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Ethereum's Gray Glacier (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Difficulty Bomb)
The delay of Ethereum’s Difficulty Bomb suggests the network’s Merge to proof-of-stake might be a bit further away than hoped.
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Why Ethereum’s ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Has Been Delayed Again
Also: Polygon moves closer to bringing EIP 1559-style fee markets to their proof-of-stake scaling platform.
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Ethereum, Bitcoin; Hard Fork, Soft Fork: How Decentralized Change Is Made
While Ethereum's chosen the hard fork option and the "difficulty bomb," Bitcoin's gone with the UASF.
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Ethereum's Blockchain Is Once Again Feeling the 'Difficulty Bomb' Effect
Ethereum is being affected by the "difficulty bomb" embedded in the code, but this month's hard fork will ease the issue – for now.
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Constantinople Ahead: What You Need to Know About Ethereum's Big Upgrade
Constantinople, ethereum's next system-wide upgrade, is coming soon to a node near you. Here's what it means.
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Ethereum's Next Upgrade Could Be the $29 Billion Blockchain's Biggest Test Yet
Disagreement surrounding an upcoming upgrade, Constantinope, is putting ethereum to the test.
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A Phone Call Could Change Ethereum's Future – And It's Happening Today
Tension is building ahead of an ethereum developer meeting, where a diverse set of stakeholders will be weighing in on contentious changes.
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Ethereum Classic Claims Successful Blockchain Fork
The ethereum classic difficulty bomb has been successfully removed, at least, according to the developers backing the 17th largest blockchain.
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