Category: Ethereum

Electronic music pioneer Aphex Twin sells NFT for $127K in Ether

Electronic music legend Aphex Twin is the latest artist to join the ongoing non-fungible token mania in the music industry. Richard D. James, popularly known as Aphex Twin, officially announced his own NFT release on major NFT platform Foundation on Saturday. I’m on @withFND 0x2B867e8B4EfDB9a792a5A9C5524B7f61CF143b4Ahttps://t.co/m8iEeChAzw — Aphex Twin (@AphexTwin) March 14, 2021 According to a

long-dormant MoonCats project rides NFT mania to the moon

As the profusion of new algorithmically-generated nonfungible token projects drives down the premium on digital rarity, digital history and being among the “firsts” has become a more reliable source of value. As a result, long-forgotten projects are being unearthed by on-chain sleuths, and yesterday they might have struck gold on their biggest find yet.  At

Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Says 100X Boost in ETH Transaction Throughput Imminent

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin reveals that his team may be only weeks away from mitigating the smart contract’s scaling issues. In an episode of the Tim Ferriss Show, Buterin explains that rollups could improve ETH’s scalability ahead of the much-anticipated ETH 2.0 launch. According to Buterin, the temporary fix to Ethereum’s network congestion issues could

Buterin helping to strategize against Ethereum 51% attack possibility

Ethereum developers recently proposed a network change called EIP-1559 — a proposal meant to combat the network’s rising transaction fees. Expected to take effect in July of this year, the move would send a part of every transaction fee to the Ethereum network itself. Ether allocated in this manner would then be burned, reducing the

Badger DAO to acquire ‘Badger.com’ domain for $300,000

The Badger DAO community is ‘sett’ to migrate to some new ‘diggs’: the decentralized finance project will shortly become the new owner of the “Badger.com” web domain.  In a Badger Improvement Proposal listed on governance forums today, BIP-43, BadgerDAO founder Chris Spadafora wrote that the new domain will “quickly increase the value [of the app]