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Ethereum started the DApp revolution with its innovative blockchain technology and features. As DeFi gained traction, Ethereum naturally became the de facto platform of choice for its various tools and projects. But it continues to wear down due to DeFi's unprecedented continuous growth and its own inability to scale up linearly. Ethereum's plan to tackle…

October 5, 20200Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

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Ethereum Faces Significant Scaling Challenges, Buterin Expresses Long-Term Concerns

Like most altcoins, Ethereum has seen its market recovery stagnate over the past few weeks. Nevertheless, development of the platform is aggressively moving ahead. A major upgrade, named Istanbul, is expected to take place in September and network usage continues to grow. This progress has once again highlighted the scaling challenges facing the platform, which…

September 1, 20190Comments

ByTrevor Smith

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Bitcoin’s Value Is Surging, Yet Technical Data Highlights Challenges Ahead

Excitement among Bitcoin advocates continues to build as the flagship cryptocurrency has moved past $10,000 and is showing no sign of a significant correction. Not surprisingly, press coverage is increasing as is interest from a wide range of investors. Much of the data surrounding Bitcoin use indicates an overall resurgence in adoption, yet this same…

June 22, 20190Comments

ByTrevor Smith

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The Current Market Recovery Will Be Very Different From 2017 Bull Run

Near universal consensus exists among crypto analysts that a price recovery is underway, as fiat market caps continue to advance and other activity, such as transaction volume, is rapidly increasing. Not surprisingly, comparisons are being made to 2017, when market growth drove most platforms to all-time highs, and public interest in blockchain assets soared. Nevertheless,…

May 5, 20190Comments

ByTrevor Smith

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Ethereum Price Remains Flat After Constantinople Upgrade

The long anticipated Ethereum upgrade, named Constantinople, has been implemented. This move is a major step forward on the Ethereum roadmap, and despite having been briefly delayed, appears to have occurred without any significant issues. Ethereum’s price has declined slightly since the upgrade, dropping from $138 to $134. The upgrade, which took place…

March 7, 20190Comments

ByTrevor Smith

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Decentralized App Platforms Moving Up In Value, May Indicate Overall Market Recovery

Since the beginning of the year, crypto prices have largely been stable, leading many analysts to argue that a general recovery is underway. At a minimum, there is a consensus that fiat values will likely not drop further. Now, a new pattern appears to be emerging, as the top decentralized application (dApp) platforms are making…

February 23, 20190Comments

ByTrevor Smith

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Competition Heating Over Confirmation Speed, May Determine Long-Term Success

Next year is all but certain to see blockchain technology assume a much greater role across many business and technical sectors, and institutions across the globe are evaluating platforms for potential adoption. Anticipating this move, competition is emerging, usually pushed by development teams, promoting the technical merits of platforms for a range of applications. Of…

December 28, 20180Comments

ByTrevor Smith

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As Platforms & Exchanges Mature, Options for Purchasing and Trading are Growing

The cryptocurrency market has a habit of defying traditional financial logic, and the development and growth of exchanges during 2018 is one example. Despite the significant decline of market values, and a decrease in trading activity, exchanges continue to press ahead. In what is already a very crowded space, the opportunity to buy and trade…

December 23, 20180Comments

ByTrevor Smith

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Ethereum Upgrade to Happen in January, Platform At A Crossroads

The Ethereum development team has announced that the Constantinople update, which is the next step in the platform’s roadmap, is ready for release. The update will involve a hard fork that will take place at block 7,080,000, and is expected on January 16th. Ethereum prices have surged on the news, moving up more than ten…

December 10, 20180Comments

ByTrevor Smith

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DAG Platforms Advancing as Experts Debate Potential

As blockchain technology steadily moves toward mainstream adoption, developers are hard at work seeking to solve technical challenges and create the perfect platform. Although the benefits of blockchain are universally recognized across the crypto space, an alternate from of distributed ledger architecture is gaining support. Directed acyclic graph (DAG) systems accomplish the same goals as…

August 25, 20180Comments

ByTrevor Smith