[PoS Round-Up] Polkadot launches new parachain testnet, Cosmos community discusses marketing…

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

[PoS Round-Up] Polkadot launches new parachain testnet, Cosmos community discusses marketing…

[PoS Round-Up] Polkadot launches new parachain testnet, Cosmos community discusses marketing proposal

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

Ethereum

Ethereum 2.0 remains stable and running smoothly! There were a handful of isolated slashing events, including one incident in which 16 validators, seemingly belonging to the same owner, were affected.

Bits & Pieces

  • 2.2 million ETH has been deposited to the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain
  • Faced with runaway inflation of the Argentine peso, Argentines are seeking refuge in stablecoins like Ethereum-based DAI
  • An implementation of EIP-1559, which aims to ease network congestion with a new transaction fee mechanism, is under review by the geth Ethereum client development team
  • Vitalik shared his year-end thoughts on crypto and a variety of other topics
Source: vitalik.ca
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Polkadot

Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform Moonbeam has integrated Band Protocol to make it easier for Polkadot dapp developers to utilize decentralized data feeds.

Source: Moonbeam blog

The Rococo-V1 Parachains Testnet, a release candidate for parachains on Polkadot and Kusama, is live!

Source: Polkadot blog

Cosmos

A new governance proposal seeking 129,208 ATOM for various marketing efforts is currently under discussion.

ChainLink has set up data.eth, an on-chain data registry that makes it easier for developers to use decentralized price feeds and verify that their smart contracts are connected to the correct feeds.

Source: Chainlink blog

Mina Protocol

Mina Protocol’s Testworld adversarial testnet is live!

SKALE & The Graph

The Graph has announced plans to integrate SKALE Network.

stakefish

Ledger Nano X support for our Ethereum 2.0 staking platform is live! Get started now.

Curious about what we’ve been up to in 2020? Check out our write-up for an overview.

stakefish in 2020
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We released our Eth2 Contract Data Verification Tool to help you stay secure during the deposit process.

Introducing our Eth2 Contract Data Verification Tool
Staking on Ethereum 2.0 is accessible to almost anyone, and the deposit process using the Launchpad or our deposit flow…

Happy new year from everyone here at stakefish!


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