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'Dumb' Blockchains Keep Gaing Adoption, Gold Is 'Lame' - Vitalik Buterin
28.12.2020
We live in a world where blockchains and cryptocurrencies are well poised to play an important part, though for reasons much more complex than many people think and it has "as much to do with cultural forces as anything financial," according to Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin...
Why contests are better than grants for a healthy crypto community
20.12.2020
Grant programs have their flaws — they often lack transparency and shut out good ideas. Here’s why contests are a compelling alternative
'Be my Santa, please' — Chainlink user offers $13K reward to fix $50K mistake
16.12.2020
"I have already done hundreds of transactions on the ETH chain and by one oversight, rush, and my son's lessons, I lost my life savings."
Crypto users split on taking out loans to buy Bitcoin dips
14.12.2020
Some crypto investors are willing to risk extensive financial obligations for a chance to get into Bitcoin
Buterin Warns Followers Not to Take Out Personal Loans to Buy Crypto
14.12.2020
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin took to Twitter to warn his followers not to take personal loans to purchase cryptocurrencies
Vitalik Buterin Warns Current Crypto Wallets Are Not Ready for Mainstream Adoption
12.12.2020
The cofounder of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency, ethereum, warned about crypto wallet vulnerabilities, claiming the tools are not ready for widespread adoption and encouraged to open more discussions on security matters. Buterin Calls for More User-Friendly Crypto Wallets...
Vitalik Buterin expects lots of ways to exchange CBDCs for crypto
9.12.2020
Ethereum co-founder believes that CBDCs are good for macroeconomics, but there are also certain challenges
Vitalik Buterin outlines next steps for Ethereum after Beacon Chain launch
2.12.2020
A lot of the work is done in parallel, meaning scalability is closer than it seems
Hash War: Mystery Miner’s Empty Block Attack Makes ABC’s New Blockchain Almost Unusable
28.11.2020
According to various reports, the Bitcoin ABC pro-IFP chain has been under ‘attack’ for a number of consecutive days now. The mystery miner has been mining a great number of sequential blocks, but almost all of them have been empty. The miner who calls himself...
Bitcoin fees remain low despite price surge but Vitalik says they could soar
26.11.2020
Bitcoin transaction fees are less than 10% of their 2017 highs, but Vitalik Buterin believes it’s only a matter of time before they soar back up
Battle of the Gigabrains: Vitalik Buterin to match wits with chess master
22.11.2020
Prediction market activity shows that few bettors think Vitalik Buterin has a chance against the Canadian master
Join BlockShow, part of the FinTech Festival backed by Monetary Authority of Singapore
19.11.2020
BlockShow 2020 at Singapore FinTech Festival to reflect on achievements of blockchain and how the mainstream finance industry is starting to accept blockchain and digital currency tech
ETH 2.0 benefits will come faster than people expect, Vitalik says in AMA
18.11.2020
During a recent Ethereum Foundation AMA, Vitalik Buterin explained his expectations for Ethereum 2.0
ETH 2.0 Scheduled for December, Vitalik Deposits $1.4M Worth of Ether Into Phase 0 Contract
7.11.2020
This December the cryptocurrency community may see the first introductory phase of the highly anticipated Ethereum 2.0 consensus change. On Wednesday, the Ethereum Foundation published ETH 2.0 specifications explaining how the genesis phase will be invoked. Moreover, on November 5, Ethereum’s...
Vitalik Buterin Leads By Example, Stakes USD 1m in Ethereum + More News
6.11.2020
Vitalik Buterin. Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has sent ETH 3,200, currently worth USD 1.2m, to the recently launched...
Vitalik Buterin Sends $1.4M of Ether in Preparation for Ethereum 2.0 Staking
6.11.2020
Stakes are growing as the next iteration of the blockchain network, Ethereum 2.0, launches in just weeks
Ethereum 2.0 Countdown Begins With Release of Deposit Contract
4.11.2020
Ethereum 2.0’s deposit contract is now live, heralding the imminent unveiling of the "world computer's" second act
Vitalik Buterin ventures three reasons why prediction markets are pro-Trump
3.11.2020
Buterin asks whether crypto prediction markets reflect the wisdom of the crowd or are they skewed by illiquidity and/or the political bias of their social base
Vitalik Buterin Not Sure 'When ETH 2.0' but Says Clients Can Launch it Alone
27.10.2020
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin does not know when the second iteration of the network might be going live, but said that, in theory, clients can launch it on their own.
One of the most asked questions in the crypto space, particularly this year, has been "when ETH 2.0"? After...
Almost 1M Ether would have been burnt in past year if fee proposal approved
16.10.2020
The long awaited EIP-1559 would have seen almost 1 million ETH burnt in the last 365 days if it had been implemented, but miners are yet to get on board