Ethereum’s throughput ticked up on Sunday as more validators signalled their support for increasing Ethereum’s gas limit to 45 million units, which will reduce transaction fees and enable improved network scaling. Ethereum’s gas limit rose to over 37.3 million units on Sunday, according to Etherscan, up almost 3% from levels late last week, while … Read more
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reiterated its concerns about El Salvador’s extensive engagement with Bitcoin. The topic was addressed by IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack during a press conference on Thursday. The organisation has been consistent in cautioning the country about the risks of crypto activity given the volatile nature of virtual digital assets. At … Read more
As blockchains receive continuous fine-tuning and improvements, developers are identifying crucial issues that are restricting the advances in interoperability and scalability of the technology. One such issue is called ‘blockchain fragmentation’. As the term suggests, it refers to a situation where the ecosystem of a blockchain is divided into multiple smaller on-chain networks, each facilitating … Read more
The Ethereum blockchain completed its latest Pectra upgrade on May 7. The aim of introducing this upgrade is to upscale the experience and reward generation for Ethereum validators. Now that the Pectra upgrade is live, network validators can stake 2,048 ETH tokens, a notable rise from the previous limit of 32 ETH tokens. This allows … Read more