‘Expensive lesson’: 75 Eth2 validators slashed for introducing potential chai...
A company providing nodes for Eth2 stakers was penalized for breaking safety protocols in the pursuit of higher performance. Staking infrastructure provider Staked said it had learned “an expensive lesson” after 75 of its Eth2 validators were slashed on Feb. 4 from the staking pool as punishment for producing competing blocks. In a statement, Staked took the blame for the “technical issue” and said its customers would be “fully compensated”. The company will pay the penalty of 18 ETH, which is around $29,000 at current prices.An unanticipated reaction to configuration changes caused....
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Analysis of recent deposits to the Eth2 contract address reveals the number of individual validators is on the rise. Seven weeks after the launch of Ethereum 2.0’s beacon chain and 2.25 million ETH has been deposited into the ETH2 contract address, signaling growing confidence in the long-awaited rollout of ETH2. More than 66,360 beacon chain validators have been created as part of Ethereum’s transition from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake.Data provided by smart contract experts at Dune Analytics suggests that more ETH is now being staked by individual contributors than single addresses....
With Ether continuing to push into new all-time highs above $1,500, Eth2 now ranks as the third-largest crypto asset in terms of staked assets. The price gains enjoyed by Ether as it hits record highs have propelled Eth2 to rank as the third-largest network by staked capitalization. That’s despite the fact that just 2.09% of Ethereum’s supply is locked up in Eth2 at present.Ether pushed into new record price highs above $1,480 on Feb. 2, with ETH currently testing $1,550 after gaining 12% in 24 hours.ETH/USD since December 2021, 4-hr chart: TradingViewWith nearly 2.5 million ETH currently....
It is one of the first steps towards Phase 1.5 that will ‘dock’ Eth1 with Eth2. Blockchain security provider Sigma Prime has announced its first merge transaction between the two Ethereum networks.The transaction was made by its Lighthouse client using only Proof of Stake validators, it stated in a March 25 tweet. It added that this was a step towards a 99.98% drop in Ethereum energy consumption, deriving that figure from calculations that compare the current Proof of Work Eth1 with the much more efficient Proof of Stake Eth2.Sigma Prime stated that it is an exciting achievement but still....
The upgrade to Ethereum 2.0 comes with many changes, including the migration to the proof-of-stake consensus algorithm, believed to make the network more secure and compensate participants accordingly. What is the difference between self-staking and ETH2.0 Staking Earn?While Ethereum 2.0 staking allows validators to be compensated for securing the network, ‘Ethereum 2.0 Staking Earn’ is its own product, providing users rewards from several DeFi products.On Ethereum 2.0, the PoS-powered blockchain will bundle 32 blocks of transactions during each validation round. Each block bundle is known....
Despite its recent Phase 0 launch, the fully realized transition to Eth2 could still be years away from completion. Ethereum 2.0 launched its Beacon Chain on Tuesday, marking the project's transition to a proof-of-stake, or PoS, mining algorithm. With Phase 0 now in the rearview mirror, the founder and CEO of MyEtherWallet, Kosala Hemachandra, recently explained the next hurdle for Eth2. “I think the question should be, what is not the next hurdle for ETH 2.0,” Hemachandra told Cointelegraph, adding:“Basically, after the beacon chain launch, Ethereum will focus on phase 1 specs. It will go....