dYdX completes the launch of its layer 1 proof-of-stake blockchain with the creation of its genesis block by chain validators.
Investor Demand for Ether Staking Yields Has Slowed: Coinbase
Staking yields have dropped to 3.5% from above 5% in the last few months, the report said.
Ethereum Has Nearly Cleared Out Validator Queue, a Sign of Weak Staking Demand
The waiting time to deploy new validators to the Ethereum network has diminished to just five hours from a peak of 45 days in early June.
Ethereum Staking Surges to 7.4M ETH and Counting
How Ethereum Staking Stacks Up in the Proof-of-Stake Landscape
Why is Ethereum the best bet for staking investors? Answer: because it combats inflation.
Staking Risks Are Vastly Misunderstood
Coinbase Inadvertently Earned $1M Due to Hack, but Hasn’t Reimbursed Victims
Coinbase received 570 ETH, the second-largest payout tied to MEV in Ethereum’s history, to process transactions related to the Curve exploit.
Hello Holesky, Ethereum’s Newest Testnet
The new network comes after years of growth for Ethereum’s developer community, and will replace the Goerli testnet.
Ethereum staking services agree to 22% limit of all validators
The 22% self-limit rule ensures at least four major staking entities would need to collude in order for the chain to reach finalization.
Google Cloud Is Running a Validator on Celo Network
The cloud service joins Deutsche Telekom and other ecosystem contributors to participate in validating the Celo platform.
Curve Debacle Triggers Transaction Frenzy, Sending Ethereum ‘MEV’ Rewards to Record High
On July 30, over 6,000 ETH ($11M worth) in so-called Maximal Extractable Value rewards were paid out to Ethereum validators, the most ever for a single day.
Ethereum logs $1M MEV block reward amid Curve Finance exploit
The highest recently generated block reward was 584 ETH, created by a MEV bot front-running transactions during the DeFi chaos.
Bitcoin Mining Is an Oligopoly, and Proof-of-Stake Isn’t Any Better
3 reasons why Ethereum’s market cap dominance is on the rise
Bitcoin dominance is rising, but so is Ethereum’s share of market dominance among its altcoin competitors. Cointelegraph explains why.
‘Distributed Validator Technology’ Marks Last Key Milestone in Ethereum’s Current Era
The technology known as DVT involves splitting a validator’s private key across several node operators. The goal is to increase the network’s resilience – while also protect the individual validators – by reducing single points of failure.
Vitalik Buterin warns against overloading Ethereum consensus
Buterin has advocated preserving Ethereum consensus minimalism and not overloading validators with other things.
Ethereum Briefly Stopped Finalizing Transactions. What Happened?
The loss in finality meant that blocks could have been tampered with, and while it isn’t supposed to affect end-user experiences, it did lead to some inconveniences for some applications.
Coinbase Works to Fix Wallet Support for Ethereum Staking Withdrawals Stuck in Limbo
According to Coinbase’s customer support, “Our systems currently do not support deposits to Coinbase ETH addresses from external validators… Funds may be stuck until we are able to support these transactions.”
PEPE Meme Coin Craze Spreads Wealth to Ethereum Validators Running Blockchain
As risk-taking crypto traders sought to make tremendous profits off of surging prices for the suddenly-hot PEPE, a resulting surge in transaction fees brought a windfall to validators running the Ethereum blockchain.
CoinDesk Validator ‘Zelda’ Successfully Exits Ethereum as Withdrawal Queue Shrinks to 9 Days
It took about 12 days for Zelda to fully exit the Ethereum blockchain. For any new staking withdrawal requests, the wait to get out has shrunk to nine days from 17 days.
