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Valid Points: How Ethereum’s Governance Process Alters ‘The Merge’

Ethereum developers have turned their attention to The Merge.

Ethereum se encamina a la fusión de Testnet. (Getty Images)

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Valid Points: Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake May Happen Sooner Than You Think

A "quick merge" outline ostensibly serves as a notice against any further agitation from Ethereum miners.

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Tecnologie

Valid Points: Why Ether Doesn’t Need a Supply Cap to Hedge Against Inflation

Contrary to popular opinion, ether’s unlimited coin supply does not disqualify its use case as a store of value.

Ether holds up as a store of value, even without a supply cap.

Tecnologie

Valid Points: What Coinbase's Public Listing Means for Eth 2.0

Coinbase's IPO introduces a new set of stake holders in Ethereum's governance community.

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase

Tecnologie

The ‘Unique Opportunity’ to Upgrade Ethereum’s Virtual Stack

A few functions may be removed from Ethereum during its merge from Eth 1.x to Eth 2.0.

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Tecnologie

Valid Points: How CME Ether Futures Work and Why They Matter

A financially settled and U.S. regulated ether futures product makes all the difference.

CME Group Headquarters (CoinDesk Archives)

Tecnologie

Valid Points: Eth 2.0 Validators Earn Record $1.2M as ETH Price Rallies

Ethereum 2.0 validators earned their highest daily total income ever on Feb. 8, at $1.2 million.

Will Ethereum reach mass adoption or elude its market fit like the Concorde jet of the 1970s?

Tecnologie

Valid Points: CoinDesk’s Ethereum 2.0 Validator Is Officially Staked

Ethereum developers met Tuesday to compare research on the eventual merge of Eth 1.x and Eth 2.0.

stake, staking, StakerDAO

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Valid Points: What to Expect When Ethereum 2.0 Undergoes Its First 'Hard Fork'

Here's what the impending Eth 2.0 hard fork means, and why Ethereum devs are still debating the “Ice Age.”

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Tecnologie

Valid Points: Why Ethereum 2.0 Shifts How Investors Value ETH

The use case of ether has shifted with the launch of Ethereum 2.0. Here’s why that matters.

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