upgrade News

Buterin issued a decrease-cost-and-cap proposal that aims to reduce unprecedented levels of strain and risk breaking the network.

The latest consensus mechanism upgrade is expected to improve several aspects of the network’s security and key operations while making it even more environmentally friendly.

The Taproot soft fork introduces the concept of Merkelized Abstract Syntax Tree (MAST) to improve the scripting capabilities and privacy of the Bitcoin network.

The Taproot upgrade was set for deployment after achieving a 90% consensus among the Bitcoin miners (mining nodes).

The Altair upgrade later this month will be the first update to the Beacon Chain, marking the first preparatory move for the upcoming Merge.

Major protocol improvements, attractive staking rewards and real-world adoption from banks back the current bullish price action seen in XTZ.

The ADA/USD exchange rate has moved further into its “overbought” area, suggesting that a trend correction might follow suit.

“With $13 billion worth of Ether locked up in Ethereum 2.0 and $70 billion locked up in decentralized finance, we have enormous demand for the Ether token,” said ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin.

Analysts caution against a potential “buy the rumor, sell the news” pullback for ETH, while historical data shows that the price tends to rise following major network upgrades.

Ethereum’s upcoming London hard fork could provide a perfect entry point for bullish ETH options traders.

With Taproot achieving the 90% critical consensus mark among mining nodes, all is now set for Bitcoin soft fork activation later in November.

The largest Bitcoin mining pools are signaling for Taproot, but the activation may not reach the 90% critical consensus mark during this current difficulty epoch.

Major Bitcoin miners have begun signaling for Taproot activation that will improve scalability and privacy for the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

Dubbed “Go-Opera,” the latest upgrade to Fantom introduces a range of technical changes.

Analysts expect Ether price to rally to new all-time highs since the Berlin upgrade resulted in a drop in gas fees and a surge in DeFi activity.