Tag: Ethereum
Inflows into Bitcoin (BTC) funds continued for the second week in a row, outpacing the performance of other digital asset funds.
More than $506 million has been invested in bitcoin-focused mutual funds since the beginning of the year, according to the latest data from digital asset fund provider CoinShares. New money invested in bitcoin funds countered the losses of non-bitcoin or alternative cryptocurrency funds by around $100 million...
Testnet Ethereum Merge Completes Successfully on Ropsten
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The testnet Ethereum Merge has been completed successfully on the Ropsten testnet, and developers are now focused on the final merge in late Q3 or early Q4 2022.
Ethereum’s testnet has successfully migrated to the new Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm. This means that Ethereum has completed its first step towards a PoS future.
The next step will be to execute a final merge of the Ethereum testnet on Ropsten with the...
What are NFTs?
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NFTs, or Non-Fungible Tokens, are a new form of digital asset that represent real-world objects like art, music, and in-game items. They are bought and sold online, frequently with cryptocurrency, and they are generally encoded with the same underlying software as many cryptos.
What this means is that an NFT is not fungible: each one is unique. And if one has been sold, there can be no other exactly like it. This makes them similar to...
What is the Ethereum difficulty bomb?
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The Ethereum network is facing its own version of a “difficulty bomb” that will start to slow down the current blockchain system. The Difficulty Bomb is a difficulty adjustment algorithm that is designed to make block mining more difficult over time. It was originally implemented with the goal of incentivizing miners to switch to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mining.
The difficulty bomb was first announced in 2015 and was originally set to go live...
Web3
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In short, Web3 is about taking back some control from the tech giants that dominate today’s web.
Web3 is a movement to make the internet more secure, private, and powerful for its users. It’s about giving you the option to control your data and how you interact with the web, instead of being bombarded with ads or tracked by third parties. It’s also about making you feel more secure when you’re online, whether that...





