Proposed ETHPoW Fork Poses An Existential Threat To Ethereum. Can It Succeed?
The ETHPoW fork proposal comes from the miners. It’s only logical that they want to keep Ethereum as a Proof-Of-Work chain, since all of their profit will evaporate overnight with the change to Proof-Of-Stake. The merge is supposedly only weeks away, and the Ethereum community has their hearts set on the proposed changes. Nevertheless, the […]
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A recent report has narrowed ETHPOW's downside target to $18 if the token ever comes to life post-Merge. The listing of ETHPOW (ETHW) across multiple crypto exchanges has been followed by a huge drop in price despite some initial success. ETHPOW drops 80% On the daily chart, ETHW's price dropped by more than 80% to $25 on Sept. 10, over a month after its market debut.ETHW/USD daily price chart. Source: TradingViewFor starters, ETHPOW only exists as a futures ticker, for now, conceived in anticipation that an upcoming network update on Ethereum could result in a chain split.Ethereum will....
Nonetheless, ETHPoW is gaining adoption among top mining pools and crypto exchanges. ETHPoW, a separatist Proof-of-Work (PoW) blockchain forked from Ethereum's Merge, went live on Sep. 15. However, the chain suffered technical issues after the launch, which put downward pressure on its ETHW token. ETHW price down 65% amid "ChainID" fiascoThe price of ETHW has dropped by 65% since ETHPoW's launch to around $14 on Sep. 16, according to CoinMarketCap. At its lowest, the token was changing hands for $9.50.ETHW price performance in the past seven days. Source: CoinMarketCapThe losses coincided....
Offering two separate Ethereum ETPs after the hard fork would allow ETC Group to ensure the most transparent and fair approach, the founder said. The Ethereum Merge is set to be one of the biggest events in the cryptocurrency industry, potentially affecting many related firms and services, and Ethereum-based exchange-traded products (ETPs) are no exception.ETC Group, a major European crypto ETP issuer, has decided to expand its current Ethereum ETP offering by launching one more Ethereum investment product. The new ETP is based on ETHW, a new token that is set to run on proof-of-work (PoW)....
PoW Ethereum or ETHW is a forked version of the Ethereum blockchain created by a Chinese miner after the Merge of the execution and consensus layers. Ethereum blockchain shifted from a proof-of-work (PoW) to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism on Sept. 15, 2022. Along with this move, ETHPoW, a distinct PoW blockchain (basically the old pre-Merge Ethereum) forked from Ethereum's Merge, became live. This forked version of Ethereum aims to maintain the proof-of-work mining process for ETH miners.Any miner is permitted to add a block to the PoW network with the clear stipulation that....