Blockchain & crypto news from India
Two major events this week have set new expectations in the otherwise lacklustre cryptocurrency industry hit hard by scams and hacking. The Ethereum chain had moved earlier to the eco-friendly PoS system for validating transactions, but the validators cold not withdraw their staked Ether. The recent Shanghai upgrade now allows them to do so. In…
The private keys are confidential stings of text to access a cryptocurrency wallet. Until now, losing private keys meant losing access to one’s Ethereum account and its funds. A new tool called “Account Abstraction” has been launched by Ethereum that will allow an owner to recover their ETH in the absence of private keys. Referred…
After a damp affair with its switch to a POS based blockchain, Ethereum’s next big step as far as staking is concerned is the upcoming Shanghai upgrade, expected to happen sometime in March this year. As a preparatory move, the second most important crypto after bitcoin has moved closer to the aim with a shadow…
Ether is a second most well-known and popular cryptocurrency after Bitcoin. And if you intend to buy this cryptocurrency, you undoubtedly have the question of how to buy Ethereum. Ethereum is a digital asset and an open-source blockchain that anybody can use to create custom applications. Networks make it possible for anybody to build decentralized…
This page will be continually updated with news and views as the Merge happens and the world passes into the new era of Ethereum 2.0 Merge reset – the new India Time for Merge – around 12 noon, Wednesday September 15. Google’s Merge countdown clock is tracking the time left for Ethereum nodes to…
Ethereum’s big transition to a more energy-efficient framework that developers have been committing for years could be kicked down the road once again as they intend to postpone a so-called difficulty bomb that is designed to slowly boot miners off the blockchain. A special code that is always been a part of Ethereum, the difficulty…
The author who gave the term ‘Metaverse’ about three decades ago, Neal Stephenson is launching a metaverse-focused blockchain project called LAMINA1. He has also revised his vision for the Metaverse, quoting that the experience is probably to be focused more on flat 2D screens instead of augmented reality or virtual reality techs like lenses and…
Opera has declared the integration of Binance Blockchain (BNB) in its cryptocurrency browser. Users will be able to purchase BNB cryptocurrency token with fiat and receive and send it using the built-in Opera cryptocurrency wallet, and access decentralized applications (DApps) including famous decentralized exchanges (DEX) such as 1inch, PancakeSwap, and BiSwap and innovative decentralized finance…
If all goes well, it is expected that Ethereum 2.0 will be implemented in 3 stages over at least 3 years. The levels include several technical intricacies, however, the following are the basics: Stage 1 – Start an easier proof-of-stake blockchain operating in parallel with the current system utilizing the Beacon chain. This is to…
A famous crypto wallet provider, MetaMask declared Apple Pay integration to its website and app. While Apple doesn’t support cryptocurrency payment directly, MetaMask users will be redirected to Wyre, a crypto exchange that supports the selling and buying of crypto, users will now have the alternative to make the payment via debit or credit card…