Valid Points: The Challenge of Decentralized Staking Pools on Eth 2.0
Christine Kim breaks down what an Ethereum 2.0 validator really is and potential changes to withdrawal credentials for validator rewards.
Users Decide Bitcoin’s Consensus, but What Is a Bitcoin ‘User’?
“If users decide Bitcoin’s consensus, what is a Bitcoin user?” Bitcoin developers weighed in on the question at Consensus 2021.
CryptoKickers Is Bringing NFT Sneakers to the Hypebeasts of the Metaverse
Sneakerheads and non-fungible token (NFT) enthusiasts alike may soon find themselves drawn to CryptoKickers’ new Sole Selector project.
Cardano prepares to scale with Hydra upgrade as network reaches 2M wallets
The Cardano Foundation seeks to scale the network following increased levels of adoption.
Blockstream Rolls Out a Bitcoin Lightning Node for N00bs
Blockstream announces the release of Greenlight, which it says enables non-technical users to set up their own Lightning nodes.
Infrastructure platform Quicknode raises $35M in Series A financing
QuickNode completes a successful $35M Series A with Tiger Global leading the round.
Valid Points: New Deposits to Ethereum 2.0 Reach Record High in May
Eth 2.0 deposits hit a record high last month, and now the first Ethereum node has launched into outer space where it resides aboard the ISS.
What Is a ‘Semi-Fungible’ Crypto Token?
The creation of ERC-1155 marked the arrival of semi-fungible tokens, a type of digital asset that starts off fungible and becomes non-fungible.
Blockchain technology can make micropayments finally functional
Micropayments on the blockchain can enable not only the monetization of certain aspects of businesses but also assist society’s most vulnerable.
Polkadot’s Gavin Wood: WebAssembly Is the Future of Smart Contracts, but ‘Legacy’ EVM Is...
“It's super important to support these legacy protocols, these legacy languages,” says the Polkadot founder and former Ethereum developer.