Proof-of-Stake

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance analyzes post-Merge geographical distribution of Ethereum nodes in latest climate impact study

Despite clear growth in ETH staking post-Merge, barriers like regulatory uncertainty and the macro environment have kept some institutions on the sidelines

The paper explores how it is possible to “slash” Bitcoin despite its limited scripting language

Loss of finality a week ago led to ‘the lowest participation of any epoch in Mainnet ever,’ developers say

Just because the upgrade was a success doesn’t mean that work on democratizing Ethereum can stop

More than 80 protocols use proof-of-stake. Why is it so popular, and how does it work?

Learn everything you need to know about the historic debate and latest developments

The growing number of validators points to “increasing confidence, positive market sentiment, and conviction in the Ethereum ecosystem as a whole,” the chief marketing officer at Blocknative told Blockworks

The debate on Ethereum decentralization surged after the blockchain’s transition to proof-of-stake in September

The asset manager raised $5 million in its Ethereum Index Fund so far, a filing from Tuesday shows

Blockchain development agency Labrys said Ethereum censorship has grown “unchecked” since the Merge, but core developers disagree

Post-Merge NFTs should function as usual on marketplaces and within dapps

After a successful Merge the blockchain’s transition to a proof-of-stake consensus drops new supply issuance of ETH by 90%, equal to three Bitcoin halving events

The NFT marketplace giant won’t support Ethereum forks, but OpenSea competitors might

The final pre-Merge clients rolled out this week as the Ethereum community prepares for proof-of-stake liftoff

Leaving miners behind is “irresponsible” at best, says ex-miner Chandler Guo

Goerli has successfully transitioned to proof-of-stake following the network’s total block difficulty having crossed 10,079,000 on Wednesday.

The Merge will likely occur in mid-September, as long as the Goerli testnet successfully switches to proof-of-stake

Will the network remain secure, even as staked ether remains locked until at least the second quarter of 2023?

The Ethereum Merge is a multi-year event designed to upgrade the blockchain from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism

An eagerly anticipated consensus shift to proof-of-stake will take a few months longer, but the path is becoming clearer by the day

Some assume blockchains are decentralized by default, but decentralization is a spectrum, and some platforms are more decentralized than others

Solana (SOL) has become popular in the NFT and DeFi spaces as Ethereum users seek out new platforms with faster and cheaper transactions

Four US representatives in 2020 wrote to the IRS in a bid for clarity around tax payments for crypto staking