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Can Ethereum Out-Engineer the Censors by 'Shuttering' the Beacon Chain?

Ethereum’s developers are realizing censorship is not a problem that can just be coded away.

As the threat of censorship looms, a proposal to "shutter" Ethereum's Beacon Chain is getting some traction. (Julita/Pixabay)

Ethereum Proof-of-Work Forks: Gift or Grift?

Ethereum will soon transition to a more energy-efficient system for processing transactions, but prominent crypto personalities are hell-bent on keeping the proof-of-work version of the chain alive. Why?

Why are some miners hell-bent on keeping Ethereum's proof-of-work chain alive? (Getty Images)

Tornado Cash Fallout: Can Ethereum Be Censored?

In light of OFAC’s Tornado Cash sanctions, Ethereum's community debates what to do if validators censor sanctioned addresses.

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Cloning Tornado Cash Would Be Easy, but Risky

The sanctioned Ethereum mixer’s code is open source. Anyone can copy and run it. The hard part: winning user trust – and staying out of the U.S. government’s crosshairs.

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Goerli Is Coming: Ethereum’s Last Rehearsal Before the Merge

The Prater upgrade, the first component of the upcoming Goerli testnet merge, is happening this week.

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