Buterin pitches solutions to Ethereum’s staking, block production issues
Buterin recommended capping the amount of Ether a user can stake and limiting staking penalties to 12.5% of staked Ether. Go to Source
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Marathon Digital mines $16M in Kaspa to diversify from Bitcoin
Marathon is looking to “capitalize on higher margins” possible with Kaspa mining — but one executive stressed the firm is in no way “pivoting” from its main focus, Bitcoin. Go to Source
Linea blockchain halt highlights slow decentralization of Ethereum L2s
Linea said it halted the sequencer as a “last resort” action to prevent additional funds from bridging out but intends to decentralize in the near future. Go to Source
Zilliqa battles back-to-back network disruptions amid latest upgrade rollout
Following a series of network disruptions, Zilliqa has restored network functionality and is focused on debugging amid its v9.3.4 network upgrade. Go to Source
Blast Network Temporarily Halts Amid Dencun Upgrade; Fix Deployed
Blast, a new Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling solution, paused its block production due to issues arising from the recent Dencun upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet, with its team diligently seeking a fix. Since launching its mainnet on Feb. 29, 2024, and amassing billions in crypto assets through its Ethereum bridge, the project has gained … Read more
Avalanche Blockchain Faces Outage Amid Inscription Wave: AVA Labs Investigates
The Avalanche blockchain has encountered a disruption due to a “stall in block finalization.” AVA Labs’ co-founder, Kevin Sekniqi, suggested that the problem might stem from a recent surge in inscriptions. Avalanche Hits Snag as Block Finalization Stall Disrupts Service Avalanche (AVAX) is grappling with a service interruption, echoing challenges previously seen on the Solana … Read more
Solana Blockchain Experiences Technical Glitch Causing Transaction Slowdowns
The Solana smart contract token network experienced a technical glitch on Saturday, February 25, 2023, known as a “large forking event,” causing transaction failures for some users. Solana’s incident report referred to it as “cluster instability” and indicated that a coordinated restart was launched to accelerate block finalization. Solana Blockchain Deals With ‘Large Forking Event’ … Read more
Polygon primed for hard fork aimed at reducing gas fee spikes: New details revealed
Polygon told Cointelegraph that the hard fork will take effect at block 38,189,056, which will be initiated without the influence of centralized actors. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Solana Network Suffers Another Outage — Cyber Capital Founder Says Downtime Is ‘Another Consequence of Bad Design’
The proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network Solana suffered another outage on September 30 and the network restart did not take effect until six hours later on October 1. Solana has suffered a myriad of network outages during the last year, and the blockchain’s latest downtime caused the network’s native currency to slide 4% lower against the … Read more
Ethereum Devs Successfully Complete Merge Shadow Fork With No ‘Client Incompatibility Issues’
Next week or roughly around four days from now, The Merge is expected to be implemented and Ethereum will transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). According to Ethereum developers, prior to the Paris upgrade, programmers successfully completed the 13th and last shadow fork. Ethereum’s 13th and Last Shadow Fork Is Complete On Friday, social … Read more
