Ethereum Watch

Advertisements TRON’s founder Justin Sun has opened up the feud between Ethereum (ETH) and TRON (TRX) again. Except this time, it’s become more personal: between Sun and Vitalik Buterin himself. The 2016 DAO hack is a seminal moment in Ethereum’s history, and there are valid points on many sides. However, Sun recently decided to dig […]

Advertisements Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, recently took aim at TRON. He believes that the project’s inherent “scamminess” has scared off R&D talent. TRON (TRX) is definitely among the most controversial cryptocurrencies in the entire cryptocurrency space. Its CEO, Justin Sun, takes just about any opportunity to shill his project—from Kobe Bryant’s death to […]

\n Advertisements The number of new altcoins and stablecoins being offered to the general public continues to increase. This is in spite of the fact that the Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) that started the altcoin craze have met mostly failure. Sorry, but, what is this garbage? pic.twitter.com/QSx6aTXAGq — snipe(); (@0xSnipe) January 18, 2020 The beginning […]

\n Advertisements As new terms slip into popular parlance, it is often difficult to keep track of the context within which they were first used. It should hardly come as a surprise, however, to learn that the phrase ‘Bitcoin Maximalist’ was initially popularized by none other than Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin. As highlighted via Twitter by […]

\n Advertisements In the past decade, the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry has gone from being the domain of computer engineers and coders to a widely recognized field brimming with potential and promise. However, although the industry has witnessed impressive growth fueled by the success of several cryptocurrencies and the platforms that facilitate their use, it […]

\n Advertisements It’s been confirmed that the mysterious 90,000 ETH sent to Kraken on Christmas Day was an Ethereum co-founder looking to quietly cash out. We now can say for sure that it was an Ethereum co-founder who tried to slyly sell off his ETH stash during the holiday. Yesterday, on Christmas day, over 204,000 […]

The Takeaway: Advertisements Moving ETH from the Ethereum 2.0 blockchain to the old ethereum blockchain may be possible in the early months (or years) after launch, new research suggests. Due to changes in data storage structure, recalling data to applications will become more expensive on the new network. Ethereum will soon lose the ability to […]

The Takeaway: Advertisements Ethereum’s creators now acknowledge the blockchain wasn’t built to scale as a mainstream transaction platform. A planned reboot meant to address some of those issues, known as Eth 2, is at least two years away. There is no plan for how or when to migrate tokens and smart contracts onto Eth 2, […]

The increased cost of transacting on the ethereum blockchain is hurting the software’s adoption, says project creator Vitalik Buterin. Advertisements Speaking with the Toronto Star this week, Butertin suggested projects that are considering whether to build on the technology will likely be butted out as the blockchain is overloaded with transactions, or in his words “almost […]

Sometimes, spreading the crypto gospel becomes a family business. Advertisements Natalia Ameline, mother of ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin and co-founder of the educational nonprofit CryptoChicks, is trying to establish blockchain literacy programs around the world. She told CoinDesk that CryptoChicks has run programs so far from Pakistan to Toronto with 608 students and young developers. […]