Ethereum Core Developers have officially approved EIP-7514 for inclusion in the upcoming Dencun upgrade which is slated for late 2023. This Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) primarily aims to decelerate the growth rate of ETH staking, thereby providing the Ethereum community additional time to craft an improved validator reward scheme. The main modification brought by this EIP is setting the Max Epoch Churn Limit, the validator activation queue upper limit, to a constant value of 8. Previously, the churn limit was calculated by taking “The total number of validators/65536,” which at…
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PUBG devs’ Web3 project, Animoca’s $20M raise, Shardbound review – Cointelegraph Magazine
PUBG meets Cosmos Krafton, the company behind PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), is venturing into Web3 with Settlus, a Cosmos-based blockchain project specifically designed for the creator economy. Settlus aims to provide content creators with a payment platform that streamlines transparent settlement processes. The South Korean gaming giant’s project was announced at the Korea Blockchain Week’s Circle Hacker House event, co-presented by Circle and AngelHack. Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire highlighted PUBG’s large user base of 30 million monthly active users. Cosmos’ software development kit will serve as the framework, and network gas…
Coinbase CEO reveals top 10 crypto ideas he’s urging devs to work on
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has unveiled the ten ideas he is most excited about when it comes to crypto’s future, sharing hopes that developers can use the bear market to take them to the next level. On Aug. 30, the Coinbase boss shared his vision of a crypto future in a company blog post and presentation — sharing the concepts he believes have the potential to make it in the digital asset industry. “I decided to share my 10 top ideas with the hope that someone goes out and builds them,” he…
Shibarium wallets surpass 100K after SHIB devs relaunch bridge
Shibarium, a new layer-2 blockchain for Shiba Inu (SHIB) has surpassed 100,000 wallets on its platform with 35,000 coming within 24 hours of Shibarium’s relaunch on Aug. 28. Shytoshi Kusama, the lead developer and co-founder of Shiba Inu, confirmed Shibarium was back up and running in an Aug. 28 blog post. At the time, Kusama noted that Shibarium tallied 65,000 wallets across 350,000 transactions — however, those figures have rocketed upwards since, respectively increasing 55.8% and 20.2%, according to Shiariumscan.io. Shibarium’s block explorer shows that 101,277 wallets have now facilitated…
Tornado Cash Devs Are Caught in a U.S. Dragnet
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Tornado Cash Devs Arrested on Money Laundering, Sanctions Violation Grounds Over Alleged $1B Moved
“While publicly claiming to offer a technically sophisticated privacy service, Storm and Semenov in fact knew that they were helping hackers and fraudsters conceal the fruits of their crimes. Today’s indictment is a reminder that money laundering through cryptocurrency transactions violates the law, and those who engage in such laundering will face prosecution,” he said. Source AllegedarrestedCashDevsGroundsLaunderingMoneyMovedSanctionsTornadoViolation CryptoX Portal
Tornado Cash Devs Charged With Helping Hackers Launder $1B, Including Infamous North Korean Attacks
The core blockchain-based software, or “smart contracts,” that power Tornado Cash also remain possible to use on Ethereum. However, using these smart contracts is technically illegal in the U.S., and key blockchain infrastructure providers like Infura and Alchemy – used by many of the apps that interface with the Ethereum blockchain – have censored access to the Tornado Cash app in accordance with the sanctions. Source
Shiba Inu devs unveil Shibarium scaling plans amid technical challenges
Shiba Inu (SHIB) developer Kaal Dhairya has outlined strategies and plans for scaling operations on Shibarium in response to the network’s growing traffic bottlenecks. Dhairya recently provided insights into the platform’s technical issues after the Polygon-based network experienced an unexpected surge in traffic. This led to the identification of thousands of contract creations and normal transactions within a single block. As a precautionary measure, Shibarium entered fail-safe mode to secure user funds. To address these issues, Kaal says he’ll collaborate with knowledgeable partners, including other developers and the so-called “Unification…
Ethereum validators may have to stake 64X more ETH, devs discuss
Ethereum core developers plan to implement a 64-fold increase in the minimum amount of staked Ether (ETH) required to become a validator, from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH. The proposal was made during a June 15 Ethereum core developer consensus meeting by Ethereum Foundation researcher Michael Neuder. The researcher noted that although the current limit of 32 ETH allows more validators to join the Ethereum network, making it more decentralized, it also leads to an inflation of the validator set size. Neuder added that such a large increase would ultimately help…
10 industry insiders’ tips for devs who are new to blockchain coding
Tech developers looking for a new challenge may well be turning their attention to blockchain. The space is still fresh enough that a newcomer can get in on the ground floor of exciting new developments and take their place among industry pioneers. However, devs who are used to being “tech gurus” may hesitate at the threshold, uncertain where to begin their professional journey with blockchain. And there’s no doubt there’s important homework to be done before leaping in. Below, 10 members of Cointelegraph Innovation Circle share some tips for curious…