Ethereum Watch

On 6 January, Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin led a discussion on the Ethereum Research forum, a discussion where he outlined a model for scalable data chains without committees through fraud-proof-free data availability proofs. According to Buterin, fraud-proof-free data availability checking schemes preserve more of the properties of a traditional non-sharded blockchain. Advertisements “If a block […]

Ethereum Foundation, the non-profit organization that promotes and supports the development of Ethereum, has constantly been criticized for its transparency policy by both members of the ecosystem and outsiders. One of the most prominent figures who has been quite vocal about the policy, or lack thereof, is Bob Summerwill, the Executive Director of ETC Cooperative. […]

“Ether absolutely can be money if the community wants it to be,” remarked Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum, at the Ethereal Summit that took place in October 2019. The statement was made after Buterin was asked whether he believed if Ether could be a “global permissionless store of value asset that would be most functional.” […]

2019 has been crucial to the emergence of the crypto-derivatives market. Many industry experts believe that this sector would soon replicate “positive figures exhibited by the traditional market” as crypto-derivatives become more and more popular with institutional traders and investors continue to jump into the bandwagon. Advertisements For a long time, the derivatives space was […]

Etheruem, one of the largest smart contract platforms, will be seeing a transition to Ethereum 2.0 phase 0 in Q1 of 2020. The shift from a Proof-of-Work network to Proof-of-Stake has undoubtedly been one of the most awaited upgrades in the community as it aims to solve one of the main pain points – scalability. […]

Bitcoin and Ethereum recorded a lucrative first half in 2019, with many in the crypto-community attributing the performance of the market to the performance of these cryptos. Advertisements The second half of 2019 was far less exciting for the market, however, as both cryptos registered massive losses. In fact, Ethereum ended the year with a […]

One of the world’s premier cryptocurrency exchanges, Malta-based Binance, has announced initiating trading for BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, BUSD, and USDT against the Euro, on 3 January 2020, in line with its plans to facilitate more fiat gateways for the growing crypto-community. Advertisements The official announcement read, “Binance will open trading for BTC/EUR, ETH/EUR, BNB/EUR, […]

The last few months of 2019 were dominated by bearish sentiments as a host of major crypto-assets dropped below their year-to-date lows. However, it will be uncalled for if 2019 is labeled a poor year for the cryptocurrency market. Advertisements An influx of institutional investors and significantly improving adoption within the industry have highlighted an […]

Ethereum’s price in 2019 has seen a mix of highs and lows. After registering a growth of over 170 percent from January to 26 June, the world’s largest altcoin has now lost all of its positive gains this year after it recorded a depreciation of 8% on 16 December. At press time, Ethereum was priced […]

Bitcoin and XRP were the world’s largest virtual assets going into 2019. However, while Bitcoin continues to dominate the market over the year, Ethereum did manage to overtake XRP on the cryptocurrency charts. Advertisements Over the course of the last twelve months, Bitcoin and Ethereum have recorded a period of prolific performance, with the two […]