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Amazon Managed Blockchain at Last Supports Ethereum, Ending a Two-Year Tease
There are over 8,000 nodes on the Ethereum network. Amazon’s new management feature should increase that number.
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Blockchain Developers Are Focused on the Wrong Problem
If it's to reach its full potential, the decentralized economy needs to scale censorship resistance, say Solana's CEO and COO.
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Bison Trails Now Supports 'Flow' Blockchain From CryptoKitties Maker Dapper Labs
Bison Trails users can now build apps, games and more on Dapper Labs' scalable blockchain.
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MIT Lightning Creator Unveils First 'Demonstration' of Bitcoin Scaling Tech
Utreexo "can make Bitcoin nodes smaller and faster while keeping the same security and privacy as full nodes," says developer Tadge Dryja.
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Eth loses clients
OpenEthereum Supported 50% of Ethereum Classic Nodes. Now It’s Leaving the Project
Two of Ethereum Classic’s largest clients are walking away from the project. That leaves only 30% of the network to support future updates.
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near protocol
NEAR Protocol Enlists Bison Trails for Validator Support as It Heads Toward Full Mainnet
Bison Trails will help host the NEAR Protocol’s early validator set, currently consisting of over 150 nodes including some 40 of the project’s investors.
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Maxwell, Wuille Co-Author Proposal for a Big Boost to Bitcoin's Bandwidth
A new paper outlines a proposed protocol that seeks to boost the bandwidth for bitcoin nodes.
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Lopp
Tor Makes Launching Bitcoin Lightning Nodes Easier for Users, Casa Finds
Casa CTO Jameson Lopp explained how Tor leapfrogs some of the thorny networking hurdles that come with setting up a node.
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Casa's Lightning-Enabled Bitcoin Node Just Got a Browser Extension
Cryptocurrency custody startup Casa has launched a browser extension for direct control of its lightning network-enabled bitcoin node. 
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Bitcoin Veteran Jameson Lopp Named CTO of Crypto Startup Casa
Casa has boosted Jameson Lopp to CTO eight months after he joined the crypto custody solutions startup as an infrastructure engineer.
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