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What Is ERC-6551? Unpacking The ‘Backpack’ Wallet

In the past few months, several Web3 projects have adopted the ERC-6551 standard, or token-bound account. The new standard opens up a plethora of use cases across NFTs, gaming, DAOs and the metaverse.

ERC-6551 NFTs are often called "backpack wallets." (Luis Quintero/Unsplash)

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Ethereum Developers Cement Final Lineup of Changes in ‘Dencun’ Upgrade

Proto-danksharding is at the heart of the package, with other improvements for storage on-chain, as well as minor code changes related to the Ethereum Virtual Machine.

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Meet ‘Dencun.’ Ethereum Developers Are Already Planning Next Hard Fork

The next major upgrade for the blockchain will include “proto-danksharding,” though developers are still deciding what else to include in the hard fork.

Ether (ETH) finds support at $2,200 level. (Natalilia Mysik/Getty Images)

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A Day in the Life of a Dev: Ethereum’s Justin Florentine

In a CoinDesk interview, the senior protocol engineer for Ethereum breaks down the nuts and bolts of being a developer in the crypto ecosystem.

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Tech

Ethereum Developers Agree on What Could Be Included in the Next Upgrade – but Not When

Staked ETH withdrawals made the cut – but the timeline for when that will happen still isn't any clearer.

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Tech

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Next Big Upgrade

“Shanghai” will make it possible to withdraw staked ETH, but a long-wished-for pathway to lower gas fees might be missing from the update.

Shanghai (Edward He/Unsplash)

Finance

Scaling Ethereum Without Trade-Offs: Inside EIP 4488

The upgrade could help lower transaction costs for rollups while the network waits for sharding to be implemented.

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Markets

Ether Tops $3.5K After Record Daily Coin Burn; Bitcoin’s Rangeplay Continues

Ethereum destroyed 12,000 coins on Tuesday, the most in a single day since the EIP 1559 activation.

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Ethereum Devs Reconsider ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Timing as Hard Forks Loom

Developers may punt a network feature two years down the road to avoid complicating Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake (PoS).

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Ethereum Core Developers Debate Benefits of More Frequent Hard Forks

Ethereum core developers are discussing the possibility of executing more frequent hard forks as the software aims to offer new features.

Bitcoin Cash successfully split into two blockchains, again.

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