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Valid Points: Why EIP 1559 Makes Debugging Ethereum Dapps Harder
Also: ETH is on a 12-day winning streak in the run-up to the London upgrade.
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Ether gas fees have come down to a six-month low.
Ethereum Gas Fees at 6-Month Low as Market Cools, Layer 2 Solutions Ease Congestion
Ethereum gas fees have abated with decreasing network congestion. Also, there's Flashbots.
Ether gas fees have come down to a six-month low.

Transaction costs on Ethereum are hitting all-time highs.
DOGE Imitators Help Send Ethereum Transaction Fees to All-Time Highs
As SHIB and others doggedly chase DOGE's success, Ethereum transaction fees are running away with them.
Transaction costs on Ethereum are hitting all-time highs.

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Balancer V2 Goes Live, Promising Reduced Gas Fees for DeFi Traders
In a bid to reduce Ethereum fees on the platform, all pools managed by Balancer will now be administered from a single vault.
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Cardano, Polkadot Market Caps Surpass XRP as Some Bet on Alternatives to Ethereum
The price of gas continues to rise on Ethereum, squeezing smaller retail traders using DEXs.
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One Big Pool: Balancer's New Version Cuts Down Transactions and Gas Fees
Version 2 of the DeFi site also has an "asset manager" where idle funds earn yield.
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High Gas Fees Prevent Ethereum From Being Ethereum
Miners are incentivized to keep Ethereum gas fees high, and in doing so limit one of the network's principal use cases.
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Around the Crypto World in 15 Charts: CoinDesk Research's August Review
In 15 charts, the CoinDesk Monthly Review for August details BTC's performance, its relationship to fiat currencies and Ethereum’s growing congestion problem.
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BitGo Weighs Building a Sidechain for WBTC as Ethereum Fees Climb
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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CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $11.8K; Ethereum Gas at All-Time High
Many bitcoin stakeholders expect a weak market this week to cap August while DeFi continues to stretch Ethereum’s network.
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