Proof-of-Stake

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Ethereum Software Firm ConsenSys Co-Launches Ethereum Climate Platform
The initiative aims to address Ethereum’s excess energy consumption before it went through the Merge.
Environment Technology Future (DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Many Ethereum miners have yet to resettle into mining a different crypto token. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)
Ex-Ethereum Miners Token Hop to Stay Alive After the Merge
Following the Ethereum Merge, only 20% of miners have switched to other proof-of-work networks.
Many Ethereum miners have yet to resettle into mining a different crypto token. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
Vitalik Buterin's 'Proof of Stake': The CoinDesk Megareview
What a decade of essays – covering everything from Soulbound tokens to superrational DAOs – says about Ethereum and crypto.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

PoS Is a Better Hedge Against Inflation: Umee CEO
PoS Is a Better Hedge Against Inflation: Umee CEO
"In many ways, [proof-of-stake] is a better hedge against inflation," says Umee Founder and CEO Brent Xu. He adds that the argument for bitcoin as a hedge has been "disproven"...
PoS Is a Better Hedge Against Inflation: Umee CEO

(Midjourney/CoinDesk)
Ethereum Miners’ $319M Crypto Hoard Hangs Over Market After Merge
Miners dumped over 16,000 ETH, worth more than $20 million, in the past week, on-chain data showed. The Ethereum miners still have about 245,000 ETH left – and no longer any b...
(Midjourney/CoinDesk)

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Crypto Update | The Ethereum Merge Finally Happened: So What?
With bitcoin holding steady even as the Fed raises its benchmark rate by another 0.75 percentage points, plus a look at implications of the newly upgraded Ethereum, CoinDesk’s...
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Miner Chandler Guo Makes the Case for Backing Ethereum’s Fork
Miner Chandler Guo Makes the Case for Backing Ethereum’s Fork
SEC’s plans for proof-of-stake regulation make Ethereum’s PoW fork even more attractive, says Chandler Guo. This story and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this...
Miner Chandler Guo Makes the Case for Backing Ethereum’s Fork

Over 41,000 people counted down to the Merge at the Ethereum Foundation’s virtual viewing party. (Ethereum Foundation's Youtube Channel)
Evaluating Ethereum: 1 Week After the Merge
From validators to issuance to fees, here’s what Ethereum looks like now that the post-Merge dust is settling.
Over 41,000 people counted down to the Merge at the Ethereum Foundation’s virtual viewing party. (Ethereum Foundation's Youtube Channel)

Celo Co-Founder Predicts PoW Blockchains Will Get Phased Out
Celo Co-Founder Predicts PoW Blockchains Will Get Phased Out
Ethereum and previous proof-of-stake networks have shown “that you can build secure, robust and scalable networks,” Celo co-founder Marek Olszewski says. “Why keep proof-of-wo...
Celo Co-Founder Predicts PoW Blockchains Will Get Phased Out

No One Is Spending a Fortune for the NFT of Ethereum’s Final PoW Block
No One Is Spending a Fortune for the NFT of Ethereum’s Final PoW Block
The entirety of Ethereum’s final block before it shifted to a proof-of-stake network Thursday morning was captured in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT). VanityBlocks paid...
No One Is Spending a Fortune for the NFT of Ethereum’s Final PoW Block