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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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Polygon
Polygon Completes Hard Fork to Reduce Gas Fee Spikes, Disruptive Reorgs
The software upgrade to the Ethereum-scaling project went live on Tuesday and included two proposals from December that Polygon validator teams voted to approve.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Jan 17, 2023 at 4:42 p.m. UTC
Jan 17, 2023
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Tech
Polygon
Polygon’s Blockchain to Undergo Hard Fork
The software upgrade scheduled for Jan. 17 will address gas spikes and chain reorganization.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Jan 12, 2023 at 9:07 p.m. UTC
Jan 12, 2023
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Technology
Valid points
Ethereum Upgrade Could Make It Harder to Lose All Your Crypto
Account abstraction – a concept recently embraced by Visa – could make Ethereum wallets significantly more user friendly.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Jan 11, 2023 at 12:15 p.m. UTC
Jan 11, 2023
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Technology
Valid points
Ethereum in 2023: Here’s What to Look Forward To
Staked ETH withdrawals, scalability and more cool events are on the horizon for Ethereum.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Jan 4, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Jan 4, 2023
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Technology
Valid points
Is Ethereum’s Censorship Problem Taking a Turn?
New relayers and community efforts have contributed to a decline in censorship on the blockchain
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 21, 2022 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 21, 2022
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Blocknative has become one of Ethereum’s biggest block builders (Shutterstock)
Finance
Funding rounds
Web3 Infrastructure Firm Blocknative Raises $15M for Ethereum Block Building Market
The funding round was led by Blockchain Capital, Foundry Group and several other venture capital firms.
Blocknative has become one of Ethereum’s biggest block builders (Shutterstock)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 15, 2022 at 6:56 p.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2022
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Unstoppable Domains' Matthew Gould, founder and CEO (left) and Braden Pezeshki, co-founder and principal engineer (Unstoppable Domains)
Tech
Unstoppable domains
Web3 Domain Provider Unstoppable Domains to Integrate With Etherscan and Polygonscan
The integration will make it easier to trace domain addresses on the two blockchain explorers.
Unstoppable Domains' Matthew Gould, founder and CEO (left) and Braden Pezeshki, co-founder and principal engineer (Unstoppable Domains)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2022
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Finance
Ens
Ethereum Name Service DAO Votes on Stewards for Three Working Groups
The stewards will be responsible for the Meta-Governance, ENS ecosystem, and the Public Goods working groups for 2023.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 15, 2022 at 9:11 a.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2022
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Finance
Stablecoins
Bermuda Digital Bank Jewel Issues ‘Fully-Backed’ Stablecoin
The Jewel USD stablecoin will be launching on Polygon.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 12, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 12, 2022
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Technology
Ethereum
Ethereum Developers Target March 2023 for Release of Staked Ether
Staked ETH withdrawals are coming in the spring, while "proto-danksharding" will follow in the subsequent hard fork in the fall.
Shanghai's skyline (Edward He/Unsplash)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 8, 2022 at 3:39 p.m. UTC
Dec 8, 2022
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