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Report Disputes EIP-1559’s Role in Ethereum’s ‘Ultrasound Money’ Narrative

Mark Odayan, head of research at 2077 Research, asserts that Ethereum’s EIP-1559 should not be equated with the concept of “Ultrasound Money.” Odayan’s insights aim to clarify the transaction fee…

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Ethereum Transaction Fees Slide Nearly 94% Over the Past 68 Days

Similar to Bitcoin’s onchain fees, the cost of transacting on the Ethereum network has recently seen a significant decline. Over the previous 68 days, since March 5, 2024, Ethereum’s network…

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Ethereum Issuance Reduction Proposal Prompts Fierce Crypto Community Criticism

Discussions about adjusting Ethereum’s issuance curve due to staking concentration and other factors are taking place on social media, with some developers in favor and some against this change. A…

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Raging Inferno: Over 3% of All Ether Supply Has Been Burned Since Implementing EIP-1559

Ethereum has shed a significant part of its supply since the London upgrade, applied in August 2021. According to ultrasound.money, a portal that records several statistics associated with the ETH…

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‘Ultra Sound Money’ — Post-Merge Stats Show Ethereum’s Issuance Rate Plunged After PoS Transition

Months before Ethereum transitioned from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS), a simulation of The Merge had shown the network’s issuance rate would drop following the ruleset change. Statistics now show…

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Ethereum Devs Delay Difficulty Bomb — ETH 2.0 Contract Surpasses 13 Million Ether Deposits

On June 30, Ethereum developers delayed the network’s difficulty bomb via the Gray Glacier update, which means The Merge won’t happen at least until September 2022. Meanwhile, there’s now more…

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Ethereum Has Destroyed $8.10 Billion in Ether, ETH Scarcity to Increase After The Merge

According to current metrics, the Ethereum blockchain has burned 2.35 million ether since the implementation of Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559. The $8.10 billion in value was burned over the…

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ETH Network Q1 Revenue Grew 46% to $2.4 Billion, Token Inflation Rate Drops to 0.51%

The revenues accrued by the Ethereum network rose by 46% from $1.6 billion to $2.4 billion during the first quarter of 2022. Contributing to the growth in the network’s revenues…

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There’s an Insatiable Urge to Burn Crypto — A Look at Why Projects Burn Tokens and the Benefits

In recent times, cryptocurrencies that burn tokens have been very popular and a number of well known blockchain projects have destroyed large sums of digital assets. While a number of…

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