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07.06 / 16:51

Web3 Consensus Consensus 2024: Crypto, Politics And More

Thousands of people in the cryptocurrency community gathered in Austin, Texas last week to attend Consensus 2024. The annual blockchain conference hosted by CoinDesk attracted 15,000 attendees, up from last year’s 10,000.

17.10 / 12:31

business Adoption Consensus Research DAO community Medicine DeSci-focused DAO community funds cancer research

VitaDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) collective dedicated to early-stage longevity research, funded the launch of a biotech company, Matrix Biosciences, which is dedicated to treating cancer and aging diseases.

12.06 / 07:39

Blockchain Ethereum proof-of-work Decentralization Consensus Stanford University Bitcoin stake How Bitcoin can help secure proof-of-stake blockchain protocols

The proof-of-work consensus mechanism of Bitcoin (BTC) could become a useful means of securing a variety of proof-of-stake (PoS) smart contract blockchain protocols thanks to efforts from a Stanford University professor.

22.05 / 06:41

Ethereum Consensus Proof-of-stake Staking Validator Vitalik Buterin warns against overloading Ethereum consensus

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a lengthy blog post warning of the dangers of “stretching” Ethereum's consensus past its core functions of validating blocks and securing the network.

04.05 / 13:59

Blockchain Ethereum Google MasterCard Consensus businesses regulatory Consensus 2023: Businesses show interest in Web3, despite US regulatory challenges

Consensus, the annual crypto and blockchain conference, attracted over 15,000 attendees, 220 sponsors and 410 speakers to its 2023 edition in Austin, Texas, despite recent regulatory struggles around cryptocurrency adoption in the United States.

27.04 / 21:57

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The launch of "Robinhood Connect," a fiat-to-crypto on-ramp featuring support for decentralized applications (DApps) and self-custody wallets, was announced at Consensus 2023 on April 27.

06.11 / 01:39

Liquidity proof-of-work Consensus Bitcoin Bitcoin could become the foundation of DeFi with more single-sided liquidity pools

For many years, Ethereum reigned supreme over the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape, with the blockchain serving as the destination of choice for many of the most innovative projects serving up their take on decentralized finance. More recently, however, DeFi projects have started to crop up across multiple ecosystems, challenging Ethereum’s hegemony. And, as we look to a future in which the technical problem of interoperability is solved, one unlikely contender for the role of DeFi power player emerges — Bitcoin (BTC).

12.08 / 06:35

Ethereum Adoption proof-of-work Consensus Coming sooner: ETH devs move up the date for Merge

The Ethereum Merge may be coming sooner than planned, after core developers announced a tentative Merge date of Sept. 15, which will see the blockchain transition to Proof-of-Stake.

09.08 / 05:53

Blockchain Ethereum Mining Consensus F2Pool F2Pool co-founder responds to allegations it's cheating the Ethereum POW system

F2Pool co-founder Chun Wang has responded to allegations that his mining pool has been manipulating Ethereum block timestamps to “obtain consistently higher mining rewards."

28.07 / 14:15

Ethereum Developers proof-of-work Consensus Ethereum dev confirms Goerli merger date, the final update before the Merge

The Ethereum mainnet is just one testnet merger away from officially transitioning to a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. After multiple shadow forks and testnet merges, the years-long journey has reached the final stage with the announcement of the final testnet merge to the Beacon chain.

28.07 / 09:03

Ethereum wallet transactions Consensus Experts yet to explain massive spike in ETH active addresses

On-chain metrics firm Santiment says it is still investigating the cause of a sudden surge of ETH active addresses, which have eclipsed the previous ATH by a whopping 48%

12.07 / 08:57

Blockchain Adoption Consensus Internet of Things network Helium Network Helium network team resolves consensus error after 4-hour outage

The Internet of Things (IoT) blockchain Helium shut down for about 4 hours on July 11 due to validator outages from a software update, causing delayed transaction finality.

01.07 / 20:09

Ethereum interview Consensus Bitcoin chess Bear market? “So what,” says World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov

Garry Kasparov, the Russian chess grandmaster and chair of the Human Rights Foundation, doesn’t appear at all bothered by the current crypto bear market. Kasparov, who is also a long-time Bitcoin supporter, told Cointelegraph during Consensus 2022 “so what” in regards to his thoughts on the bear market. Kasparov added that he thinks 99% of all coins are “crap,” yet he expressed that both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) are already integrated into traditional financial markets due to recent price fluctuations. He said:

15.06 / 17:37

Government Consensus Bitcoin The crypto industry must do more to promote encryption, says Meltem Demirors

“I like to call myself a future, or aspiring, cult leader,” Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of CoinShares — a publicly listed investment firm managing around $5 billion in assets — told Cointelegraph.

14.06 / 16:41

Stablecoin ETF Consensus Bitcoin Future Consensus 2022: Web3, unpacking regulations, and optimism for crypto’s future

“Everything is bigger in Texas” proved to be true during Consensus 2022. The crypto conference took place June 9–12 in Austin, Texas, this year, attracting 17,000 people from across the globe, despite the 100-degree plus weather. According to the event sponsors, Consensus 2018, which was held at the Hilton Hotel in New York, had previously drawn in almost 9,000 attendees.

13.06 / 08:41

Ethereum proof-of-work Consensus Proof-of-stake network Ethereum difficulty bomb delayed but network adoption still growing

Ethereum network developers have decided to delay the difficulty bomb, a major step leading up to the highly anticipated Merge upgrade for the layer-1 blockchain.

31.05 / 07:39

Ethereum proof-of-work Consensus Energy Consumption Testnet Ropsten Ethereum testnet ready for Merge ‘first dress rehearsal’

The Ropsten testnet on the Ethereum network is ready to set the stage for the “first dress rehearsal” of the Merge to adopt the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism.

25.05 / 08:51

Ethereum Mining proof-of-work Consensus Support OpenEthereum support ends with the Merge fast approaching

One of the most popular Ethereum (ETH) clients, OpenEthereum has ended support for its software in preparation for the upcoming Ethereum Merge.

02.05 / 07:45

Blockchain solana transactions Consensus network Solana suffers 7th outage in 2022 as bots invade the network

The Solana (SOL) network suffered a seven-hour outage overnight between April 30 and May 1 due to a large number of transactions from nonfungible token (NFT) minting bots.

15.03 / 05:29

Ethereum proof-of-work Consensus Test Testnet Ethereum 'Merge' edging closer with final Kiln testnet launch

The much-anticipated ‘Merge’ on the Ethereum network is another step closer to becoming a reality after the final public testnet Kiln launched to put it through its paces.

19.12 / 08:55

business Blockchain Ethereum Consensus approved Uniswap v3 contracts deployment on Polygon approved with 99.3% consensus

The Uniswap community has approved the governance proposal that sought deployment of Uniswap v3 contracts over the Polygon PoS Chain. The approval comes in the form of an on-chain vote that saw the participation of over 72.6 million users from the community.

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