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Announcing the Kiln Merge Testnet

The Kintsugi 🍵 merge testnet, launched late December, has been a valuable testing ground for The Merge. Through various test suites, multi-client devnets, shadow forks of Goerli, application deployments, and the community's help #TestingTheMerge, we've...
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Devcon: Hacia Colombia en 2022 [Redux]

Queridos Amigos, A few years ago, we outlined what Devcon was all about in the original version of this post, and spoke to our renewed focus on growing the Ethereum ecosystem. In this updated version, we're excited to re-announce Devcon 6, and to sha...
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Allocation Update: Q3 and Q4, 2021

This one's a double header! Below you'll find the lists of grantees from both Q3 and Q4 of 2021. A note on categories: where we once listed Ethereum 1.0/1.x or Ethereum 2.0, you'll now see "Execution Layer" and "Consensus Layer" respectively. This is ...
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Devconnect: 18-25 April 2022 in Amsterdam

In our last post, we outlined Devconnect as a week-long gathering that will feature independent Ethereum events, which aim to bring the Ethereum community together in smaller groups to talk, learn about, or make serious progress on specific subjects. L...
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Grantee Roundup: December 2021

It’s always fun to hear about new grants as they’re awarded, but what happens after the announcement? In this series, we’ll check in on a couple of projects that are well underway - or already at the finish line. Read on to learn about some recent mile...
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The great renaming: what happened to Eth2?

Ethereum is a protocol undergoing significant changes. Client teams are upgrading the protocol to scale to meet global demand while improving security and decentralization. Beyond protocol development, a critical shift in Ethereum has been the movement...
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Best Place to Buy Ethereum

What is Ethereum? Ethereum is a community-built technology behind the cryptocurrency ether (ETH) and supports thousands of blockchain applications. Ethereum is one of the world’s largest programmable blockchains and the...
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Best Place to Buy Litecoin

What is Litecoin? Litecoin is a cryptocurrency that was established in 2011. Litecoin’s primary purpose is to be a more user-friendly version of Bitcoin. Litecoin transactions are said to be...
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Announcing the KZG Ceremony

High fees have made life difficult for travelers through these Dark Forests. The Pools of Mem once clouded, now clarified by the filter of 1559, reveal that they are not deep enough to sustain. Legends tell of a society flourishing under the abundance...
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PKT Cash – Development Update Nov/Dec 2021

This update will cover PKT technology development progress through November & December 2021.  PKT is an open-source project. All of the PKT blockchain code and the various projects being developed...
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Announcing the Kintsugi Merge Testnet

Since returning from the Amphora merge workshop, client teams have been hard at work implementing the latest versions of merge specifications and testing them on devnets. After four ephemeral devnets, Kintsugi 🍵, a longer-lived public testnet, is now ...
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Announcing the Client Incentive Program

Note: this post was updated on April 4, 2022 to include a full copy of the Client Incentive Program details. A diverse set of clients is key to the Ethereum network's health and decentralization. Diversity ensures that innovation continues at the base...
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Verkle tree structure

A Verkle tree is a commitment scheme that works similar to a Merkle tree, but has much smaller witnesses. It works by replacing the hashes in a Merkle tree with a vector commitment, which makes wider branching factors more efficient. Thanks to Kevaund...
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Arrow Glacier Upgrade Announcement

The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 13,773,000, which is predicted to occur on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. The exact date is subject to change due to variable block times and timezones. Please upgrade your node ...
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Allocation Update: Q2 2021

It's that time again - our Q2 grantee lineup is coming right up. But before we get to that: ESP is hiring a Team Lead! We're looking for someone organized, innovative, and passionate about Ethereum. If you think you might be the right person to lead a...
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Finalized no. 31

This issue of Finalized is dedicated to the contextualization of a recently published paper describing three possible attacks on Ethereum's proof-of-stake algorithm. tl;dr These are serious attacks with a formally-analyzed, technically-simple mitigati...
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PKT Cash – Development Update Sept/Oct 2021

This development update will encompass September & October 2021 and goes into detail on the various PKT technology projects.  PKT is an open-source project. All of the PKT blockchain code...
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