Merged EIP3675 Upgrade to Proof-of-Stake
PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.

PoS Round-Up is our focused biweekly report on the major news in and around the Proof of Stake ecosystem.
Ethereum
On July 30, 2015, the Ethereum network publicly launched. Let’s celebrate Ethereum’s 6th Birthday!
Six years ago, on 30/07/2015, we launched the #ethereum network from a small office in Waldermarstr. #Berlin.
— Lefteris Karapetsas | Hiring for @rotkiapp (@LefterisJP) July 30, 2021
Happy #ethday! Onwards and upwards🚀 pic.twitter.com/IcKmfpDTgW
Merged EIP3675 Upgrade to Proof-of-Stake.
Lodestar, a new client for the beacon chain, started validating.
👀 In case you missed it 👀
— Gurg (@gregthegreek) July 29, 2021
🚀 @ChainSafeth's Lodestar is VALIDATING on mainnet 🌟
🔥 We're running a full Lodestar setup (Beacon node + Validator client)
📅 Next up: Fully functional light clients in the browser#eth2 pic.twitter.com/0rjJS0ziFm
The Ethereum Foundation together with Ethereum Name Service is co-sponsoring a grant and RFP to support standardizing sign-in with Ethereum.
Sorare migrated to Starkware for scaling.

Cosmos
The Cosmos Hub is running a video contest for all Cosmonauts to produce educational videos for a chance to win 5000 ATOM.

Tezos
The European Central Bank used Tezos in its “Digital Euro” experiment.
https://www.banque-france.fr/sites/default/files/media/2021/07/26/821220_digital_euro_0.pdf
0xPolygon
A developers knowledge base for Polygon has been released. Gain knowledge, complete tutorials, and get rewarded for community contributions and application development.

Kava
The KAVAswap testnet went live with more than 35,000 registrants. Join here:

Persistence
Stake Finance liquid staking on the Persistence network is live with over 15,000 $ATOM staked.
1/ Blast off initiated! pSTAKE Beta is now live on mainnet with support for @cosmos $ATOM 🚀
— pSTAKE Finance (stkBNB is Live⚡️) (@pStakeFinance) July 14, 2021
🪐 ATOM holders can now interact with a vast array of #DeFi applications on @ethereum while staking their ATOM via pSTAKE.
🌐Experience liquid staking: https://t.co/rRwTMZmNCF pic.twitter.com/RcWPsWwcGl
Cardano
A developer portal was launched to help all new developers into the ecosystem. Let’s build better!

stakefish
Daniel Hwang, our Protocol Specialist, shared the opportunities that the metaverse will open for crypto native operators during MetaSeoul 2021.
We have voted “Yes” on the Cosmos governance proposal 52. Why did we do it?
1/ We have voted "Yes" on @cosmos governance proposal 52.
— stakefish (@stakefish) July 21, 2021
Liquidity rewards have been a proven concept through @compoundfinance's program in 2020.
Our Full Stack Developer, Andrea (Dimi) Di Michele, joined Jack Zampolin for a chat on how he got started with blockchain, discovered Cosmos, and his experience working with multiple types of organizations/projects in the ecosystem.
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