Cardano’s Plomin Hard Fork Goes Live, Ushering in On-Chain Governance
Plomin comes just four months after Cardano’s Chang hard fork, which put many of the mechanisms in place for Wednesday’s upgrade.
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Cardano Will Transition to Full Decentralized Governance After Wednesday’s Hard Fork, Cardano Foundation Says
A hard fork is a non-backwards compatible change to the blockchain’s programming.
Blockchain Startup BTQ Proposes More Energy Efficient Alternative to Crypto’s Proof of Work
A new paper proposes using a method called “coarse-grained boson-sampling” to validate the proof of work process and reward successful miners.
The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation Fracas
Also: New grants for DePIN; DAO governance merger
TRUMP Coin’s Biggest Critics Are Crypto Industry Insiders
Trump-supporting crypto professionals have been particularly scathing about the family’s recent meme coin projects.
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Goes On Offense Amid Major Leadership Shake-up
Buterin labeled inflammatory X posts about the head of the Ethereum Foundation as “pure evil.”
The Protocol: Sony Launches Blockchain to Controversy
Also: Bubblemaps roadmap; Babylon interoperability
Babylon Labs Brings New Momentum to Bitcoin ZK Tech Through Bridge to Cosmos Chains
Babylon, developer of the largest BTC staking protocol, is teaming up with Bitcoin developers Fiamma to build a trust-minimized bridge using BitVM2
The Protocol: Hyperliquid Responds to Decentralization Criticism
Also: Ripple’s Chainlink deal; Pyth partners with Revolut
Arbitrum Awards Biggest-Ever Foundation Grant to Lotte, the South Korean Megacorp
Lotte’s Caliverse, an AI-driven entertainment experience, is coming to the layer-2 network, allowing web3 users to pay for services with crypto.