Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young was a tech protocol reporter at CoinDesk. He cares for the Solarpunk Movement and is a recent graduate from Claremont McKenna College, who dual-majored in Economics and Philosophy with a Sequence in Data Science. He owns a few NFTs, gold and silver, as well as BTC, ETH, LINK, AAVE, ARB, PEOPLE, DOGE, OS, and HTR.

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Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Cornell University

With more blockchain-related courses than any other school on our list, an eminent research center, and an outstanding student blockchain club, the Ithaca- and New York City-based Ivy League university taps in at No. 5.

Cornell University buildings, Ithaca, N.Y. (Getty Images)

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Monitoring the Merge: What a Successful Ethereum Upgrade Will Look Like

How to track the status of Ethereum’s shift to proof-of-stake with a few easy-to-use tools.

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Ethereum Merge: What You Need to Know

Do you have any Merge questions? Here's our FAQ on the blockchain's coming overhaul.

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Can Crypto Save the Cannabis Industry?

The legal cannabis industry’s problems go much deeper than a lack of access to banking. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week.

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Can Ethereum Out-Engineer the Censors by 'Shuttering' the Beacon Chain?

Ethereum’s developers are realizing censorship is not a problem that can just be coded away.

As the threat of censorship looms, a proposal to "shutter" Ethereum's Beacon Chain is getting some traction. (Julita/Pixabay)

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Web3 Workplace Platform Coordinape Launches Decentralized Compensation Tool for DAOs

Coordinape’s product, CoVaults, uses smart contracts to automate compensation for contributors to the decentralized workspace.

CoVaults are an automated tool for compensating decentralized teams. (AdrienBe/Pixabay)

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Ethereum Proof-of-Work Forks: Gift or Grift?

Ethereum will soon transition to a more energy-efficient system for processing transactions, but prominent crypto personalities are hell-bent on keeping the proof-of-work version of the chain alive. Why?

Why are some miners hell-bent on keeping Ethereum's proof-of-work chain alive? (Getty Images)

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Garfos de prova de trabalho Ethereum : presente ou fraude?

Ethereum fará em breve a transição para um sistema mais eficiente em termos de energia para processamento de transações, mas personalidades Cripto proeminentes estão empenhadas em manter viva a versão de prova de trabalho da cadeia. Por que?

Why are some miners hell-bent on keeping Ethereum's proof-of-work chain alive? (Getty Images)

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Fork Proof-of-Work Ethereum : regalo o truffa?

Ethereum passerà presto a un sistema più efficiente dal punto di vista energetico per l'elaborazione delle transazioni, ma personalità di spicco Cripto sono determinate a mantenere viva la versione proof-of-work della catena. Perché?

Why are some miners hell-bent on keeping Ethereum's proof-of-work chain alive? (Getty Images)

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Bifurcaciones de prueba de trabajo de Ethereum : ¿regalo o estafa?

Ethereum pronto hará la transición a un sistema más eficiente energéticamente para procesar transacciones, pero personalidades Cripto prominentes están empeñadas en mantener viva la versión de prueba de trabajo de la cadena. ¿Por qué?

Why are some miners hell-bent on keeping Ethereum's proof-of-work chain alive? (Getty Images)