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The Protocol
Every Wednesday
Exploring the tech behind crypto one block at a time.
Valid Points: New Deposits to Ethereum 2.0 Reach Record High in May
Eth 2.0 deposits hit a record high last month, and now the first Ethereum node has launched into outer space where it now resides aboard the ISS.

Valid Points: Why Staking on Eth 2.0 Is Becoming Lucrative for Exchanges
The staking industry is growing. Plus, here's what’s being built for the Web 3 future.

Valid Points: The Risks and Rewards of Sharding
A sharded blockchain enables blockchain capacity and transaction throughput to increase along with the number of nodes, such that scalability does not sacrifice network decentralization.

Valid Points: What Eth 2.0 Validators Can Expect After the 'Altair' Upgrade
The Eth 2.0 network is preparing to take its training wheels off.

Valid Points: MEV on Eth 2.0: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Greater variance in validator income raises important questions about the dynamics of staking on Ethereum under PoS.

Valid Points: Eth 2.0 Validators Earn Record $3M as ETH Soars Past $3K
ETH hit several new all-time price highs this past week as developers made progress with their plans to expedite the merging of Ethereum and Ethereum 2.0.

Valid Points: More Ethereum Upgrades to Come After Proof of Stake, Buterin Says
The Ethereum 2.0 network had its first major incident on Saturday; Vitalik projects many more upgrades in Ethereum's post-merge future

Valid Points: Close to $9B Worth of Ether Is Now Staked on Eth 2.0
By most measures, Ethereum had an outstanding Q1.

Valid Points: Yes, Front-Running Will Still Exist on Ethereum 2.0
Also called “miner” extractable value, MEV is crypto’s version of Wall Street front-running.
