Tag: ProofofStake
Leased proof-of-stake (LPoS), explained
Understanding leased proof-of-stake LPoS is a type of PoS meant to increase mining power, address i [...]
Using Proof-of-Stake for a Decentralized Credit Bureau
Using Proof-of-Stake for a Decentralized Credit Bureau
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How Ethereum Staking Stacks Up in the Proof-of-Stake Landscape
This constant stream of new staking participants — the current number of validators sits at about 800,000 — has been so substantial that it has even l [...]
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Is Wrong About Proof-of-Stake Tokens Like ETH
“The investing public is investing anticipating a return, anticipating something on these tokens, whether they're proof-of-stake (PoS) tokens, where t [...]
Ethereum price sees new low versus Bitcoin since switching to Proof-of-Stake
Ether (ETH) has seen a 36% year-to-date increase in its price in 2023 in U.S. dollar terms. This recovery, however, is modest given that ETH is curren [...]
Bitcoin Mining Is an Oligopoly, and Proof-of-Stake Isn’t Any Better
Today PoW and PoS blockchains have conflicting interests between miners/validators and network users. Users would benefit from faster and cheaper tran [...]
How Bitcoin can help secure proof-of-stake blockchain protocols
The proof-of-work consensus mechanism of Bitcoin (BTC) could become a useful means of securing a variety of proof-of-stake (PoS) smart contract blockc [...]
Bitcoin and proof-of-stake have natural ‘synergy’: Bitcoin Builders 2023
Less than a year after proof-of-stake (PoS) became the consensus mechanism for the Ethereum blockchain — the industry’s largest blockchain network — r [...]
SEC Chairman Gensler Suggests Again That Proof-of-Stake Tokens Are Securities: Report
"Whatever they're promoting and putting into a protocol, and locking up their tokens in a protocol, a protocol that's often a small group of entrepren [...]
Rumor has it that Dogecoin could shift to proof-of-stake — What does that mean for miners?
There are rumors that Dogecoin could switch from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake (PoS). Do I know if Dogecoin is switching to PoS? No. Do I think it’s [...]
Privacy-Focused Gnosis Chain to Undergo Its Own Proof-of-Stake ‘Merge’
“In the trilemma of scalability, decentralization and security, we focus on decentralization,” Stefan George, the co-founder and chief technology offi [...]
Environmental groups want Bitcoin to follow Ethereum’s example in moving to proof-of-stake
Transitioning the Ethereum blockchain from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake has reduced its energy usage by more than 99% — and many climate activists [...]
SEC’s Gensler Signals Extra Scrutiny for Proof-of-Stake Cryptocurrencies: Report
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler on Thursday said that staked cryptocurrencies may be subject to federal securities regulat [...]
The Ethereum Merge to proof-of-stake is complete — What’s next?
In this week's episode of Market Talks, we welcome Dr. Julian Hosp, CEO and co-founder of Cake DeFi.Dr. Julian Hosp is the CEO and co-Founder of Cake [...]
Historic day for crypto as Ethereum Merge to proof-of-stake occurs
The Ethereum Merge has officially taken place, marking the full transition of the network to proof-of-stake (PoS). On Sept. 15 at 06:42:42 UTC at bloc [...]