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Latest Ethereum Blocks Suggest Validators Are Reversing Censorship
Noncensoring relays such as Agnostic and ultra sound are delivering more data blocks on Ethereum than Flashbots, the one-time king of MEV-delivering relays.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Mar 22, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 22, 2023
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MEV Rewards on Ethereum Reach All-Time High During SVB Bank Run and USDC Depeg
Profits made from MEV were more than twice as high as the last peak during the FTX implosion.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Mar 15, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Mar 15, 2023
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Gitcoin’s Owocki Says Crypto Can Regenerate the World. Just Don’t Call Him Starry-Eyed
A programmer by training, Kevin Owocki's view of securities law is not based in any formal legal training but crypto optimism, evolutionary science, economics and legal theory, with a focus on the principal-agent problem.
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By Sam Kessler
Mar 8, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 8, 2023
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Upcoming Upgrades That Will Shape the Ethereum Ecosystem
Here are some approaching dates and launches that Ethereum followers and observers should keep an eye on.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Mar 1, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2023
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War of Words Over zkEVMs Might Portend Long Struggle to Tech Maturity
As Polygon and Matter Labs race to bring their zkEVMs to market, both will need to make compromises in the name of security.
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By Sam Kessler
Feb 22, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 22, 2023
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Arbitrum Surges Ahead as Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape Takes Shape
Layer 2 rollups now see more transaction volume than Ethereum’s main network.
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By Sam Kessler
Feb 15, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2023
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Contentious Uniswap Vote Highlights the Opaqueness of Decentralized Governance
A16z didn’t quash a proposal to launch Uniswap onto Binance’s BNB Chain, but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t have.
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By Sam Kessler
Feb 8, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2023
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What Is the Ethereum Blockchain’s Shanghai Hard Fork, and Why Does It Matter?
The network upgrade, set for March, will address staked ether withdrawals and reductions in gas fees for developers. The milestone will start a new era for the Ethereum ecosystem, following last year's much-hyped transition to a more energy-efficient "proof-of-stake" blockchain.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Feb 1, 2023 at 12:15 p.m. UTC
Feb 1, 2023
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The Money in Ethereum's Middleware: Can Flashbots Still Call Itself a 'Public Good'?
Should a “public good” have a $1 billion valuation?
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By Sam Kessler
Jan 25, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Jan 25, 2023
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