Inside MIP-12: How Did Monad Cut Its Block Time to 300ms?
Monad's MIP-12 upgrade cut the network's block time from 400 milliseconds to 300 milliseconds. It activated on mainnet on July 23, 2026, at round 89,758,000, and lowered Monad's deterministic
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How Did a “Dogecoin Killer” Become a Multi-Billion-Dollar Coin Without a Real Plan?
Shiba Inu (SHIB) became a multi-billion-dollar cryptocurrency by copying Dogecoin's dog-meme formula, not by solving a technical problem. As of September 15, 2026, SHIB trades near $0.0000049
Inside the "Gigagas" Roadmap: Can Polygon Really Hit Visa-Level Throughput?
Polygon's Gigagas roadmap aims to scale its proof-of-stake (PoS) chain to 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) by 2026, and as of mid-2026 the network has reached a peak capacity of around 5
No Roadmap, No Utility, No Problem: How Does Pepe (PEPE) Derive Value Without a Product?
Pepe has no white paper, no product roadmap, and no built-in use case, yet as of September 2, 2026 it trades around $0.0000035 with a market cap near $1.43 billion, keeping it inside the top
Inside Kaspa's Toccata Hard Fork and Its Bet on Becoming a Smart Contract Platform
Kaspa's Toccata hard fork, activated on June 30, 2026, added native Layer-1 covenants and zero-knowledge proof verification, moving the network from a pure payment chain toward a programmable
Schwartz's XRPL Hub Got Stable Again, But The Reason is Unknown
Peer Count Climbs Back Above 500 David Schwartz (@JoelKatz), CTO Emeritus at Ripple and one of the original architects of the XRP Ledger, says his personal XRPL hub server has become noticeab
Bitget Adds Bitcoin, XRP And More to Expanded Reserve Checks
Bitget Widens Reserve Coverage to 19 Assets Crypto exchange Bitget has significantly broadened its Proof of Reserves (PoR) framework, upgrading coverage from four cryptocurrencies to 19 major
A Decentralized Wallet is looking to integrate with Pi Network
Peniwallet Eyes Pi Network as Its Next Blockchain @Peniwallet, a non-custodial crypto wallet developed by Penilabs, is exploring an integration with Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam). According to @Si
How Does Avalanche’s Snowman Consensus Deliver Sub Second Finality?
Avalanche's Snowman consensus delivers sub-second finality by having validators repeatedly query small, randomly chosen groups of their peers instead of contacting the entire network at once,
XDAO Arbitrum Wallet Update: What Users Need to Do Before TGE
How Can Users Complete the XDAO Arbitrum Wallet Setup Before TGE? XDAO has rolled out a fresh community update focused on wallet requirements. The team has confirmed that the main $XDAO token
DOGE-1 Was Supposed to Launch This Week. The Source Trail Is Messier Than the Meme
September 16 was widely circulated as the day Dogecoin would finally go to the Moon. DOGE-1, a lunar CubeSat mission whose SpaceX launch-services agreement was paid in Dogecoin, was described
Ethereum 3.000 Doları Görebilir mi? İşte Kritik Seviye
Ethereum son günlerde sert dalgalanırken 2.500 doların altına geriledi. ETH yaklaşık 2.440 dolar seviyesinde işlem görse de bazı analistler yükseliş beklentisini koruyor. Ali Martinez, Ethere