Bitcoin & Crypto News

Queridos amigos, It’s happening. Devcon is back! When we first announced that Devcon would take place in Bogotá, we spoke about all the city had to offer, and what we dreamed the event could become. Later this year, we will… Continue Reading →

A Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD) of 50000000000000000 has been selected for the Ropsten Merge. Stakers and node operators must manually override the TTD in both their execution and consensus layer clients before June 7, 2022. Proof-of-Work testnets can have volatile… Continue Reading →

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we check in on projects that are well underway – or already at the finish line. Read on to learn… Continue Reading →

A few weeks ago, we came together in Amsterdam for the first-ever Devconnect. Over eight days, members of the Ethereum community hosted events, intensive workshops, and enlightening talks. When we announced Devconnect, we envisioned the ecosystem coming together for depth-first… Continue Reading →

Ropsten will be the first longstanding testnet to run through The Merge A new Ropsten Beacon Chain was launched on May 30, 2022 to provide consensus to the network The Ropsten Beacon Chain will upgrade to merge-compatible protocol rules (Bellatrix)… Continue Reading →

the Ethereum consensus-layer – tl;dr ETHStaker/clr.fund Ethereum Staking CLR in progress! Don’t wait, 5 days left to contribute Data Availability Sampling is a hard but critical problem. Submit a proposal to the DAS RFP to get involved: $1.5M in funding… Continue Reading →

Protecting the Ethereum Protocol – The Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty Program is one of the earliest and longest running programs of its kind. It was launched in 2015 and targeted the Ethereum PoW mainnet and related software. In 2020, a… Continue Reading →

April 2022 – Today, we’ve published the EF report, which we hope helps the community understand what the Ethereum Foundation is, our core principles, and our vision of Ethereum as an infinite garden. Click here to read the full report,… Continue Reading →

Protecting the Ethereum consensus-layer – Over the past year, the Ethereum Foundation has significantly grown its team of dedicated security researchers and engineers. Members have joined from a variety of backgrounds ranging from cryptography, security architecture, risk management, exploit development… Continue Reading →

Protecting the Ethereum consensus-layer – Today, we disclosed the first set of vulnerabilities from the Ethereum Foundation’s Bug Bounty Programs. These vulnerabilities were previously discovered and reported directly to the Ethereum Foundation or client teams via the Bug Bounty Programs… Continue Reading →

We are excited to announce a new wave of grants to fund formal research that aims to create more knowledge about Ethereum, blockchain technology, and related domains. We encourage academics, research centers, PhD Students and all those interested in researching… Continue Reading →

In today’s roundup, we’re excited to feature four recipients from a recent Local Grants wave in Japan! We see Ethereum as an ever-growing, creative and inclusive playground, and it is our responsibility to let everyone keep playing. It’s not easy… Continue Reading →

Queridos Amigos, A few years ago, we outlined what Devcon was all about in the original version of this post, and spoke to our renewed focus on growing the Ethereum ecosystem. In this updated version, we’re excited to re-announce Devcon… Continue Reading →

This one’s a double header! Below you’ll find the lists of grantees from both Q3 and Q4 of 2021. A note on categories: where we once listed Ethereum 1.0/1.x or Ethereum 2.0, you’ll now see “Execution Layer” and “Consensus Layer”… Continue Reading →

In our last post, we outlined Devconnect as a week-long gathering that will feature independent Ethereum events, which aim to bring the Ethereum community together in smaller groups to talk, learn about, or make serious progress on specific subjects. Learn… Continue Reading →

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway – or already at the finish line. Read… Continue Reading →

Ethereum is a protocol undergoing significant changes. Client teams are upgrading the protocol to scale to meet global demand while improving security and decentralization. Beyond protocol development, a critical shift in Ethereum has been the movement away from ‘Eth1’ and… Continue Reading →

High fees have made life difficult for travelers through these Dark Forests. The Pools of Mem once clouded, now clarified by the filter of 1559, reveal that they are not deep enough to sustain. Legends tell of a society flourishing… Continue Reading →

A diverse set of clients is key to the Ethereum network’s health and decentralization. Diversity ensures that innovation continues at the base layer of the protocol, that the network is resilient in the face of potential attacks or bugs, and… Continue Reading →

In Sub-Saharan Africa, only 3% of 48 million smallholder farmers are insured. Owning 1 acre of land and earning approximately $1.40 per person per day characterize a smallholder farmer. Smallholder farmers often own a mixture of cash crops and subsistence… Continue Reading →