Category: Technology

No. of Ethereum nodes surpasses Bitcoin’s for the first time

Ethereum is booming and how. The so-called “world’s decentralized computer” has now surpassed Bitcoin in terms of the total nodes, new data showed. Ethereum’s node crusade Data from Ethereum node service and technology company Bitfly showed that the Ethereum network now has over 11137 active nodes, as per a tweet. Bitcoin, on the other hand,…

November 30, 2020
A Step-by-Step Guide to Splitting ABC Fork Tokens from Bitcoin Cash

On November 15, the Bitcoin Cash blockchain underwent a scheduled upgrade but also the chain saw a consensus split, and the network bisected into two. After the split, numerous users have been looking for methods in order to split their coins in order to store them separately or sell the unwanted tokens on an exchange.…

November 27, 2020
Avalanche’s (AVAX) bridge to Ethereum enters ‘final phase’ of testing

Avalanche, the highly-scalable, open-source platform for launching decentralized finance (DeFi) applications, has begun the final phase of testing of a bridge to connect its ecosystem to Ethereum, it said in a release shared with CryptoSlate. When deployed to the mainnet, the bridge will open a gateway for simple, secure transfers of assets between Avalanche and…

November 25, 2020
In India, a Clash of Digital Innovation and Internet Censorship

Among democracies, the Indian government tends to shut down the internet most frequently. Can crypto thrive in this environment?

November 25, 2020
Cardano introduces Smash, a new open-source stake pool metadata aggregation server

IOHK, the company behind Cardano, has introduced Smash—a new metadata framework that will act as a better and more accurate source of stake pool information. Smash is a server that can aggregate, fetch, and store stake pool metadata such as owner details, pool name, and homepage. As the server code is open-source and can be…

November 24, 2020
Exploring the idea of interoperability between Cardano and Litecoin

During the latest Litening Series webinar, the heads of the Litecoin Foundation explored the idea of introducing interoperability between Cardano and Litecoin. David Schwartz, the project director of the Litecoin Foundation, said that it was important to generate as much talk about this idea as possible, as having a bridge between Litecoin and Cardano wouldn’t…

November 23, 2020
Exploits and Flash Loans Are Just the Beginning, Defi Economy Is Less Private Than People Think

Decentralized finance otherwise known as defi has climbed significantly in value this year, as the total value locked (TVL) in defi today is over $14 billion. Meanwhile, numerous defi platforms are getting attacked with flash loans and there are so many new defi projects, it’s hard to keep track of them all. Moreover, while many…

November 22, 2020
Silk Road Bitcoin Seizure: Analytics Firm Claims Tokens Worth Millions Still Outstanding

Analytics firm Coinfirm says the US Department of Justice (DOJ)’s seizure of digital assets associated with the now-defunct Silk Road left behind tokens worth millions of dollars. According to Coinfirm, there are still valuable balances held on forked addresses originating from that wallet. On November 5, the DOJ announced that a hacker known as Individual…

November 21, 2020
Golem, one of Ethereum’s first ICOs, just announced its migration to ERC20

Golem announced its token migration earlier this week. The blockchain was one of the first ICOs on Ethereum, raising $8.6 million in 29 minutes and setting the precedent for thousands of other ICOs in the years since. Its token will now change from the current Golem Network Token (GNT) to GLM, an ERC20 compliant Ethereum…

November 21, 2020
Ethereum 2.0 Guide: Everything you need to know about ETH2 – launch phases, rewards, deposits, VMs, and testnets debunked

While the second iteration of Ethereum is becoming more tangible each day, some of the technical aspects of Eth 2.0 remain largely unknown. To bring the community up to date with what’s been accomplished and what’s yet to come, Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, and some of the network’s lead developers took to Reddit…

November 20, 2020