Ethereum
The Winner Of This Ethereum Reddit Competition Will Receive 25,000 Dai
- The award was announced after criticism from the Reddit community.
- Developers will be able to share their demos by July 31, 2020.
First U.S. Ethereum Futures Contracts Launched By ErisX
- The first physically-settled futures contracts for the 2nd largest crypto by market cap will be regulated by the CFTC.
- The new offer came only days after the exchange obtained the lucrative New York virtual currency license.
Unibright, Chainlink, Anyblock Analytics Form EMINENT Task Force
- The goal will be to produce open-source standards that will make it easy for enterprises to integrate with the Ethereum mainnet.
- The task force expects to be done within 18 - 24 months, though intermediate updates will be released to the public.
Testnet Split Caused by Ethereum’s Istanbul Early Arrival
- The update came in 2 days earlier, causing a split of the Ropsten testnet.
- There shouldn't be any problems when the update is activated on the main Ethereum network, Hudson Jameson, community manager of the Ethereum Foundation, explained.
Ethereum Foundation’s Director Will Now Help Businesses Use Public Blockchain
- Aya Miyaguchi made a statement where she noted that EEA wants to impact the industry.
- Joseph Lubin commented on the attention by businesses to the Ethereum network.
Tim Draper Worried about Ethereum’s Economics
- Tim Draper is not a fan of the 2%-4% ETH issuance rate.
- Despite Draper's love for smart contracts he sees flaws in Ethereum's economics and history of centralisation.
Vitalik Buterin Proposes Creating an Ether Mixer to Tackle Privacy Concerns
- Ether mixer that uses smart contracts will improve user privacy according to Vitalik Buterin, Co-Founder of Ethereum.
- A web-based interface will provide access to the couple of smart contracts proposed.
Chainlink Mainnet Going Live on Ethereum
- Chainlink is finally launching on the Ethereum mainnet at the end of the month.
- Chainlink's idea is to link smart contracts with the necessary inputs and outputs by letting them connect to any API.
Ethereum Subreddit Moderators Resign After Conflict
- The Ethereum reddit channel is rated within the top 600 most popular reddit channels.
- Preventing such conflicts is up to the the community to be more transparent and everybody’s expectations to be on the same page.
Elon Musk Shows Interest in Developing on Ethereum
- Vitalik replied with a series of five tweets detailing his top use cases for ETH, among which was a “globally accessible financial system, including payments, store of value, and also more advanced stuff like insurance”.
- Earlier this year Musk, the most popular Silicon Valley superstar, also appeared in an episode of ARK Invest's FYI podcast, where the conversation veered away from Tesla and into crypto.