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ForkLog 14 20.11.2020

Antpool mining pool backs Taproot upgrade on the Bitcoin network

Most of the major Bitcoin mining pools backed the Taproot upgrade. One of them was Antpool, the Bitmain unit, according to Poolin vice president Alejandro De La Torre.

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ForkLog 9 17.11.2020

Poolin launches portal to prepare for Taproot upgrade on the Bitcoin network

Holding 13% of Bitcoin's hashrate, the mining pool Poolin unveiled a portal dedicated to the Taproot upgrade. It will serve as a forum among pools to devise a unified approach to activating the technology.

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ForkLog 10 07.11.2020

Blockstream developers unveil new multisignature scheme

In light of the upcoming activation of Taproot, the infrastructure company Blockstream has begun developing a new scheme aimed at improving the existing multisignature mechanism for executing Bitcoin transactions.

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ForkLog 7 04.11.2020

Payment pools: Taproot opens Bitcoin’s next layer.

In October, developers implemented into the Bitcoin Core client's source code a proposal that includes Schnorr signatures and Taproot and Tapscript technologies. Activation timelines remain open, but the decision, eagerly anticipated by many, opens the potential for creating new, often quite intriguing scenarios.

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ForkLog 11 31.10.2020

Dash team unveils new Dash Platform release for launching dapps on Evonet testnet

Developers Dash Core Group (DCG) announced the release of a new version of the technology stack for launching decentralized applications on the Evonet test network — Dash Platform v0.16.

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ForkLog 8 16.10.2020

Schnorr signatures and Taproot integrated into Bitcoin Core

Updates to improve privacy and scalability of the Bitcoin network—BIP 340, 341 and 342—have been merged into Bitcoin Core. They include Schnorr signatures, Taproot technology, and Tapscript.

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ForkLog 13 13.10.2020

A Step Closer to Ethereum 2.0 as Developers Launch Final Zinken Testnet

Developers of Ethereum launched the final Zinken testnet ahead of the transition to Phase Zero of ETH2 on the mainnet. In an interview with DeCrypt, the lead Ethereum 2.0 developer Danny Ryan said.

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ForkLog 13 02.10.2020

Ethereum 2.0 developers to launch Zinken testnet after Spadina setback

Developers plan to launch the final Zinken testnet ahead of ETH2 Phase 0 on the mainnet, addressing the bugs found in the Spadina network.

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ForkLog 23 29.09.2020

Ethereum 2.0 developers launch Spadina testnet as rehearsal for mainnet rollout

Ethereum Foundation developers launched the Spadina testnet. The network, with a three-day lifecycle, will be a full-dress rehearsal for the Ethereum 2.0 rollout.

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ForkLog 12 31.08.2020

Over 1.1 million ETH locked for staking in the Ethereum 2.0 testnet

The volume of staking-locked coins in the Ethereum 2.0 testnet named Medalla has surpassed 1.1 million ETH, according to Beaconcha data.

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ForkLog 11 21.08.2020

ETH 2.0 developers confirm Phase 0 launch this year amid testnet problems

The Medalla testnet outage will not affect the timeline for Phase 0 on ETH 2.0 mainnet, Prysmatic Labs editor Raul Jordan said in the blog.

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ForkLog 17 20.08.2020

IOTA network throughput surges fiftyfold after Chrysalis upgrade activation

The Chrysalis (v1.5) upgrade has been launched on the IOTA mainnet, designed to increase throughput to 1,000 transactions per second. This is at least 50 times higher than in the previous version (5–20 TPS).

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