Ethereum EIP 1559 Introduced Into July Hard Fork Contrary to Miners’ Position

Ethereum EIP 1559 Introduced Into July Hard Fork Contrary to Miners’ Position

– – Proposal EIP-1559, which implies the burning of part of the transaction fees, will be part of the upcoming hard fork in July London… This decision was made following the results of the conference of the main developers, despite the dissatisfaction of the miners. EIP-1559 has been accepted into the London hard fork for … Read more

The user paid 25 ETH for the approval of the token on Uniswap

The user paid 25 ETH for the approval of the token on Uniswap

– – Uniswap decentralized exchange user paid 25 ETH (~ $ 37,000 at time of writing) to approve USDC stablecoin transactions. Andrew Redden, CTO of the Groundhog DeFi project, drew attention to this. Presenting: The most expensive approve https://t.co/WQvgjZWFug — Andrew Redden ????️ (@androolloyd) February 23, 2021 According to the data Etherscan, it took less … Read more

Ethereum price breaks $ 1500

Ethereum price breaks $ 1500

– – The second largest cryptocurrency in terms of capitalization, Ethereum, has updated its all-time high at around $ 1500. The chart below shows a strong upward price momentum amid a surge in trading volumes. Bitstamp’s 15-minute BTC / USD chart from TradingView. – With the price skyrocketing, Ethereum’s market capitalization approached $ 170 billion. … Read more

DeFi Project Synthetix Launches Ethereum Level 2 Optimism Solution

DeFi Project Synthetix Launches Ethereum Level 2 Optimism Solution

– – Synthetix platform for synthetic assets has carried out a preliminary launch of the second level Ethereum solution L2 Optimistic Ethereum (OΞ). Synthetix staking is now live on Optimistic Ethereum’s L2 mainnet! @optimismPBC https://t.co/zxGjJghWpW — Synthetix ⚔️ (@synthetix_io) January 15, 2021 Smart contracts of the Synthetix decentralized platform have been converted to the Optimistic … Read more

Berlin hardfork on Ethereum is scheduled for January 2021

Berlin hardfork on Ethereum is scheduled for January 2021

– – The Berlin update in the network of the second largest cryptocurrency by capitalization will take place approximately in a few months. About this Ethereum developers agreed during the next conference call. The hard fork is slated for January next year, following the December launch of Ethereum 2.0 phase zero. Within the framework of … Read more

Ethereum Developers Discuss Possibilities To Solve High Fees

Ethereum Developers Discuss Possibilities To Solve High Fees

– – Ethereum developers during the next conference call discussed the problem of a sharp increase in transaction fees and the possibility of solving it. Cointelegraph. Independent researcher Alexei Akhunov raised the issue of the role of gas tokens in the growth of transaction fees. According to him, in the mempool there are often many … Read more

Ethereum miners oppose 75% block reward reduction

Ethereum miners oppose 75% block reward reduction

– – Ethereum developers have proposed to reduce the block mining reward by 75%. The initiative met with criticism from miners. Proposal EIP-2878 published ConsenSys Managing Director John Lilik. The update is aimed at reducing ETH inflation and maintaining purchasing power. The block reward on the Ethereum network decreased twice: from 5 to 3 ETH … Read more