Mining Pool Splits $300K Ether Fee With Accidental Sender
Ethereum mining pool Sparkpool has verified the accidental sender of an unusually high miners' fee and agreed to split the amount.

Ethereum's ProgPoW Proposal: An Expensive Game of Whack-a-Mole
Ethereum's ProgPoW proposal may appear to minimize the ASIC advantage, but it isn't as democratizing as claimed, argue Dovey Wan and Martina Long.

Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Proposes Wallet Fee to Fund Developers
The creator of the world's second largest blockchain proposed today on Twitter a new norm for the ecosystem – a flat wallet fee of 1 gwei.

Ethereum Block Count Spikes as Difficulty Bomb Diffuses on Schedule
Block creation numbers on the ethereum blockchain are back on the rise after a successful roll out of the Constantinople and St. Petersburg hard forks.

Fidelity Crypto Chief Says Hard Fork May Delay Firm's Support for Ethereum
Fidelity's crypto trading and custody business is live and supporting bitcoin, but adding ether might take a while.

ConsenSys-Backed Civil Tries Again on Newsroom Token Launch
The ConsenSys-backed ethereum startup Civil is launching its CVL token today to kickstart an ambitious journalism project.

MakerDAO Opens Token Holder Vote on Fee Hike for Ethereum Stablecoin
With the DAI's dollar-peg "almost at a breaking point," governance token holders are considering whether to raise the "Dai Stability Fee."

Ethereum Foundation Director Sets New Vision for Blockchain Non-Profit
The Ethereum Foundation may shift its role toward propelling – as opposed to creating – a larger, more decentralized ethereum ecosystem.

Ethereum Developers Start Search for New Hard Fork Coordinator
Developers in the ethereum community are seeking a new specialist to help coordinate major software upgrades in wake of a recent departure.
