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More / Etherum Reddit - 1 year ago

Disadvantages of geth's snap sync?

I've been researching eth execution clients and it seems (please do correct my if I'm wrong) that currently geth's snap sync is by far the fastest and most widely used. So my question is, what are some disadvantages of using it (over ful...

More / Etherum Reddit - 1 year ago

"API" as service?

I have been reading into the whole web3 world recently. It got me wondering, do we see a future where common functionalities are abstracted and made available as a service? Different apps/ products using the same contract or set of contracts or a &qu...

by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago

Can cryptocurrency ever be environmentally friendly?

A hydropower plant in Costa Rica has been converted into a green crypto-mining enterprise. But, can energy-intensive cryptocurrencies like bitcoin ever be compatible with climate goals? Eduardo Kopper had to shut down the turbines of his Poas I hydro...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 1 year ago

I finally took my coins out of Coinbase

I have been hodling for several years at this point, and have had "not your keys, not your coins" drilled into my head, but have kept my coins on Coinbase the whole time anyway. I even bought a hardware wallet several years ago but was too nervous to...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 1 year ago

Grand-Theft Inflation

Bitcoin is the currency of the Internet: a distributed, worldwide, decentralized digital money. Unlike traditional currencies such as dollars, bitcoins are issued and managed without any central authority whatsoever: there is no government, company,...

More / Etherum Reddit - 1 year ago

Regarding multiple eth transfer with minimal cost

I have multiple eth wallets that hold eth in the range of 0.2 - 0.5. I wish to consolidate all the eth that I have to a new wallet. How could I do this with mininal fee incurred? Are L2 solutions any good for this usecase? Bridging is not cheap so I...

More / Etherum Reddit - 1 year ago

Public good funding on optimism?

is there an easy way for an NFT contract to donate to public goods? Meaning is there an address, contract, or dao on Optimism L2 that handles the public goods part? Or, does each project need to be responsible for managing that part? Thanks su...