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The State of Ethereum’s Fee Market

What was the motivation for EIP 1559 and, after four months, what real impacts on Ethereum have we seen?

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How Ethereum Will Be Transformed in 2022

Here are five of the top changes to expect with Ethereum’s impending transition to proof-of-stake.

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What Ethereum’s Kintsugi Testnet Means for Proof-of-Stake

Kintsugi is a “longer-lived, public testnet” that will allow application developers and users to become familiar with a post-merge Ethereum environment.

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Finance

Why Ethereum’s ‘Difficulty Bomb’ Has Been Delayed Again

Also: Polygon moves closer to bringing EIP 1559-style fee markets to their proof-of-stake scaling platform.

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Can Stablecoin Supply Measure Ethereum Adoption?

As innovation on top of Ethereum continues to connect DeFi with the outside world, stablecoin growth appears to be a strong measure of adoption.

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Tech

Which Comes First: DeFi Utility or Yield?

Also: Tackling Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) on Ethereum

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‘Ethereum Killers’ Are Helpful, Not Harmful

Also: Real-world countries and constitutions collide with the digital world.

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Tech

The Evolution of Ethereum’s Monetary Policy

The combination of DeFi, EIP 1559 and Ethereum’s coming transition to proof-of-stake has worked to create what ether holders call “Ultra Sound Money.”

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