Did the Eth 2.0 deposit contract just launch?
There's buzz that the Eth 2.0 deposit contract appears to have been deployed but there has been no official announcement. Excitement is stirring in the Ethereum community after the deposit contract was apparently posted on Github, however the lead developers are yet to officially confirm the deployment.Ethereum developers have warned in the past about the danger of fake deposit contracts, so users should not send any Ethereum to the contract until after an official announcement. The repository on Github was posted a few hours and appears to have been uploaded by Ethereum Foundation....
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Ethereum’s beacon genesis event is set to take place on Dec 1, with the ETH 2.0 deposit contract reaching more than 94% of its target with just 12 hours to go. Update: The threshold was crossed just after 2.20am Universal Time on November 24. ETH 2.0’s Phase 0 launch looks all but certain for Dec. 1, with the number of Ether transferred to the ETH 2.0 deposit contract snowballing as today’s deadline approaches.As of this writing, nearly 499,000 of the 524,288 Ether required to secure the Dec. 1 beacon chain genesis has been deposited into ETH 2.0’s deposit contract, with 11 hours remaining....
With just nine hours remaining, the Ethereum’s deposit contract met its threshold of 524,288 Ether — locking ETH 2.0’s beacon chain genesis for Dec. 1. ETH 2.0’s beacon chain genesis has been confirmed for Dec. 1, following the transfer of 524,288 Ether from 16,384 validators into the ETH 2.0 deposit contract since it went live on Nov. 4.Despite early concerns stemming from low staking participation, transfers to the deposit contract rapidly increased over the past day — with more than 200,000 ETH being sent to the contract in the past 14 hours.Ether sent to deposit contract over time:....
The first day of December is likely to be the launch date. Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 has now been formalized for launch at some time around Dec. 1. The deposit contract is live and can collect the necessary funds to trigger staking.An update by the Ethereum Foundation released on Wednesday explains how the genesis process is expected to happen.Prospective stakers will now be able to deposit their 32 Ether (ETH) deposits to the contract via the dedicated launchpad and get ready for the launch.The contract must collect 16384 deposits of 32 ETH each, a total of 524,288 ETH or about $200 million,....
Despite the uncertainty around the launch of Ethereum 2.0, Bitcoin Suisse expects to make its ETH staking service available before the holidays. Crypto service provider Bitcoin Suisse expects to offer its Ethereum (ETH) staking services before Christmas, underscoring the firm’s expectations of an imminent launch of Ethereum 2.0. In a statement released Wednesday via Trustnodes, Bitcoin Suisse said:“The deposit contract for Ethereum 2 is now live. This means that the new version of the second biggest protocol by market cap will most likely become a reality before Christmas.”The firm intends....