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Bitcoin.com Exchange to List Aspire and Aspire Gas as Newest Digital Asset Creation Platform Comes to Market
30.9.2020
Aspire (ASP) is the first digital asset creation platform to resist both mining exploits and 51 percent attacks common to proof-of-work blockchains. Its fees are a tiny fraction of creating assets on Ethereum or other platforms due to its innovative Aspire Gas (GASP) blockchain Both tokens will...
Spikes in gas prices slowing growth of new NFT marketplaces
27.9.2020
New NFT marketplaces may even leave Ethereum altogether to deal with high gas fees
Why Top Global Brands Like the NBA and UFC Choose Dapper Labs’ Flow Blockchain
24.9.2020
Developed by the team behind some of the most successful crypto applications in the world, Flow is a blockchain re-designed from the ground up to be user- and developer-friendly as well as modular and future-proof. The network is already being used to develop digital collectibles offerings for...
DeFi projects rush towards Layer 2 as Ethereum clogs up
24.9.2020
Leading DeFi protocols are rushing to implement Layer 2 to ease the burden of high gas fees
Publicly Listed Energy Firm Equinor Exploits Gas Flaring in North Dakota to Mine Bitcoin
21.9.2020
Just recently, the firm Arcane Research recently revealed a number of screenshots from the publicly traded energy firm, Equinor. The pictures show the multinational company leveraging natural gas flaring to power bitcoin mining operations. In recent years, using the unorthodox gas flaring scheme...
Party at Vitalik’s House? For DeFi, it’s Do-or-Die
20.9.2020
Ethereum gas prices have set new records, with single DeFi transactions costing over $10 in fees. High fees are the result of congestion, as users pay ever higher fees to ensure their transaction gets into a block. As DeFi takes off, the price of gas on Ethereum threatens its future. Or does it?...
Ethereum’s Gas Spike Forces Coinbase Pro to Pass Network Fees to Customers
19.9.2020
While Ethereum network fees have jumped to new highs this year, the popular cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Pro, announced that the trading platform would be passing network fees onto customers. The move followed the exchange listing Uniswap’s native token UNI, an airdrop that saw miners...
Coinbase Pro passes gas fees to users as ETH miner revenue hits 5 year high
18.9.2020
Following Uniswap’s UNI token launch, Ethereum transaction fees spiked to almost $1 million an hour
Ethereum Gas Fees Drive Gnosis-Powered Prediction Market to xDai’s Layer 2
17.9.2020
"Ethereum is on the way to becoming a whale chain," said Gnosis co-founder Stefan George. That's why his team's tech is moving to xDai
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Passes $10.7K; Ethereum Gas Usage Hits Record September Highs
14.9.2020
Bitcoin's price hit its highest level in over 10 days while gas on Ethereum is in record use
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Passes $10.7K; Ethereum Gas Usage Hits Record September Highs
14.9.2020
Bitcoin's price hit its highest level in over 10 days while gas on Ethereum is in record use
Ethereum scalability issues exposed as high gas fees stall DeFi boom
10.9.2020
Despite Ethereum’s proposal to fix its high fees, some feel that more needs to be done to improve the network
Defi Trader Pockets $250k From Bug Exploit, Hints at Possible Exit Scam by $SYFI Devs
10.9.2020
An anonymous Defi trader says he gained almost $250 000 after inadvertently exploiting a rebase bug embedded in the $SYFI Defi token. The trader, who insists he had no prior knowledge about the bug, got this reward after staking an initial investment of 0.5 ETH or about $175 at current prices. In...
A recap of last week’s ‘DeFi Marathon’ hosted by CT China
9.9.2020
China looks into DeFi
Ethereum Developers Weigh Gas Rule Change to Ease Fee Pressure
7.9.2020
As Ethereum fees soar, a proposal to nix “gas tokens,” which let users prepay fees when they’re cheap and spend them later, is getting renewed attention
Declining ETH Gas Cost Still Higher Than BTC Fees: Supporters Insists ETH 2.0 to End High Fee Woe
7.9.2020
Ethereum network gas fees that averaged $15.13 on September 2 have been declining in the past four days ending the day at $3.43, according to Token View charts. At that cost, ethereum fees are still ahead of those on the Bitcoin network that averaged $2.75 on September 6. The highest average daily...
DeFi experts say that Ethereum 2.0 is not the answer to high gas fees
6.9.2020
A better solution might come up before it even exists
Defi Boom Fueling ETH Gas Fees, Threatens Viability of Smart Contracts
5.9.2020
Growing Ethereum network transaction fees, which touched new highs recently, are a direct consequence of the increasing number of defi projects and yield farming. Yield farmers need to pay ETH for transactions like moving funds in and out of pools. The increased number of yield farmers leads...
Ethereum devs discuss gas optimizations, but it will probably be too little too late
4.9.2020
Developers see the problem, but there is little they can do right now
Around the Crypto World in 15 Charts: CoinDesk Research’s August Review
2.9.2020
In 15 charts, the CoinDesk Monthly Review for August details BTC's performance, its relationship to fiat currencies and Ethereum’s growing congestion problem