized applications and end-users to harness leading L2 scaling techniques of the Ethereum (ETH) universe, zk-proofs. The new

Flare Network Review: Smart Contract Network For XRP

Source Node: https://www.coinbureau.com/review/flare-spark-flr/
Time Stamp: December 26, 2020 11:08 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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As the third largest cryptocurrency most people familiar with the space have heard about Ripple and they understand that it is a global payment and foreign exchange network that was designed to replace the outdated SWIFT banking network. And while it works great for that specific use case, otherwise it has shown limited usefulness in other functions.That might all be fixed however as the Flare Network has been created with the goal of improving the utility of XRP tokens by creating a network with smart contract capability for the XRP

Ethereum’s Time Is Coming – Here’s Why

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Time Stamp: December 24, 2020 2:12 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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On December 1, an event that has been anticipated for the latest several years took place — Ethereum 2.0 went live. Its launch has been rescheduled several times, while the expectations from a new stage of Ethereum development are extremely high.  With all the advances that will be implemented in the network in the next few years, Ethereum is to drastically increase its scalability, efficiency, and security without any harm to decentralization. From a widely recognized open-source platform for DApps’ developers, Ethereum is aiming to become a pillar of the

RenVM Guide: A Private and Interopable DeFi Platform

Source Node: https://www.asiacryptotoday.com/renvm-guide-a-private-and-interopable-defi-platform/
Time Stamp: August 15, 2020 9:53 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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With the objective of solving concerns on privacy, interoperability, and liquidity in decentralized applications, the RenVM ecosystem was established. This is yet another successful DeFi project with cross-chain interoperability, only this time, with better privacy features. The Republic Protocol and its RenVM project were aimed to provide large volume and high-frequency traders the opportunity to execute trades without spooking the market with their calls. With the help of darknodes, they maintained an exchange with a hidden order book. Table of Contents Background Ren began in late 2017 under the Republic

$99 Gas Fees on Ethereum Are Crippling DeFi’s Growth

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 12:02 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The surging popularity of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols on Ethereum (ETH) has contributed to skyrocketing fees, with the network processing an all-time high of $6.87 million in total fees yesterday. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Synthetix (SNX) founder and CEO, Kain Warwick warned that high fees were impacting the growth of DeFi, stating:“In the last three months, we’ve gone from an environment where DeFi was expensive to use and a little bit slow, to now, [where] for a lot of people it’s prohibitively expensive.”Ethereum fees have spiked nearly 100% over the past 24