Tag: Censorship
This $28K Pixelated Avocado Could Add to Bitcoin’s Raging Censorship Debate
"Elegantly weaving the nuanced tapestry of Bitcoin’s history, culture and core technicalities, each unique, pixelated, and hand-crafted piece forms pa [...]
Debate Over Censorship and Innovation Ignites in Blockchain Communities
Solana, the layer-1 smart-contract blockchain, has seen its SOL token jump sixfold this year, vastly outperforming its dominant rival, Ethereum, whose [...]
Fewer Transactions Sanctioned by U.S. Government’s OFAC Are Getting Through on Ethereum, Data Shows
This large percentage resulted, in part, from the fact that a small number of relayers were available in MEV-Boost's early days, and the most popular [...]
A Curious Censorship Issue at the Guantánamo Court
A prisoner’s PTSD was discussed in open court, and was central to a ruling that he was unfit for trial. National security censors redacted it.
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OnlyFans, Patreon models turn to Web3 amid payment and censorship fears
Adult content creators have continued to shift towards decentralized versions of OnlyFans and Patreon, after recent payment difficulties and the ever- [...]
Latest Ethereum Blocks Suggest Validators Are Reversing Censorship
After OFAC sanctioned Tornado Cash, there was debate over whether validators should include those transactions or not. Ever since then, the Ethereum c [...]
ETH staking on top exchanges contributes to Ethereum censorship: Data
For most crypto ecosystems, being compliant with federal sanctions have a negative impact on its global reach. However, when it comes to Ethereum, inv [...]
Is Ethereum’s Censorship Problem Taking a Turn?
But the tide may be turning, with the number of censored blocks on Ethereum seeing a steady decline between mid-November and mid-December. According t [...]
Blockchain is the only viable path to privacy and censorship resistance in the 21st century
While censorship resistance and privacy are not the same thing, they are closely intertwined. When the government or another entity, such as an advert [...]
L2 is crucial to Ethereum decentralization, censorship resistance, says researcher
Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform StarkWare has officially launched the StarkNet Foundation with the introduction of a diverse board that aims to safe [...]
Vitalik Buterin’s New Ethereum Roadmap Takes Aim at MEV and Censorship
Flashbots, the research and development firm behind the software, apparently aims to make MEV extraction more equitable. It has been scrutinized, howe [...]
Ethereum inches even closer to total censorship due to OFAC compliance
Considering that protocol-level censorship is deterrent to the crypto ecosystem's goal of highly open and accessible finance, the community has been k [...]
Crypto Means Absolutely Nothing Without Censorship Resistance
Censorship resistance is fundamental to any functioning cryptocurrency or blockchain project. It’s been a pillar of crypto from the start, one of the [...]
Will Censorship Fork Ethereum?
Disagreement around how to handle sanctions on Ethereum may soon force the chain to split into two: one chain censored, one not. Valid Points is CoinD [...]
51% of Ethereum blocks are now compliant with OFAC standards, raising censorship concerns
One month after the Merge, 51% of ethereum blocks were compliant with OFAC standards, according to blockchain development Labrys' data, as MEV-boost r [...]