Ethereum Developers Target January for First Testnet Deployment of Next Big Upgrade, ‘Dencun’
Developers also penciled in the end of February as a soft target for the upgrade to hit the main Ethereum blockchain.
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Protocol Village: Bitfinex Securities Announces First Tokenized Bond on Liquid Network
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 21-Jan. 3. (EDITOR’S NOTE: We will be taking much-needed time off around the end of the year, so updates will be less frequent. Happy holidays!)
The Protocol: Blockchain Tech Predictions for 2024, Er… Best Guesses
Why not try? At least? Check out The Protocol’s FIRST ANNUAL list of blockchain tech predictions for the coming year. ALSO: Ledger hack sows DeFi discord while Ordinals “NFTs on Bitcoin” activity produces Bitcoin fee spike and a lucrative surprise at Sotheby’s.
Celestia Rival Avail Inks Agreement With Starkware as Blockchain Data Race Heats Up
Avail’s new “data availability” solution, currently in testing, and Madara, which is Starkware’s sequencer, are both expected to go live in early 2024. They might be used in conjunction to create new application chains or “appchains.”
Lido Tests of ‘Distributed Validator Technology’ Portend 2024 Decentralization Push
A big selling point of blockchain networks is that they are “decentralized.” But just a few validators, including those run by Lido, have gradually amassed a lion’s share of the power over the dominant smat-contracts blockchain, Ethereum. One idea is to decentralize the validators themselves.
Shiba Inu Could Soon Offer SHIB Holders a ‘.shib’ Internet Domain
The team is working with Web3 domains player D3 to apply for and win the “.shib” internet domain as part of a broader push toward a decentralized identity project.
Elastos Looks to Capture BTC Staking Demand With Bitcoin Layer 2 Offering
The platform is developing Bitcoin tools as the applications built on the network catch favor with investors.
Access to Binance’s Law Enforcement Request Panel Is for Sale for $10K
Binance uses a third-party service called Kodex to validate law enforcement requests.
Zcash Developer Electric Coin CEO Zooko Wilcox Steps Down, Swihart Named to Role
Zooko Wilcox (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)
Polygon Stops Work on ‘Edge,’ Used to Build Dogechain, as Focus Turns to ZK
Polygon Labs, a developer of scaling networks for Ethereum, has shifted toward “Polygon CDK,” a blockchain-development kit powered by zero-knowledge cryptography. The older “Polygon Edge” was used by Dogechain, in an unofficial effort to build a Dogecoin-oriented smart-contracts network.