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Bitcoin Network Reaches One Billion Transactions, 15 Years After Its Launch
Blockchain

Bitcoin Network Reaches One Billion Transactions, 15 Years After Its Launch

Bitcoin network has officially surpassed one billion processed transactions. According to data published on Clark Moody Bitcoin, one billionth transaction was processed in block 842,241 at 9:34 pm UTC on May 5.  This achievement comes exactly 15 years, four months, and four days after the pseudonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, mined Bitcoin’s first block on Jan. […]

May. 6, 2024
Indonesia’s Crypto Transactions Skyrocket to $1.92B in February: Regulator Reports
Crypto

Indonesia’s Crypto Transactions Skyrocket to $1.92B in February: Regulator Reports

Indonesia has experienced an impressive surge in crypto transactions, reaching Indonesian Rupiah 30 trillion ($1.92 billion) in February, according to the country’s crypto regulator. The number of registered cryptocurrency investors in the country also hit 19 million last month, indicating an increase of 170,000 users from January.  The Commodity Futures Trading Supervisory Agency (Bappebti) attributes […]

Mar. 18, 2024
Ethereum Block Optimization: Vitalik Buterin’s Rollup Solutions
Ethereum

Ethereum Block Optimization: Vitalik Buterin’s Rollup Solutions

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation are considering at least five ways to reduce Ethereum’s maximum block size to optimize the blockchain for the “rollup-centric roadmap.” On Feb. 5, Buterin and Ethereum Foundation researcher Toni Wahrstätter said that with the focus on rollups in the medium and long term. It is argued that […]

Feb. 6, 2024
Ethereum L2 Scroll Launches On Mainnet
Ethereum

Ethereum L2 Scroll Launches On Mainnet

Scroll, an Ethereum layer 2 zkEVM-powered network, announced Tuesday that its mainnet is now officially live. The primary goal of this ne­twork is to provide deve­lopers and users an experie­nce similar to Ethereum while increasing speed, reducing fees, and achieving unlimite­d scalability. Ethereum enthusiasts and open-source contributors founded Scroll in 2021 to scale Ethereum through […]

Oct. 18, 2023