A Second Ethereum PoW Chain Idea Gains Traction, Poloniex to List ‘Potential ...
Five days ago, the influential Chinese crypto miner, Chandler Guo, explained that a proof-of-work (PoW) version of Ethereum is “coming soon” as the community prepares for the network’s transition to proof-of-stake (PoS) next month. As usual, the idea of a forked token gets people excited and some individuals get upset, and even though the token hasn’t been created yet, there’s now a website called ethereumpow.org summarizing the coin’s goals. The Merge Upgrade Could Produce an Ethereum PoW Fork, Poloniex to List 2 ‘Potential Forked’....
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