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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.

The International Space Station, home to an Ethereum node.

Technologies

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.

Eth 2 building

Technologies

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.

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Technologies

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.

Woman with a bicycle on the background of foggy valley. Girl enjoys beautiful scenic view.

Technologies

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.

Eth2 MEV forest

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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.

Eth 2 price rewards nl

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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

Expect more developments on Eth 2.0.

Technologies

Valid Points: Close to $9B Worth of Ether Is Now Staked on Eth 2.0

By most measures, Ethereum had an outstanding Q1.

Close to $9 billion in ether is now staked.

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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.

MEV front-running