Day: May 13, 2021

The Intersection of Eth 2.0 Validating and Cloud Computing Explained

In this week’s episode, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim and Consensys’ Ben Edgington discuss the security and running costs of CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 staking operations with special guest, CoinDesk Director of Engineering Spencer Beggs. They also explain the main features of Eth 2.0’s first major backwards-incompatible upgrade, Altair, which is tentatively scheduled for release in July. This episode is sponsored by📷 and The Sun Exchange. In February, CoinDesk activated an Eth 2.0 validator, nicknamed Zelda, by staking 32 ETH, worth roughly $52,000 at the time, on Ethereum’s parallel proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain network.…

The DeFi battlefield: who will win the fight?

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DeFi is a very hot topic nowadays. Big institutional investors, experienced crypto enthusiasts, governments from different countries, newcomers to the world of blockchain technology, and people who just observe – everybody is discussing DeFi. But we can see how easy it is to lose the monopoly on this market, because new projects are starting to offer alternative solutions that can beat Ethereum in the race for DeFi dominance. For example, the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) that was launched not so long ago, has already preceded ETH in terms of daily…