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Ethereum solo validators that censor blocks should ‘be tolerated’ — Buterin
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that solo validators that choose not to include certain transactions should “be tolerated” to stop the Ethereum community from becoming the “morality polic...
Bitcoin: A 10-minute addition in mining blocks says this about BTC’s fragile future
On 17 October, it took over an hour to mine a block of Bitcoin [BTC], placing thousands of transactions in limbo until the mining process was completed. According to on-chain information compiled by a...
Aussie Regulator Blocks Holon’s Crypto Funds
Bitcoin and other related crypto products being offered by this Australian asset management company is now on hold. The Holon Investments Australia Limited has received cease-and-desist orders from th...
Bitcoin Association pursuing criminal charges against miner mining empty blocks
Bitcoin Association, a non-profit responsible for the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain, has revealed intentions to freeze block rewards and sue a malicious miner for breach of contract, according to an Oct...
Custom Putter Maker Transforms Blocks Of Wood Into Four-Figure Mallet Masterpieces
Brad Converse holding one of his putters Bradley Putters ‘Conversation-starter’ isn’t exactly the typical superlative used to describe a putter but that’s par for the course for the crazy looking burl...
Top NFT Projects To Watch: Art Blocks, Tribo Flameys And Chronocatz
Although sales of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have dropped sharply in the current US Fed-fueled crypto bear market, there has been no decline in the excitement around certain NFT projects. In Q3FY2022,...
Currently, 51% of Ethereum blocks are censorable. The time has come for Flashbots to end
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Censorious MEV-Boost relays, notably Flashbots, are producing an increasing number of Ethereum blocks. If the MEV organization tr...
The COO of Block’s Bitcoin business unit explains how to get employees on board with emerging technologies
Good morning, Big tech projects like digital transformation, which CFOs are increasingly steering, are major investments. Not only is it costly, but implementing the technology requires buy-in from em...
48% of Ethereum Blocks Face Censorship From OFAC-Compliant Flashbots – Technology Bitcoin News
For a couple of years now, MEV-Boost relays or Flashbots have become popular tools in order to gather the maximum value that can be extracted from Ethereum’s block production. However, in recent times...
51% of Ethereum blocks are now compliant with OFAC standards, raising censorship concerns
One month after the Merge, 51% of Ethereum blocks were compliant with OFAC standards, according to blockchain development Labrys’ data, as MEV-Boost relays take over market share. On Twitter, u...
Ethereum Centralization Concerns Resurface As 51% Of Blocks Produced Are OFAC Compliant, Hoskinson Responds
– Advertisement – Following The Merge, centralization concerns have run rampant, and now the Ethereum community has one more reason to be concerned as OFAC-compliant blocks reach a signifi...
Censored Ethereum Blocks Hit the 51% Threshold Over the Past 24 Hours
Chris Piatt, the co-founder of Eden Network, which also runs a censored relay, told CoinDesk, “I don’t think anyone who is deep in the Ethereum ecosystem is satisfied with the status quo (including Fl...
51% of Ethereum Blocks Can Now Be Censored. It’s Time for Flashbots to Shut Down
Key Takeaways The rise of Flashbots and other MEV-Boost relays, which reorder transactions within Ethereum blocks to squeeze out profits, has come with unintended consequences. Flashbots, the largest ...
XRP Ledger Just Hits 75 Million Blocks, Highlighting Growing Adoption Rate
– Advertisement – Ripple’s XRP Ledger (XRPL) has processed over 75 million blocks, indicating a rapidly surging adoption rate. Blockchain has introduced myriad benefits to the financial ...
Dapper Labs Blocks Russian Access To Its Blockchain
Growing political tension between Russia and the European Union (EU) has ruptured the country’s access to international services, like Dapper Labs’ platform. In an article published recently, Flow blo...
Russia blocks crypto exchange OKX’s website
Russia has blocked the website of the crypto exchange OKX, according to records from Roskomnadzor, Russia’s state media regulator and internet censorship agency. The records show that Russia blo...
EU Blocks All Russian Access to Crypto Over Ukraine Referendums
Services surrounding cryptocurrencies have been targeted by the latest round of sanctions on Russian citizens, according to a recent announcement. The European Commission, the executive body of the Eu...
Russia Blocks Access to Crypto Exchange OKX
Russia has blocked access to OKX—the world’s third-largest crypto exchange by volume—at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office on Tuesday. A search for the exchange’s domain under records from...
Bitcoin up 22% vs crypto stocks; Russia blocks OKX; US, EU set to discuss crypto regulation
The biggest news in the cryptoverse for Oct. 5 includes SEC opposing third parties seeking to defend Ripple, Do Kwon describing news of a $40 million crypto freeze as falsehood, and SWIFT showing CBDC...
Russia blocks crypto exchange OKX without disclosing reason
Russia blocked global crypto exchange company OKX on Oct. 4 without disclosing why, according to News of Finance. A local non-governmental organization named Roskomsvoboda discovered that the Prosecut...
Flashbots now accounts for 39% of Ethereum blocks as censorship concerns rise
Ethereum infrastructure service Flashbots is currently being used to create 39% of Ethereum blocks, even though it continues to censor transactions from sanctioned crypto mixing service Tornado Cash. ...
Post Ethereum Merge New Blocks Creation Rate Surges
The average block time for Ethereum has decreased by more than 13%. Ethereum blockchain transitioned away from the power-intensive proof-of-work. It has been discovered that the Ethereum Merge update,...
Block’s TBD Partners With Circle to Create Global Fiat-Crypto Bridges
TBD – a Bitcoin-focused wing of Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block – has partnered with Circle to help expand on and off ramps between the worlds of crypto and fiat. The teams intend to bolster som...
25% of ETH Blocks comply with US Sanctions, are able to censor Transactions –
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24% of blocks reject transactions
Some MEV-boost relays in Ethereum are choosing to refuse transactions that include addresses on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) l...
Art Blocks Fidenza Creator Sells $17M of Ethereum NFTs Amid Market Slump
In brief QQL, a new generative art project from Tyler Hobbs and Dandelion Wist, sold nearly $17 million worth of NFTs today. Hobbs is the creator of the Art Blocks project, Fidenza, which has yielded ...
While Known Mining Pools Currently Dominate, Unknown Miners Discovered the Most Bitcoin Blocks During the Last 13 Years – Mining Bitcoin News
The Bitcoin network has been operational for 5,012 days and so far, more than 755,000 blocks have been mined into existence. During the last year, Foundry USA and Antpool were the top two miners as th...
Iran Blocks Nearly All Internet Access As Anti-Government Protests Intensify
Topline Iranian authorities blocked nearly all internet access in the country in an attempt to clamp down on nationwide anti-government protests over the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini at the ...
Centralization Fears Mount as Over 80% of Ethereum Blocks Were Relayed by Flashbots
Data from mevboost.org shows that over 80% of Ethereum relay blocks were built by Flashbolts, raising further centralization concerns within the community. While Ethereum’s transition to the proof-of-...
Flashbots build over 82% relay blocks, adding to Ethereum centralization
Following the completion of The Merge upgrade, Ethereum (ETH) transitioned into a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, helping the blockchain become energy efficient and secure. However, mining d...