Category: Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin shares positive outlook on the establishment of crypto cities

In a blog post published on Sunday, Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin voiced his support for utilizing the cryptocurrency phenomena to serve the interests of local governments and their citizens. Specifically, Buterin discussed the formation of city tokens and decentralized autonomous organizations, known as DAOs. DAOs are self-governing organizations where users draft and enforce rules

Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: What is a testnet?

Cointelegraph is following the development of an entirely new blockchain from inception to mainnet and beyond through its series, Inside the Blockchain Developer’s Mind. In previous parts, Andrew Levine of Koinos Group discussed some of the challenges the team has faced since identifying the key issues they intend to solve and outlined three of the

Over $3,000,000,000 Worth of ETH Torched Since Ethereum Hard Fork Upgrade in August

Data from the Ethereum on-chain tracking tool Etherchain shows that the leading smart contract platform has destroyed hundreds of thousands of ETH since the London hard fork went live on August 5th. The London hard fork implemented the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559, which introduced a fee-burning protocol to the Ethereum network that permanently torches

Bakkt stock goes parabolic, GBTC outpaces BITO ETF and Tom Brady offers 1 BTC for 600th touchdown ball: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 24-30

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Bakkt shares skyrocket after partnering with Mastercard and Fiserv On

Bitcoin eyes third weekly close above $60K as Ethereum fuels new altcoin market cap record

Bitcoin (BTC) preserved $61,000 into the weekend after “aggressive” buying on Coinbase sparked multi-day highs. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Coinbase BTC buyers step up Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD cooling overnight after briefly challenging $63,000. Friday saw strong performance after U.S. traditional markets opened, helping lift Bitcoin to

Blockchain technology can make micropayments finally functional

I recently came across Marc Andreessen’s article from 2014 on Bitcoin (BTC). In many ways, it is visionary (no surprise). I have been in the industry for four years now, with most of my focus being on the social impact of blockchain. It is astonishing to me that in 2014, before there was any institutional