Margaux Nijkerk

Margaux Nijkerk

Margaux Nijkerk reports on the Ethereum protocol and L2s. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she has a masters in International Affairs & Economics. She holds a small amount of ETH and other altcoins.

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Blocks. (Desmond Marshall/ Unsplash)
Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Goes Live, But Fails to Finalize on Testnet
Developers said the missed finalization was likely due to an expected lack of participation and older network validators.
Blocks. (Desmond Marshall/ Unsplash)
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Gas Limit Boost, Bitcoin ETF Breakthrough, and Anti-Deepfake Alliances: What Lies Ahead in Crypto and Blockchain?
The proposed Ethereum gas limit increase holds the potential to enhance transaction throughput, coinciding with the significant milestone of the Bitcoin ETF debut, and in a pa...
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Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Proposes Gas Limit Increase
Ethereum's gas limit refers to the maximum amount of gas that can be expended in an individual block. A limit increase could improve network capacity and potentially reduce co...
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Screenshot from the new "Verify" tool showing a successful authentication – with transaction hash – of a Fox News article. (VerifyMedia/CoinDesk)
Fox, Polygon Release Blockchain-Powered Tool 'Verify' to Weed Out Deepfakes
"Verify" is an open-source protocol built on Polygon's PoS blockchain, specifically used to establish the origin and history of registered media.
Screenshot from the new "Verify" tool showing a successful authentication – with transaction hash – of a Fox News article. (VerifyMedia/CoinDesk)
Ethereum has a backlog of validators waiting to exit the chain. (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Ethereum Validators Forced to Wait Days to Unstake Amid Celsius Withdraws
This means there is now a 5.6 day wait for validators to exit the Ethereum blockchain.
Ethereum has a backlog of validators waiting to exit the chain. (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
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Solana: Boom Times or Blip?
Vitalik Buterin unveils the latest iteration of the Ethereum ecosystem roadmap, Dencun is introduced as the transformative upgrade, while Solana garners increased momentum.
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL — 2024 Predictions | Exploring Projects, New Technologies, and Industry Trends
Spotlighting groundbreaking projects that are commitment to the industry's progress, ongoing innovation and adaptability.
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Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, namesake for "proto-danksharding," a major component of Ethereum's upcoming "Dencun" upgrade. (Bradley Keoun)
Ethereum Developers Target January for First Testnet Deployment of Next Big Upgrade, 'Dencun'
Developers also penciled in the end of February as a soft target for the upgrade to hit the main Ethereum blockchain.
Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, namesake for "proto-danksharding," a major component of Ethereum's upcoming "Dencun" upgrade. (Bradley Keoun)
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HOLIDAY SPECIAL — Year In Review | Exploring Events, New Technologies, and Industry Trends
We are going back in our archives for this year prior to this podcast to share some stories that we think are special.
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Avail founder Anurag Arjun (Avail)
Celestia Rival Avail Inks Agreement With Starkware as Blockchain Data Race Heats Up
Avail's new "data availability" solution, currently in testing, and Madara, which is Starkware's sequencer, are both expected to go live in early 2024. They might be used in c...
Avail founder Anurag Arjun (Avail)