Ethereum’s much-hated staking ‘tax’ may already be obsolete
Ethereum’s latest “funding crisis” has triggered a fierce debate: a contentious plan to tax staking rewards versus a new wave of labs and large ETH holders funding development offchain.
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Animoca becomes largest validator of Telegram’s TON blockchain
Animoca Brands invests in Telegram’s TON blockchain protocol and becomes its largest validator as it eyes GameFi development on the platform.
Ethereum validators may have to stake 64X more ETH, devs discuss
The proposal received mixed reactions from the crypto community, with some users stressing that it would make the network more centralized.
Ripple expands Canadian engineering activities with U of Toronto XRP validator
Canada’s largest university is the third in the country to partner with Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative.
Ethereum validators earn a record $46M as staking rewards rate surges
Ethereum’s staking rewards hit a record 8.6% post-Merge, with validators earning $46 million in the first week of May, citing the memecoin craze responsible.
Gnosis Chain spends $5M on validator incentive program for decentralization
The program offers 388 mGNO to each of the first ten validators that runs in a listed country.
Solana faces slowdown in block production, network restarted
The issue is linked to the recent network upgrade from 1.13 to 1.14, which slowed block finalization.
‘Decentralized Infura’ may help prevent Ethereum app crashes: Interview
The initial “Dfura” marketplace, which is currently in development, is expected to include up to 10 Web3 data providers.
Ava Labs partners with AWS to offer one-click node deployment
Other new features include a subnet deployment service and GovCloud integration for compliance-friendly Dapps
Ethereum Shanghai upgrade: EIP-3651 to cut gas fees for key network participants
Traders using builders to execute their complex trades could save a significant chunk of their gas fees as they no longer have to pay for failed transactions.