Ethereum 2.0

Ethereum

Valid Points: The Challenge of Decentralized Staking Pools on Eth 2.0

Plus: Is the term Eth 2.0 'validator' a misnomer?

Tech  ·  16 June 2021
Newsletters

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 decentralization.

Tech  ·  26 May 2021
Ethereum

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.

Tech  ·  19 May 2021
Newsletters

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.

Tech  ·  5 May 2021
Ethereum

Berlin Hard Fork Is Now Live on Ethereum

The upgrade incorporates four optimizations aimed at gas efficiency and improved security.

Tech  ·  15 April 2021
Newsletters

Valid Points: Close to $9B Worth of Ether Is Now Staked on Eth 2.0

By most measures, Ethereum had an outstanding Q1.

Tech  ·  14 April 2021
Ethereum 2.0

Valid Points: Yes, Front-Running Will Still Exist on Ethereum 2.0

Also called “miner” extractable value, MEV is crypto’s version of Wall Street front-running.

Tech  ·  31 March 2021
Ethereum

Watch Out for These Risks Before Investing in Bitcoin or Ether

Twelve years after its creation, regulating bitcoin is still complicated in most countries. That's just one of the investment risks.

Markets  ·  12 March 2021
Newsletters

Valid Points: Why Ether Doesn’t Need a Supply Cap to Hedge Against Inflation

Contrary to popular opinion, ether’s unlimited coin supply does not disqualify its use case as a store of value.

Tech  ·  10 March 2021
CoinFlash

Ethereum 2.0 Staking Protocol StakeWise Raises $2M Ahead of Mainnet Launch

The project's staking pool is nearing launch after seven months of beta testing.

Business  ·  8 March 2021
Newsletters

Valid Points: How CME Ether Futures Work and Why They Matter

A financially settled and U.S. regulated ether futures product makes all the difference.

Tech  ·  17 February 2021
Coinbase

Coinbase Opens Waitlist for Ethereum 2.0 Staking

Coinbase is the latest exchange to offer staking services for the rebooted Ethereum network.

News  ·  16 February 2021
CoinFlash

Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Tops $5.5B in Staked Ether

The amount deposited represents 2.67% of Ethereum’s total supply.

Tech  ·  12 February 2021
Newsletters

Valid Points: What to Expect When Ethereum 2.0 Undergoes Its First ‘Hard Fork’

Here's what the impending Eth 2.0 hard fork means, and why Ethereum devs are still debating the “Ice Age.”

Tech  ·  27 January 2021