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Zano Blockchain’s Hard Fork Facilitates Privacy Coin Creation, Introduces Confidential Assets

March 25, 2024

The Zano blockchain’s recently completed Zarcanum hard fork (HF4) will enable users and organizations to create custom tokenized assets that meet their specific needs. These custom tokenized assets or confidential assets, will be untraceable on the Zano blockchain. The team believes that without privacy and security, cryptocurrencies cannot achieve the much-hyped widespread adoption. Hosting Multiple…
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Polygon Leaps Towards Future With Successful Napoli Hard Fork

March 21, 2024

Polygon’s Napoli hard fork, incorporating the RIP-7212 upgrade, marks a significant advancement in interoperability with mainstream tech by introducing support for the elliptic curve digital signature algorithm commonly used across the internet. The upgrade also aligns with Ethereum’s recent Denchun hard fork improvements, enhancing block space efficiency, limiting self-destruct opcode scope, and reducing memory copying…
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ETHW Core Team Dissolved Just Weeks After Pleading for Funds to Maintain Servers

December 20, 2023

The Ethereum Proof of Work (ETHW) core development organization has been dissolved to help the protocol achieve full autonomy. In late November, the ETHW team pleaded for $200,000 in funding to maintain servers and recruit part-time engineers. ETHW Core team’s development approach has been criticized. Upholding PoW as the Chain’s Consensus On Dec. 18, the…
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Ethereum Hard Fork Coin ETHW Down More Than 95% Since The Merge

September 13, 2023

Nearly a year after Chandler Guo — the instigator of the Ethereum blockchain’s last hard fork — predicted its rise, the native coin of the breakaway Ethereum proof-of-work blockchain has plummeted by more than 95%. Ethereumpow (ETHW) now trades at a price less than 1% of the U.S. dollar value of ether. The team behind…
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BNB Chain hard fork to improve security and compatibility with EVM chains

August 10, 2023

Binance’s BNB Chain is set for two upgrades aimed at improving the finality of the network and compatibility with other EVM blockchains. Binance’s BNB Chain is set to undergo two hard forks in August 2023 to reduce the possibility of a malicious blockchain reorganization and increase compatibility with other Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain networks. The Plato…
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Temporary Transaction Finality Glitch Disrupts Ethereum Network for 25 Minutes, Developers Investigate the Cause

May 12, 2023

Ethereum had issues processing transactions on May 11, 2023, at around 4:13 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, and transaction finality issues lasted for roughly 25 minutes. Currently, developers do not know what caused the issue and the blockchain is now running normally. Ethereum Network Experiences Temporary Transaction Processing Issue The Ethereum blockchain was unable to…
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Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade Unlocks Staked Ether, Over 860K ETH Poised for Withdrawal, Price Surges 6%

April 13, 2023

On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time, Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade was successfully implemented, enabling validators to withdraw staked ether. Data reveals that more than 860,000 ether is poised for unlocking, and 77,000 ether is expected to be withdrawn on Thursday. Ether’s price has experienced a surge, rising 6% against the U.S. dollar…
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Ethereum’s Shapella hard fork executed on mainnet

April 13, 2023

After months of delays, Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their staked Ether and rewards from the Ethereum mainnet. The Shapella hard fork has officially been executed on the Ethereum mainnet — meaning that Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their staked Ether (ETH) from the Beacon Chain. The long-awaited upgrade took effect at 10:27 pm UTC…
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Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade to Enable Staking Withdrawals Set to Go Live on April 12

April 12, 2023

The Ethereum blockchain is set to undergo its next major update since the network switched from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake through The Merge. The upcoming upgrade, dubbed “Shapella,” which combines the Shanghai and Capella validator changes, is expected to take place on April 12, 2023. While most users will not be affected by the change, the…
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Ethereum core developers push Shanghai upgrade to early April

March 3, 2023

The final dress rehearsal for Shanghai has been slated for a March 14 launch, while the real thing will happen a few weeks later. Ethereum developers have pushed back the highly-anticipated Shanghai hard fork by approximately two weeks. Initially estimated for late March, the Shanghai upgrade will now likely be deployed sometime within the first two…
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