What Did Six Years of Cardano Staking Get Right?
Cardano's Shelley upgrade, launched in July 2020, got one thing right from the start: it let ADA holders earn staking rewards without ever giving up custody of their coins. Six years later, t
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What Does a Chainlink Price Oracle Actually Do?
A Chainlink price oracle collects asset price data from many independent sources, aggregates that data off-chain, and publishes a single trusted value on the blockchain so smart contracts can
How Do Flare Network’s FAssets Let XRP and Dogecoin Enter DeFi?
Flare Network's FAssets system lets holders of coins that cannot run smart contracts, such as XRP, Bitcoin, and Dogecoin, mint a matching token on Flare that they can trade, lend, or use as c
Why Does Polkadot's Treasury Model Let the Community Fund Its Own Development?
Polkadot's treasury lets any DOT holder propose a funding request, put it to an on-chain vote, and get paid directly from a shared pool of network revenue, without needing approval from a com
Eylül’de Parlayabilecek 3 Meme Coin: Gözler Bu Coinlerde!
Meme coin piyasasında Ağustos ayının son günlerine yaklaşılırken yatırımcıların odağı şimdiden Eylül ayında öne çıkabilecek tokenlara çevriliyor. CoinGecko verilerine göre önde gelen meme coi
Internet Computer upgrades its subnets one at a time instead of all at once
Two Votes, One Upgrade at a Time Most blockchain networks coordinate protocol upgrades in a single, network-wide event. @dfinity's Internet Computer takes a more deliberate approach, rolling
XDC subnets keep enterprise transactions private while anchoring to the public chain
@XDCNetwork has built its subnet architecture around a core tension in enterprise blockchain: institutions need private ledgers, but they also want the security guarantees of a public chain.
Ledger Not Hacked: Ethereum App Patched Before Exploit
Ledger says it was not hacked. The company is pushing back on the framing that its systems were breached, arguing that the incident traces to a vulnerable Ethereum app that was already patche
Confidential APT arrives on the Petra browser extension
From Mainnet to Mobile and Now Desktop @PetraWallet users on desktop can now hold and send encrypted $APT balances directly from the wallet's browser extension, with transaction amounts hidde
Ether supply on exchanges falls to 3.74% of total, a record low
The share of $ETH sitting on centralised exchanges has fallen to just 3.74% of total supply, a record low, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment. The reading has dropped sharply from
Cosmos migration of legacy USDC versions slated for September, Injective says
@injective has announced it is working with @circle and teams across the @cosmos ecosystem to move legacy $USDC versions onto the native issuance that Circle launched on Injective in May, wit
Flare selects its price data providers by random draw on every block
An Oracle Built Into the Chain Itself @FlareNetworks takes a different approach to price data than most blockchain networks. Rather than relying on a third-party oracle service, the Flare Tim