A proposal to change the blob gas target and max values on Ethereum comes seven months after blobs were introduced in the blockchain’s Dencun upgrade in March.
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Some analysts don’t see this as a centralization concern due to the Ethereum network’s underlying builder-proposer architecture.
“Solana is the biggest slap in the face” for Ether maximalists due to its monolithic scalability approach, according to the analyst.
Some of the “key goals” of The Surge are to achieve over 100,000 TPS across Ethereum and its layer 2s and to increase interoperability, says Vitalik Buterin.
Approximately $58 million has been lost from a cybersecurity breach at the lending protocol, one expert said.
Ethereum’s futures open interest hit a new all-time high, but data shows this feat is usually followed by an ETH price crash.
Institutional interest is increasing thanks to the capital efficiency introduced by restaking and liquid staking.
P2P aims to retain its lead among EigenLayer validators ahead of the protocol’s expected boost to restaking rewards.
After the launch of spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, investors eagerly await the potential debut of XRP and Solana ETFs, which could significantly impact crypto markets.
Gasless swaps could ease the DeFi onboarding process, bolstering mass crypto adoption among new holders.