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ForkLog 2 27.03.2023

Franklin Templeton sees Web3 as a source of a new wave of IT innovations

Decentralisation will spark the fourth wave of technology-enabled innovations. The conclusion appears in a report by Franklin Templeton, the $1.5 trillion asset manager, CoinDesk reports.

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ForkLog 7 23.03.2023

Opinion: Blockchain developers struggle to achieve true decentralisation

Gnosis is pursuing a truly decentralised network, though this is difficult and requires compromises. In an interview with Decrypt, the project's co-founder Friederike Ernst said.

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ForkLog 9 10.03.2023

Meta to develop a decentralized competitor to Twitter

Meta is developing a decentralized social network for sharing text messages.

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ForkLog 6 21.02.2023

Microsoft and Ankr to unveil joint infrastructure for blockchain nodes

Microsoft partnered with Ankr, the Web3-infrastructure provider, to offer corporate clients a node service for access to blockchain data.

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ForkLog 6 23.01.2023

Cardano network outage hits about half of the nodes

On 22 January, a fault between blocks 8,300,569 and 8,300,570 triggered the outage and restart of about 50% of Cardano's nodes, according to Input Output Global (IOG).

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ForkLog 5 20.01.2023

Castle Island founders and a16z back Escape Velocity with $25 million

Former Goldman Sachs bankers Mahesh Ramakrishnan and Salvador Gala raised $25 million for Escape Velocity, a venture fund focused on investing in crypto startups. The Block reports.

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ForkLog 6 30.11.2022

Jack Dorsey’s company abandons plan to register Web5 trademark

On 30 November, Jack Dorsey’s Block subsidiary — TBD — announced its intention to register the Web5 trademark to prevent confusion over the term’s meaning. However, a few hours later it abandoned the initiative under community pressure.

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ForkLog 31 03.11.2022

Hetzner blocks access to Solana node servers.

The major German hosting provider Hetzner blocked access to Solana node servers. Validators said they received letters demanding the removal of the relevant software to continue operating.

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ForkLog 51 07.10.2022

What is post‑capitalism?

Why is the modern economy in systemic crisis? How might post‑capitalism replace capitalism, and what would it change? Why do critics object? We break it down in cards.

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ForkLog 10 07.10.2022

Ex-Coinbase employees raise $5.3 million for Web3 startup Scale3 Labs

The Scale3 Labs startup, founded by former Coinbase employees, raised $5.3 million in a seed round from Redpoint Ventures and other investors. The funds will be used to build infrastructure for uninterrupted operation of node operators, The Block reports. Mysten Labs and Howard University also provided financing. According to Scale3 Labs' founders, the startup promises to speed up the 'ultra-complex' process of updating nodes from eight hours to less than 20 minutes…

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ForkLog 20 17.09.2022

Infura team to launch a decentralized infrastructure network

Infura, the Ethereum infrastructure developer, will launch a decentralized, open-source protocol designed to ensure uninterrupted access to Web3 applications and remove a single point of failure.

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ForkLog 8 06.09.2022

Nearly 73% of Ethereum nodes signal readiness for The Merge

72.6% of Ethereum nodes are ready for the merge ahead of the Bellatrix upgrade scheduled for September 6, according to Ethernodes.

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