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Ethereum Developers Target Ease of Crypto Wallets With 'EIP-3074'

EIP-3074 has drawn both support and concern from the Ethereum community, a code change that is supposed to improve the user experience with wallets on the blockchain.

Screengrab from the EIP-3074 proposal (Ethereum.org, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Opinion

What the Ethereum Community's Staking Argument Is Really About

The Ethereum community is debating the power and responsibilities of the Ethereum Foundation, which some think is playing central banker by suggesting changes to the ether issuance formula.

Vitalik Buterin is the creator and spiritual leader of Ethereum. (Romanpoet/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum Foundation Researchers' Proposal to Slow ETH Issuance Draws Pushback

The proposal, introduced in February, could harden Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ether (ETH), as a form of money – by reducing the inflation of new supply. But some members of the community say if it's not broke, don't fix it.

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Opinion

Why the SEC Shouldn’t Classify ETH as a Security

Reports suggest the agency may be about to categorize ETH as a security, with huge implications for the blockchain’s future. Here’s why the SEC would be wrong.

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Finance

Ethereum Foundation Faces Inquiry From a Government; Fortune Says SEC Investigating ETH

After the publication of this article, Fortune reported the SEC seeks to classify ETH as a security.

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Tech

Debating Dencun: Will Ethereum's Big Update Help or Harm the Network?

While Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap could help the ecosystem reach new levels of scale, some developers think relying on third parties to improve access to Ethereum could backfire.

Ethereum Foundation's Tim Beiko joined The Protocol podcast to discuss the implications of the Dencun upgrade. (CoinDesk, modified using PhotoMosh)

Tech

Bug That Took Down 8% of Ethereum's Validators Sparks Worries About Even Bigger Outage

The lion's share of Ethereum's validators rely on the same piece of software to power their operations. According to some experts, this could be a big risk.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, namesake for "proto-danksharding," a major component of Ethereum's upcoming "Dencun" upgrade. (Bradley Keoun)

Tech

This Cybersecurity Pro Gets Paid to Hack Ethereum – for the Good of the Network

One of the techniques that his team deploys to protect the blockchain is “fuzzing,” a term borrowed from the software-development industry that’s become a common way of checking to make sure a system is secure and resilient.

Ethereum Foundation security researcher David Theodore's Airstream, parked in Colorado (David Theodore)

Videos

Anthony Scaramucci Says He's Not Testifying at SBF Trial; Markets React After Hamas Attack on Israel

"CoinDesk Daily" breaks down the biggest crypto headlines today, including how markets are reacting to escalating violence in the Middle East. SkyBridge Capital founder and managing partner Anthony Scaramucci clarifies if he will testify in Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial as legal proceedings enter the second week. And, traders react to a wallet apparently belonging to the Ethereum Foundation that sold a portion of its allocated tokens.

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The Ethereum Foundation Commences Shutdown of Ropsten Testnet

Developers should move their applications over to either the Goerli or Sepolia testnets.

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