Will Ethereum Face Scaling and Governance Issues?
Is it possible that Ethereum will start facing issues with scaling and governance like bitcoin once it becomes big enough? Bitcoin block size and scaling issue can easily win the debate of the year award if there is anything of that sort. Now, the next best thing in the crypto industry is Ethereum. Ethereum is another crypto-platform for creating blockchain-based applications and smart contracts. Even though Ethereum was not originally designed to be a currency, it has become one due to an increase in its demand, causing its value to soar. Compared to Bitcoin, Ethereum is still in its....
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The layer two (L2) Ethereum scaling project Optimism has announced the launch of Optimism Collective, “a large-scale experiment in digital democratic governance” managed by the newly created Optimism Foundation. In addition to the governance collective, the plan is to launch a token called “OP” that aims to “govern protocol upgrades and project incentives.” Ethereum Scaling Project to Launch the Optimism Collective System On Tuesday, Optimism announced the launch of a governance system called the Optimism Collective. Optimism is an L2 scaling....
In order to achieve blockchain mass adoption, three fundamental problems should be solved. Let’s dive into the third one: governance. This is Part 3 of a three-part series in which Andrew Levine outlines the issues facing legacy blockchains and posits solutions to these problems. Read Part 1 on the upgradeability crisis here and Part 2 on the vertical scaling crisis here.Upgradeability, vertical scaling and governance: What all three of these issues have in common is that people are attempting to iterate on top of a flawed architecture. Bitcoin and Ethereum were so transformative that they....
Scaling solutions sometimes come at the cost of decentralization. Most of DeFi's potential scaling options come at the cost of decentralization, according to Kosala Hemachandra, founder and CEO of crypto wallet solution MyEtherWallet. "From a perspective of fully decentralized blockchains, there's no blockchain that has a good enough scaling solution to support this many transactions," Hemachandra told Cointelegraph in an interview. "When you think from that perspective, Ethereum is the best solution out there."DeFi has boomed in 2020, with Ethereum arguably being the top choice for most....
Will layer-two scaling solutions solve all the challenges that enterprises face with public blockchains? At the end of 2019, research firm Forrester and Big Four firm Ernst & Young, or EY, published a report surveying the adoption of public blockchains by enterprises. Findings revealed that 75% of respondents were likely to use a public blockchain in the future.Although this was the case, the report also found that most enterprises were still using private blockchains to ensure security, privacy and scalability. What was also noted in the survey as the top three concerns regarding public....
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson recently tackled rumors concerning Hydra’s scaling issues in a detailed video update. Hydra, an integral layer-2 scaling solution for the Cardano blockchain, seeks to ramp up the transaction processing ability of the network. It accomplishes this by permitting the opening of multiple heads or channels, facilitating off-chain transactions between participants. Cardano […]