Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Following the Shapella hard fork on April 12, 2023, approximately 332,368 ether, valued at around $699 million, has been withdrawn. Despite these withdrawals, liquid staking protocols like Lido, Rocketpool, and others have experienced an increase in...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
After months of delays, Ethereum validators can finally withdraw their staked Ether and rewards from the Ethereum mainnet. The Shapella hard fork has officially been...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
ETH traders are exercising caution ahead of the April 12 Shapella hard fork, but the signal to watch is staking unlock requests. Ether (ETH) price has increased by 58%...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Ethereum price has gained momentum in April, even against Bitcoin, as the much-anticipated Shanghai hard fork is just days away. Ether (ETH) dropped by over 7.5% in it...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The BNB Smart Chain mainnet, which is a blockchain network that supports decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts, has announced a scheduled hard fork upgrade named “Planck”.
According to the announcement, this hard fork upgrade is to...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
The upgrade will enable staked ETH withdrawals on the Beacon Chain, completing Ethereum’s transition to a PoS consensus. The target date for the highly anticipated Sha...
Cryptocoins News / Blockchain - 2 years ago
Ethereum's Sepolia testnet has undergone a successful upgrade simulating the upcoming Shanghai hard fork expected to take place on the mainnet in March. The upgrade, called "Shapella", allows validators to withdraw their staked Ether and rewards on t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
Ethereum devs have also been preparing for another upgrade, the Shanghai hard fork, to improve the network. The developers have been at it for months and have just announced that they’re pushing the Shanghai upgrade to early April.
Several recent upg...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
While the Ethereum community prepares for the upcoming Shanghai hard fork in March, the development team for the liquid staking project Lido revealed plans to create an in-protocol withdrawal feature. Lido’s team is seeking community feedback o...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
Polygon announced the scheduled hard fork had succeeded on Tuesday, 17 January, 2023.
The software upgrades will help address the issue of gas-fee spikes and potentially disruptive chain reorganizations.
Polygon is looking at other technical upgrade...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
According to statistics, the number of Ethereum network validators on the Beacon chain exceeded 500,000 as of Jan. 12, 2023. The validator milestone comes as Ethereum core developers prepare for the Shanghai hard fork. Five days ago, Ethereum core de...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Polygon told Cointelegraph that the hard fork will take effect at block 38,189,056, which will be initiated without the influence of centralized actors. Ethereum laye...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Ethereum scaling blockchain, Polygon, has revealed plans to initiate a hard fork on Jan. 17, 2023. According to the team, the network upgrade will “reduce the severity of gas spikes” and “address chain reorganizations (reorgs) i...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Ethereum on-chain data reveals a considerable rise in the number of Ether shark addresses with weeks before its hard fork in March. Ether (ETH) price technicals sugges...