Since October 11, the proportion of Ethereum blocks that are compliant with orders made by the United States Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) has decreased to its current level of 47%, which is ...
Tag: Censorship
Ethereum’s MEV-Boost Censorship Issues Are Getting Better
Key Takeaways The number of Ethereum blocks produced by OFAC compliant MEV-Boost relays fell below the 50% threshold yesterday. The metric peaked at 79% on November 21, and has been steadily decreasin...
Bitcoin developer says network is not resistant to censorship, questions mining decentralization
In a recent Twitter thread, a developer questioned the entire idea of Bitcoin’s censorship resistance. Bitcoin’s censorship-resistance Bitcoin was built on the idea of offering complete censorship res...
New tool lets Tornado Cash users privately show their funds were not illicit
A tool built by Chainway lets Tornado Cash users prove their initial deposits were not from a list of wallets containing stolen funds — without revealing their own address. Called Proof of Innoc...
Escape content demonetization and censorship with WUBITS
Take a deep breath (3 seconds in; 3 seconds out). That’s another content demonetized. Content demonetization and censorship have become major issues for creators and users on current Web2 social media...
RFK Jr. Sues BBC And Other Media Outlets Over Covid ‘Censorship’
Topline Robert F. Kennedy Jr and a band of anti-vaccine activists have filed an antitrust lawsuit against some of the world’s top news media organizations alleging the companies worked with social med...
XRP Ledger Stronger Than Bitcoin in Terms of Censorship Resistance, Ripple CTO Claims
Alex Dovbnya Ripple CTO David Schwartz claims that XRP Ledger holds advantages over Bitcoin in terms of censorship resistance Ripple CTO David Schwartz recently took to Twitter to opine that XRP Ledge...
Exploring the Issue of Censorship on the Ethereum Network: A Conversation with Laybrys: SlateCast #43
In this episode of the SlateCast, CryptoSlate’s Akiba spoke to Lachlan from Laybrys, the company behind the website mevwatch.info to discuss the issue of censorship on the Ethereum network, specifical...
Ethereum Censorship is Growing by ETH Staking on top Exchanges
67% of new blocks on Ethereum post-merge are OFAC compliant. Censoring MEV relays used by exchanges is harming neutrality. This compliance and censorship are hindering the goal of Ethereum of open ...
ETH staking on top exchanges contributes to Ethereum censorship: Data
For most crypto ecosystems, being compliant with federal sanctions have a negative impact on its global reach. However, when it comes to Ethereum, investors have significant power to decide the degree...
Is Ethereum’s Censorship Problem Taking a Turn?
But the tide may be turning, with the number of censored blocks on Ethereum seeing a steady decline between mid-November and mid-December. According to mevwatch.info, a watchdog site for monitoring Et...
Vitalik Buterin on Elon Musk’s wave of Twitter Censorship
The recent report by Yahoo Finance states that the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, wrote in his twitter account about the recent wave of Elon Musk’s Twitter censorship. Vitalik Buterin ...
Trump Vows To Dismantle ‘Censorship Cartel’ If He’s Re-Elected—An Apparent Nod To Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ Release
Topline Former President Donald Trump on Thursday promised to upend all forms of social media content moderation if he’s re-elected, in what he framed as a bid to “reclaim the right to free speech” wh...
Blockchain is the only viable path to privacy and censorship resistance in the 21st century
While censorship resistance and privacy are not the same thing, they are closely intertwined. When the government or another entity, such as an advertiser, can track everything you do, they can also s...
censorship resistance and nodes disrupting tech giants
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage In the twenty-first century, blockchain is the only practical route to privacy and censorship resistance Privacy and censorship r...
‘I Wanted to Punch Kanye’ — Free Speech Waffler Elon Musk’s Nonsensical Take on Bitcoin, CBDCs, and Censorship – Coinotizia
“Vox Populi, Vox Dei, man.” So says self-proclaimed Chief Twit Elon Musk from a private jet flying high above the world during a Twitter Spaces appearance on Sunday, Dec. 4 (JST). It does sound nice t...
‘I Wanted to Punch Kanye’ — Free Speech Waffler Elon Musk’s Nonsensical Take on Bitcoin, CBDCs, and Censorship – Op-Ed Bitcoin News
“Vox Populi, Vox Dei, man.” So says self-proclaimed Chief Twit Elon Musk from a private jet flying high above the world during a Twitter Spaces appearance on Sunday, Dec. 4 (JST). It does sound nice t...
Elon Musk Releases ‘Twitter Files’ Detailing Censorship Of ‘Hunter Biden Story’
The #TwitterFiles is currently trending on Twitter after Elon Musk released the internal “Twitter Files” on Friday, which revealed that the company responded to a request “from the Biden team” during ...
Ethereum Reverses Post-Merge Censorship Trend
Concerns around possible censorship of Ethereum transactions was prevalent in the weeks leading up to and after the Merge, but the latest data shows that this upward trend may be reversing. The Merge ...
Don’t Forget the Importance of Censorship Resistance – Coinotizia
Since people are once again talking about self-custody as one of crypto’s unique strengths, I would like to remind everyone about an equally important fundamental value proposition of crypto that, in ...
Don’t Forget the Importance of Censorship Resistance – Op-Ed Bitcoin News
Since people are once again talking about self-custody as one of crypto’s unique strengths, I would like to remind everyone about an equally important fundamental value proposition of crypto that, in ...
Twitter Reportedly Leaves Brussels—Europe’s Regulatory Hub—Amid Concerns About Musk’s Content Moderation Plans
Topline Twitter has closed its entire office in Brussels, according to the Financial Times, cutting ties to one of the world’s most important regulatory hubs as fears grow the firm will struggle to mo...
Vitalik Buterin Presents Solution Against Ethereum Censorship
Arman Shirinyan One of Ethereum’s biggest problems will be solved thanks to a new solution Ethereum’s OFAC compliance has been a hot topic in the cryptocurrency industry ever since the Merge went live...
Ethereum Becomes Ultra Sound Money But It’s Vulnerable to Censorship
Ethereum achieves ‘zero net issuance’ 55 days after the much-anticipated Merge. Deflationary, ultra sound money status is intact. But the ETH price falls by more than 18% – still bleeding. There’s a ...
Vitalik Buterin’s New Ethereum Roadmap Takes Aim at MEV and Censorship
Flashbots, the research and development firm behind the software, apparently aims to make MEV extraction more equitable. It has been scrutinized, however, for contributing to Ethereum’s problem with c...
Ethereum Has A Censorship Problem, Crypto Daily TV 7/11/2022
In Todays Headline TV CryptoDaily News: Smarter messaging in crypto Web3 messaging startup Dialect is rolling out tech specs to help crypto projects communicate between themselves, an effort the Solan...
Ethereum inches even closer to total censorship due to OFAC compliance
Considering that protocol-level censorship is deterrent to the crypto ecosystem’s goal of highly open and accessible finance, the community has been keeping track of Ethereum’s growing complianc...
What Elon Musk’s Twitter Layoffs Mean for Censorship
Tesla CEO Elon Musk started laying off Twitter employees responsible for content moderation on Nov. 4, 2022. Following an internal email on Nov. 3, 2022, many Twitter employees found themselves logged...
Vitalik Buterin Releases Updated Ethereum Roadmap With A New Phase To Fix Censorship Concerns
– Advertisement – Buterin releases an update to the Ethereum roadmap. In a tweet today, Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin released an updated Ethereum roadmap with a few big changes. Developers h...
Ethereum close to 100% censorship due to OFAC compliance
The community has been monitoring Ethereum‘s increasing compliance with requirements set forth by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). This is due to the fact that protocol-level censorship is...
Ethereum censorship debate heats up as censored blocks hit 65%
The founder of Gnosis Safe, Martin Koppelmann, took to Twitter to debate the importance of reviewing the state of censorship on the Ethereum blockchain. Koppelmann stated, “there is no wide agreement ...
Flashbots co-founder resigned after a difference of opinion with the team over censorship
Stephane Gosselin, the co-founder of flashes, resigned from maximal extracted value(MEV) Stephane Gosselin said that he was very proud of what the project had achieved. After all the criticism, Flashb...