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CoinDesk Research

Around the Crypto World in 15 Charts: CoinDesk Research’s August Review

Noelle AchesonSep 2, 2020

In 15 charts, the CoinDesk Monthly Review for August details BTC's performance, its relationship to fiat currencies and Ethereum’s growing congestion problem.

BitGo

BitGo Weighs Building a Sidechain for WBTC as Ethereum Fees Climb

William FoxleyAug 25, 2020

Digital asset trust company BitGo is in the process of “reaching out” to community partners to build an Ethereum sidechain because of rising fees, according to CTO Ben Chan.

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Opinion

High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum

Michael GarbadeOct 14, 2020

Miners are incentivized to keep Ethereum gas fees high, and in doing so limit one of the network's principal use cases.

Gas

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $11.8K; Ethereum Gas at All-Time High

Daniel CawreyAug 24, 2020

Many bitcoin stakeholders expect a weak market this week to cap August while DeFi continues to stretch Ethereum’s network.

Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Sinks to $11.6K as Ether’s Gas Keeps Rising

Daniel CawreyAug 19, 2020

As bitcoin’s price falls, Ethereum’s fees rise.

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Ethereum

Ethereum Developers Consider New Fee Model as Gas Costs Climb

William FoxleyJun 29, 2020

With EIP 1559, Ethereum developers are proposing a dynamic pricing system to lower the blockchain network's current high gas fees.

Ethereum

Ethereum Logged Its Busiest Week on Record

Omkar GodboleJun 16, 2020

It’s costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric.

Blockchain Technology

Nonprofit Energy Consortium Trials Blockchain Management for Wastewater Tracking

Sebastian SinclairJun 3, 2020

A U.S. oil and gas consortium says a blockchain-based automated platform tracking wastewater reduced transportation costs.

Russia

Russian Gas Giant Gazprom to Execute Business Contracts on a Blockchain

Yogita KhatriApr 5, 2019

Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom may soon begin using blockchain to execute and monitor contracts as part of its digitization plans.

Ethereum

Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Proposes Wallet Fee to Fund Developers

Christine KimMar 8, 2019

The creator of the world's second largest blockchain proposed today on Twitter a new norm for the ecosystem – a flat wallet fee of 1 gwei.

Ethereum

Ethereum’s Growing Gas Crisis (And What’s Being Done to Stop It)

Rachel-Rose O'LearyJul 6, 2018

The ethereum network is seeing new levels of congestion with rising use, a development that is spurring proposals for technical improvements.

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