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Ethereum's Istanbul Upgrade Arrives Early, Causes Testnet Split
Ethereum's "Istanbul" system-wide upgrade, or hard fork, arrived two days earlier than expected – causing miner confusion.
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Coinbase Is Using an Ethereum Upgrade to Help Merchants Accept USDC
Coinbase Commerce is putting ethereum's latest systemwide upgrade, Constantinople, to the test.
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Ethereum's ProgPoW Mining Change to Be Considered for Istanbul Upgrade
The code designed to enact ethereum’s next system-wide upgrade, Istanbul, may feature the inclusion of a controversial mining algorithm said to allow for broader participation...
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Ethereum Block Count Spikes as Difficulty Bomb Diffuses on Schedule
Block creation numbers on the ethereum blockchain are back on the rise after a successful roll out of the Constantinople and St. Petersburg hard forks.
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Constantinople Incoming: Today's Two Ethereum Hard Forks Explained
Tomorrow is the big day for ethereum's sixth (and seventh) backwards-incompatible upgrade since mainnet launch back in 2015. Having faced a number of setbacks already, the hig...
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How the Coming Constantinople Hard Fork Could Stir Up Ether Markets
Ether price volatility could spike in the days ahead, courtesy of an upcoming ethereum upgrade scheduled for Thursday.
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Ethereum's Blockchain Is Once Again Feeling the 'Difficulty Bomb' Effect
Ethereum is being affected by the "difficulty bomb" embedded in the code, but this month's hard fork will ease the issue – for now.
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Take Two: Ethereum Is Getting Ready for the Constantinople Hard Fork Redo
The world's second largest blockchain by market capitalization is gearing up for a hard fork its tried to activate before called Constantinople. This time, developers are conf...
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Proof-of-Stake Could Lead to Crypto Banking. Let's Avoid That
"Staking as a service" is taking off. We need to think hard about what this means for crypto's evolution, warns Michael J. Casey.
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