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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (center) at the Kyive Tech Summit (Kyiv Tech Summit)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
5 Things to Know About Ethereum's Latest, Greatest Upgrade: Dencun
Cheaper L2 transactions. Data blobs. Proto-Danksharding. Everything you need to know about tomorrow’s changes.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (center) at the Kyive Tech Summit (Kyiv Tech Summit)
By Daniel Kuhn
Mar 12, 2024 at 3:53 p.m. UTC
Mar 12, 2024
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Ethereum is working on its next thing. (Natalilia Mysik/Getty Images)
Technology
Ethereum
Meet ‘Dencun.’ Ethereum Developers Are Already Planning Next Hard Fork
The next major upgrade for the blockchain will include “proto-danksharding,” though developers are still deciding what else to include in the hard fork.
Ethereum is working on its next thing. (Natalilia Mysik/Getty Images)
By Margaux Nijkerk
May 11, 2023 at 5:59 p.m. UTC
May 11, 2023
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Technology
Cardano
Cardano Gains Smart Contract Capability Following ‘Alonzo’ Hard Fork
The latest upgrade ushers in an era of smart contract composability for the four-year-old network.
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By Sebastian Sinclair
Sep 12, 2021 at 9:53 p.m. UTC
Sep 12, 2021
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Podcasts
Hard-forks
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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By CoinDesk
Aug 21, 2021 at 3:40 p.m. UTC
Aug 21, 2021
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Tech
London
Ethereum's Hotly Anticipated 'London' Hard Fork Is Now Live
Here's what it means and what we're keeping an eye on.
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By Edward Oosterbaan
Aug 5, 2021 at 12:34 p.m. UTC
Aug 5, 2021
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Crypto Long & Short July 25
Markets
London
Countdown to Ethereum’s ‘London’ Hard Fork: What You Need to Know
Plus: The risks and rewards of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559.
Crypto Long & Short July 25
By Christine Kim
Jul 25, 2021 at 9:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 25, 2021
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Dogecoin was forked from Lucky Coin – a fork of Litecoin, which is a fork of Bitcoin.
Markets
Hard-forks
Hard Forks Are Fan Fiction
If the Bitcoin network is a collectively told story, as the philosopher Craig Warmke argued, wouldn't hard forks be fan fiction?
Dogecoin was forked from Lucky Coin – a fork of Litecoin, which is a fork of Bitcoin.
By Bradley Rettler
Jul 16, 2021 at 1:32 p.m. UTC
Jul 16, 2021
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A cosplayer dressed as Thanos attends New York Comic Con 2019.
Tech
Ethereum classic
Ethereum Classic Activates Thanos Upgrade, Increasing Access for GPU Miners
The Thanos upgrade is aimed to allow more miner participation and thus increase security.
A cosplayer dressed as Thanos attends New York Comic Con 2019.
By Sebastian Sinclair
Nov 30, 2020 at 9:55 a.m. UTC
Nov 30, 2020
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Qtum lead developer Jordan Earls (CoinDesk archives)
Markets
Qtum
Blockchain Project Qtum Moves to Boost Network Participation With Offline Staking
The hybrid blockchain will soon undergo a fork enabling network participants to stake and earn rewards from tokens held in offline wallets.
Qtum lead developer Jordan Earls (CoinDesk archives)
By Sebastian Sinclair
Aug 25, 2020 at 12:33 p.m. UTC
Aug 25, 2020
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