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ForkLog 12 18.08.2022

Messari researchers flag centralisation of Ethereum and Solana nodes

Three major cloud providers host 69% of Ethereum nodes located in data centres, while 72% of Solana's 95% of nodes in data centres are hosted by the same infrastructure players as in the network of the second-largest cryptocurrency.

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ForkLog 64 17.08.2022

What is a layer‑2 solution in blockchain?

What are layer‑2 (L2) solutions? How do they help scale Ethereum and Bitcoin? How do you move assets between layer 1 and layer 2, and back? Explained in cards.

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ForkLog 6 17.08.2022

Coinbase to suspend some operations during Ethereum’s transition to PoS

The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase will suspend deposits and withdrawals of Ethereum and ERC-20 tokens during the blockchain migration to the {{AOPEN_1}} Proof-of-Stake{{ACLOSE_1}} (PoS) consensus algorithm.

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$PoW fork developers patch vulnerability in code removing {{AOPEN_1}}EIP-1559{{ACLOSE_1}}$

ForkLog 6 16.08.2022

PoW fork developers patch vulnerability in code removing {{AOPEN_1}}EIP-1559{{ACLOSE_1}}

Developers behind the potential Ethereum PoW fork published code that would remove {{AOPEN_1}}EIP-1559{{ACLOSE_1}} with a distribution of coins to miners. The community found a serious flaw.

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ForkLog 12 16.08.2022

Ethereum community proposes soft fork to counter OFAC sanctions

Vitalik Buterin endorsed a hypothetical option to burn the stake of major Ethereum validators who would agree to comply with OFAC sanctions at the protocol level. However, the community included others who supported censorship.

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ForkLog 22 15.08.2022

Ethereum-kit moves 145,000 ETH acquired during the ICO

An unknown participant in the Ethereum Genesis ICO moved 145,000 ETH (~$274 million) from an address that had been idle for the last three years.

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ForkLog 7 13.08.2022

Ethereum price tops $2,000 for the first time since May

The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization surpassed the $2,000 level. The last time Ethereum traded at this level was in late May 2022.

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ForkLog 13 12.08.2022

Ethereum PoW fork supporters call it ‘Inevitable’

The Merge update will inevitably lead to the emergence of a PoW Ethereum fork in response to demands from the community, miners, hardware manufacturers and exchanges. This was stated by representatives of the network-branch project.

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ForkLog 7 11.08.2022

Ethereum developers narrow the timeline for the switch to Proof-of-Stake

Leading Ethereum developers, during the latest call, pushed the estimated date for migrating the blockchain to the Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm forward by a few days.

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ForkLog 7 11.08.2022

JPMorgan: The Merge will hit Ethereum miners

With Ethereum's transition to the Proof-of-Stake algorithm, miners will have to seek alternative sources of income.

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ForkLog 12 11.08.2022

Ethereum developers switch Goerli testnet to Proof-of-Stake

The Ethereum team has successfully completed the Goerli testnet transition to the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm.

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ForkLog 10 11.08.2022

Ethereum price tests $1,900 level

Over the last 24 hours, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap rose 12.8%.

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