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The Ethereum upgrade that introduced a partial network fee burning mechanism in August last year has launched on the layer-two scaling network Polygon. Ethereum’s EIP-1559 upgrade shipped with its London hard fork last summer and has been a success in terms of gas price predictability and network fee burning. The upgrade
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Ethereum-based layer two scaling network Polygon has quietly fixed a vulnerability that put almost $24 billion worth of its native token MATIC at risk. According to a Dec. 29 blog post from Polygon, the “critical” vulnerability in the network’s Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Genesis contract was first highlighted by two whitehat hackers
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Popular Ethereum-based privacy mixer Tornado Cash just got a major upgrade as part of a transition to a highly anticipated v3.On Wednesday Tornado Cash announced the launch of Nova, a major upgrade that will take the protocol to sidechain xDai, allow for variable deposits and withdrawals and enable privacy-preserving “shielded”
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The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade soon called “Arrow Glacier,” a change that aims to mimic the “Muir Glacier” upgrade. Essentially, Ethereum’s Arrow Glacier changes the parameters of the network’s Difficulty Bomb delay to June 2022. This will give the Ethereum network another six months until it
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has added a mirrored version of the Ethereum blockchain's native token Ether (ETH) to its crypto price index, just ahead of a key network upgrade on Dec. 10.Dubbed "ETH2," the symbol appeared to have been tracking the original Ether market data synchronously. For instance, the cost to
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Written by Wuille, Nick and Towns, BIP 341 proposed a new Segregated Witness (SegWit) version 1 output type, with spending rules based on Taproot, Schnorr signatures, and Merkle branches (part of the cryptographic scheme that generates the hashes that encode data on the blockchain.) SegWit, the previous major Bitcoin upgrade,
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XinFin is one of the most popular networks with millions of users connected all over the world. Its native major upgrade has gone live. XDC token ranks as the fastest-growing cryptocurrencies in the marketplace till today. With such popularity in the market, XinFin XDC Network was proudly released on 2nd
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Good morning, Here’s what’s happening this morning:Market Moves: Bitcoin’s highly anticipated Taproot upgrade fails to produce any noticeable price pop.Technician’s take: Short-term upside appears to be limited given the loss of positive momentum.Catch the latest episodes of CoinDesk TV for insightful interviews with crypto industry leaders and analysis.PricesBitcoin (BTC): $64,514
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Bitcoin advocates are celebrating the successful implementation of the Taproot upgrade after block height 709,632. The upgrade was highly anticipated as it was one of the biggest changes since the introduction of Segregated Witness (Segwit) in 2017. After the upgrade was completed, the Bitcoin community discussed the slew of benefits
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The Bitcoin (BTC) network successfully activated the Taproot soft fork following a 90% lock-in consensus from miners and mining pools between blocks 709,488 and 709,632. The milestone signifies the first major upgrade for Bitcoin since August 2017, which saw the launch of Bitcoin’s leading layer-two solution, the Lightning Network and
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