One Ethereum bull hopes the launch will help onboard a host of other crypto companies and financial institutions onto Ethereum. The Ethereum community appears to have taken a bullish view of Coinbase’s newly announced layer-2 network, Base, which has been described as a “massive confidence vote” and a “watershed moment” for the blockchain network. Secured…
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This month, the Cardano ecosystem team is getting ready to release a software toolkit that will let developers build their own sidechains. On January 12, Input Output Global (IOG), a blockchain engineering firm created by Charles Hoskinson and formerly known as Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), made the announcement. The official technical documentation for the…
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According to an announcement from Ripple’s core development team Ripplex, developers have introduced the first step toward Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility with the XRP-based sidechain XRPL. The XRPL is now live on Devnet and developers can “assess available technologies,” alongside deploying “existing Solidity apps on the EVM sidechain.” Ripple Core Developers and Peersyst Reveal…
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During the last few months, the Smartbch project has swelled with numerous projects, custom tokens, and the total-value locked (TVL) in five Smartbch decentralized exchange (dex) platforms has jumped more than 180% since November 3. Smartbch Defi TVL Climbs 180% in a Month — Bitcoin Cash Universe Now Has 5 Dex Platforms Eight months ago,…
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On Tuesday, cryptocurrency supporters on social media and forums discussed Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain product as block signing had been down for over 20 hours. While Blockstream had noted the sidechain was undergoing a hard fork upgrade planned for October 5, a number of crypto proponents still scorned the project for being hypocritical toward blockchains like…
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Chainlink is rolling out support for xDai, a layer-two sidechain whose perceived centralization hasn’t stopped major DApp players. Chainlink (LINK) oracles have made their way to xDai, an Ethereum sidechain that has seen growing adoption among DApp developers who cannot afford to stay on the Ethereum mainnet. As announced by Chainlink on Thursday, its price…
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IOVLabs wants to improve on Ethereum’s meta-transaction adoption. Bitcoin’s smart-contract-enabled sidechain RSK is introducing the concept of meta-transactions, which allow third parties to pay for a user’s transaction fees. Announced on Thursday, the “RIF Enveloping” solution enables wallet providers to pay for their users’ transactions. Paying transaction fees is currently a major bottleneck in the…
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Blockstream’s Liquid Federation welcomed 10 new members — comprising notable crypto exchanges and custody providers. Blockstream’s Liquid sidechain settlement network welcomed 10 new members to the Liquid Federation on March 27. The new additions bring the Liquid Federation’s membership up to 45 — including crypto exchange trading desks, and financial institutions. New members come from…
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Industry experts tell Cointelegraph about the latest cryptography innovations and how they will influence the future of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies could not exist without cryptography. Advances in this field can have far-reaching impacts on blockchain technology and its potential. We will examine the opinions of industry experts on the latest cryptographic advances and their potential for…
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