Transactions attributed to the Runes protocol accounted for over 50% of all Bitcoin transactions between April 20 and 24; however, by May 2, this figure had dropped to 11.1%.
Vitalik Buterin advocates for zero-knowledge “Likes” on social media in pursuit of combatting preference falsification.
Buterin’s comments reference new research indicating most humans can no longer tell when they’re talking to a machine.
In a significant move to commemorate Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s historic SHIB token burn, Shiba Inu partner K9 Finance, the project’s official liquid staking productm has announced its plans to burn 410 million KNINE tokens, which has garnered widespread attention and appreciation within the cryptocurrency community. Vitalik Buterin’s Shiba Inu Burn Inspires K9 Finance to […]
In a statement on X that counters the prevailing wisdom among crypto enthusiasts, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has recently expressed reservations about the reliance on hardware wallets for securing digital assets. Buterin’s commentary emerged during a broader conversation on crypto security, which featured insights from several leading figures from the Ethereum ecosystem. Why The Ethereum […]
Vitalik Buterin, the enigmatic co-founder of Ethereum, sent shockwaves through the crypto Twittersphere this past weekend with a series of seemingly nonsensical equations. The equations, which defied basic arithmetic (think 2 + 2 = 0), left many scratching their heads and fearing a break in the very fabric of mathematics. However, as it turns out, […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said the issues with ZKasino were evidence that the term “Zero-Knowledge (ZK)” has gained enough prominence in the industry to attract misuse by fraudulent actors. Buterin’s comment followed revelations that the blockchain-based gambling platform rugged its users — resulting in the loss of roughly $33 million worth of Ethereum (ETH). According to […]
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Railgun has allegedly processed transactions from sanctioned threat actors, although the protocol has categorically denied involvement.
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In an in-depth exploration of Ethereum’s future, co-founder Vitalik Buterin has detailed an ambitious set of initiatives aimed at refining the protocol and easing the burden on node operators. Dubbed “The Purge,” this multifaceted plan targets the removal of obsolete functionalities and the introduction of several Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) to streamline the network’s operations […]
In what might be an April Fools' Day prank, Ethereum co-founder talks about an ideological model combining chaos and common good.
Metaverse tokens have a $18 billion market cap, but we're not quite at Ready Player One yet.
Elon Musk, the tech magnate behind SpaceX and Tesla, has raised questions about Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s apparent retreat from X, the platform Musk acquired in 2022 for $44 billion. The conversation was sparked by a post from “Autism Capital,” a crypto influencer with significant clout in the crypto dialogue, who lamented Buterin’s reduced engagement […]
The Dencun hard fork has drastically reduced costs for Ethereum layer-2s, but the ecosystem needs more infrastructure to unify rollups, says Anurag Arjun.
A few users on X lauded Buterin for promoting open-source software. However, a few others also pointed out that Linux has its own share of issues.
Verkle Trees form part of Ethereum’s post-Merge roadmap, promising smaller proof sizes and lower hardware requirements for nodes.
In this issue of CoinDesk's weekly newsletter on blockchain technology, we bring you Sam Kessler's scoop on MetaMask's in-development "intents" feature that could revolutionize how users interact with blockchains. Also: a post-mortem on Ethereum's unexpectedly ugly Dencun testnet upgrade – and a glimpse of one of the new data blobs.
Ethereum's gas limit refers to the maximum amount of gas that can be expended in an individual block. A limit increase could improve network capacity and potentially reduce costs for users.
During an Ask-Me-Anything (AMA) on Reddit, Vitalik Buterin suggested raising the Ethereum gas limit to 40 million to improve network throughput.
Four of the five biggest "block builders" on Ethereum are excluding transactions sanctioned by the U.S. government, according to new research.