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Tron Founder Justin Sun on Ethereum Merge, USDD Stablecoin Outlook

Tron Founder Justin Sun discusses his support for Ethereum's proof-of-work (PoW) hard fork as the blockchain is expected to transition to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism, an event known as The Merge. Plus, how Tron-based algorithmic stablecoin USDD will become the "first stablecoin in the EthereumPOW ecosystem" and thoughts on crypto winter.

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Tech

What the Merge Means for Ethereum Miners

There is speculation about moving to Ethereum Classic once proof-of-work is gone from the main chain, but mining pools remain split on where they will turn in a post-Merge world.

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What to Expect From Ethereum's Merge Event

Ethereum’s long-awaited transition from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus system is near, but current ether miners will be left with much less useful hardware after the merge, CoinDesk's David Morris said. "The Hash" team discusses the forthcoming transition and what it means for miners, the Ethereum community and wider crypto ecosystem.

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Markets

Crypto Exchange BitMEX Offers Strategy on Potential 'ETHPoW' Split as China Miner Contests Ethereum Merge

BitMEX analysts say a threatened fork from the Ethereum blockchain might generate some interest from investors.

Chinese crypto miner Chandler Guo has launched a campaign to fork the Ethereum blockchain and create a spinoff, hewing to the “proof-of-work” (PoW) system that it uses now. (bildanova/500px/Getty Images)

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What Ether Options ‘Flippening’ Means for Bitcoin

Solidus Labs Chief Operating Officer Chen Arad discusses his reading of the recent surge in ether (ETH) options and its impact on bitcoin (BTC) ahead of Ethereum’s upcoming “merge” from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. Plus, his take on the latest crypto contagion and the lessons learned.

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Finance

AntPool Supports Ethereum Classic Ecosystem With $10M Investment

The mining pool is throwing its weight behind the Ethereum-offshoot alternative that will continue to mine using proof-of-work.

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Markets

Binance Says It Doesn't Stake or Lend 'Locked' Dogecoin

The clarification comes after Twitterati questioned the inner working of the staking product dedicated to proof-of-work coins.

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Learn

Proof-of-Work vs. Proof-of-Stake: What Is the Difference?

Proof-of-work (PoW) and proof-of-stake (PoS) are two different methods to validate cryptocurrency transactions.

Proof-of-work vs. proof-of-stake (Brett Sayles/Pexels)

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Tezos: What Makes It Different?

The energy-efficient platform has participants "baking" instead of staking their XTZ and allows forkless upgrades.

Tezos's use of baking is one way it is different from other blockchains. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Final Toncoin Mined Ahead of Transition to Proof-of-Stake

From now on, new toncoins will only enter circulation by PoS validation, resulting in a decrease of new TON entering the network by about 75% to 200,000 daily.

The final TON was mined on June 28, signaling the transition of toncoin’s transition from a largely proof-of-work model to proof-of-stake. (Pixabay)