Ethereum Watch

Minutes after Russia announced a “special military operation” in Ukraine, effectively declaring war on the Eastern European country, Vitalik Buterin, a Russian-Canadian cofounder of the Ethethereum B blockchain, criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin on Twitter. Advertisements Buterin Speaks Out Buterin said on Wednesday evening that he was “very upset” by Putin’s choice to start a […]

Ethereum blockchain co-founder and prominent leader in cryptocurrency Vitalik Buterin said that investors might be experiencing a “crypto winter,” but it’s not all bad news for them. He went on to say this could lead up into another digital asset universe as prices are currently low enough, which would give opportunities with significant gains potential […]

Ever since the Ethereum network had launched its Beacon Chain for staking in December 2020, enthusiasts have waited for the day that the chain will finally be merged with Ethereum’s mainnet, giving way for the Proof of Stake consensus to be the only mechanism through which new ETH is created. While unfortunately, a specific date […]

Network congestion on the Ethereum network is a very real and present issue, which has in turn brought about more real and pressing issues. Users of the network, especially small-time investors, have drawn the short end of the stick with these issues as they are the most affected. With fees skyrocketing, carrying out small transactions […]

There are a lot of “what if” questions in crypto, and the 51% attack is a favorite one to revisit. Now, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has published his latest take on the matter, as he takes a look at the security of smaller chains. Advertisements Size isn’t everything In a Reddit thread, Buterin introduced the […]

The Ethereum 2.0 upgrades of the consensus layer built by multiple teams in the ecosystem promise to bring a “more scalabe, more secure, and more sustainable Ethereum”, and now Vitalik Buterin celebrates 1 year since the proof-of-stake Beacon Chain went live. Eth2 or Serenity aims to “support 1000s of transactions per second” so the high […]

Introducing the EIP NFTs. Only authors of finalized Ethereum Improvement Proposals can mint these new NFTs that represent their contributions to Ethereum as a whole. This is a way to, not only recognize, but retroactively fund the work of the developers and philosophers that make the Ethereum ecosystem what it is. How will the market […]

Key Takeaways Vitalik Buterin said that Ethereum “has to expand” beyond DeFi at EthCC. He discussed Ethereum’s potential as a base layer for decentralized social media, pointing out that Ethereum addresses could help users claim ownership of their identity. He also warned about that complex yield farming and token-related activities could lead to financial instability […]

A recent post on CryptoQuant by TemptingBeef has confirmed that the number of staked Ethereum on the ETH 2.0 deposit contract has now exceeded 100,000. This means that the number of staked ETH is now more than 5% of the amount of Ethereum that is currently in circulation. Advertisements Advertisements Chart showing the amount of […]

Advertisements Quick take: Bitfinex’s CTO has suggested that crypto exchanges should run their own Ethereum nodes His comments were a recommendation after Ethereum’s infrastructure provider, Infura, went offline Crypto exchanges were temporarily forced to suspend ETH and ERC20 token withdrawals after a chain split occurred The root cause of the Ethereum chain split has been […]