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Christine Kim

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Christine is a research analyst for CoinDesk. She focusses on producing data-driven insights about the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Prior to her role as a research analyst, Christine was a tech reporter for CoinDesk mainly covering developments on the ethereum blockchain. Cryptocurrency holdings: None.

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The Need for Centralization in Times of Crisis, Ethereum Dodges a Bullet
CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss a “severe threat” against Ethereum that was recently fixed and disclosed by non-profit organization the Ethereum...
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By Christine KimBen Edgington
May 27, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
May 27, 2021
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Valid Points: The Risks and Rewards of Sharding
A sharded blockchain enables blockchain capacity and transaction throughput to increase along with the number of nodes, such that scalability does not sacrifice network decent...
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By Christine Kim
May 26, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
May 26, 2021
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Ethereum’s ‘Hard’ Governance Process Is a Feature, Not a Bug, Says Tim Beiko
Christine Kim shares her Ethereum market, tech and community update picks for this week and welcomes special guest Tim Beiko who recently took over as chair of the bi-weekly...
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By Christine KimBen Edgington
May 20, 2021 at 3:50 p.m. UTC
May 20, 2021
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Valid Points: What Eth 2.0 Validators Can Expect After the 'Altair' Upgrade
The Eth 2.0 network is preparing to take its training wheels off.
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By Christine Kim
May 19, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
May 19, 2021
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The Intersection of Eth 2.0 Validating and Cloud Computing Explained
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the security and running costs of CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 staking operations with special...
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By Christine KimBen Edgington
May 13, 2021 at 12:31 p.m. UTC
May 13, 2021
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Valid Points: MEV on Eth 2.0: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Greater variance in validator income raises important questions about the dynamics of staking on Ethereum under PoS.
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By Christine Kim
May 12, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
May 12, 2021
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Staking on Ethereum Is About to Get More Lucrative. Here’s Why
In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the future of validator rewards post-merge to proof-of-stake (PoS) and the significance o...
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By Christine KimBen Edgington
May 6, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. UTC
May 6, 2021
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Valid Points: Eth 2.0 Validators Earn Record $3M as ETH Soars Past $3K
ETH hit several new all-time price highs this past week as developers made progress with their plans to expedite the merging of Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0.
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By Christine Kim
May 5, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
May 5, 2021
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‘When One Client Dominates’: A Case Study of the First Major Incident on Eth 2.0
What caused 70% of validators on Ethereum 2.0 to stop producing blocks on the network and the important takeaways for protocol developers in light of this event. Also, the up...
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By Christine KimBen Edgington
Apr 29, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 29, 2021
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Valid Points: More Ethereum Upgrades to Come After Proof of Stake, Buterin Says
The Ethereum 2.0 network had its first major incident on Saturday; Vitalik projects many more upgrades in Ethereum's post-merge future
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By Christine Kim
Apr 28, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Apr 28, 2021
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