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How to Keep Your Seed Phrase Safe?Steps to Keep Your Seed Phrase Safe: Write Down the Seed Phrase Correctly: Allocate 30-60 minutes in a quiet, private place without strangers or video surveillance. Use a pen and paper to write down the seed phrase accurately. Verify the Seed Phrase: Double-check the spelling and word order to ensure correctness. An incorrect seed phrase will not restore access to your assets. Choose a Safe Storage Location: Store the written seed phrase in a secure location, such as a safe or a document storage with a combination lock or biometric access. Do Not Memorize the Passphrase: Even if you can remember the seed phrase, always keep a written version as a backup. Use Reliable Materials: Consider using water-resistant paper or titanium plates to write down your seed phrase. If using regular paper, ensure it's sturdy and use ink or pencil that won't fade over time. Avoid Digital Storage: Do not take pictures of your seed phrase with a smartphone. Do not store your seed phrase on a computer, smartphone, or any electronic device to avoid the risk of hacking or theft. Keep the Seed Phrase Private: Never share your seed phrase with anyone. Even wallet support services should never ask for your passphrase. Avoid Entering the Seed Phrase Online: Never enter your seed phrase on any website, even if it claims to be for verification, technical support, or authorization. Inform Trusted Individuals: Let close, trusted individuals know about the existence of the seed phrase in case they need to access it in an emergency. Regularly Check the Seed Phrase: Periodically verify that the seed phrase is still in place and undamaged. If any signs of damage appear, generate a new seed and transfer your assets to a new wallet. Consider a 25th Word: Some hardware wallets offer the option to add a 25th word, which you can create to add an extra layer of security. This additional word is only known to you and increases the security of your wallet. By following these tips, you can significantly enhance the security of your seed phrase and ensure that your cryptocurrency assets remain protected. Hope you enjoyed the content I created, You can support with your likes and comments this idea so more people can watch! ✅Disclaimer: Please be aware of the risks involved in trading. This idea was made for educational purposes only not for financial Investment Purposes. --- • Look at my ideas about interesting altcoins in the related section down below ↓ • For more ideas please hit "Like" and "Follow"!
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by Crypto4light
MATIC: Major Lawsuits and the Long-Term TrendPrimary Chart: Monthly chart of MATIC (Polygon) with Monthly Four-Year Uptrend Fundamental Issues Arising from Recent SEC Legal Actions Significant fundamental concerns have been brewing relating to Polygon / MATIC. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is the primary securities regulator in the US that handles securities registration, enforcement, and efficiency of capital markets. The SEC has recently named 13 securities that it alleges to be unregistered securities including the subject altcoin. This came as part of this agency's enforcement action (lawsuits) against Binance Holdings Limited, Changpeng Zhao, et al., as well as its action against Coinbase, Inc and Coinbase Global, Inc., essentially the Coinbase exchange. The SEC alleges defendants' "blatant disregard of federal securities laws and the investor and market protections these laws provide." Section 5 of the Exchange Act requires entities meeting the definition of exchange to register with the SEC as a national securities exchange under the Exchange Act unless exempted. Similarly, broker-dealers are required to register with the SEC under the Exchange Act as well, 11 U.S.C. § 78o(a)(a) (typically, broker dealers are defined as persons engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities on the account of others). And offering and selling unregistered securities is also a major violation of the securities laws that carries severe legal consequences. Coinbase Inc., for example, is alleged to have never registered with the SEC as a broker, national securities exchange, or clearing agency. Accordingly, the SEC argues that Coinbase has unlawfully "evaded the disclosure regime" that federal law provides for securities markets. All these legal actions depend on on a pivotal concept: whether the crypto assets involved are securities. Broker-dealers by definition effect transactions in securities , so determining whether crypto assets are securities is a vital prerequisite to determining whether the defendants unlawfully effected transactions in securities on the account of others. Similarly, the registration requirement for exchanges depends on entities meeting the definition of exchange, which requires that the exchange constitute, maintain or provide a market for buyers / sellers of securities . If none of the crypto assets are deemed securities, then much (if not all) of the enforcement action would fail. Conversely if any one of the crypto assets is deemed a security, then the enforcement action would succeed at least in part. Further, if the altcoins are legally held to be unregistered securities, then the exchanges may have unlawfully failed to register as exchanges, which registration comes with heavy disclosure requirements, and defendants may be liable for engaging in multiple unregistered offers and sales of crypto assets deemed as securities as well as other illegal schemes. Further panic has been arising from derivative effects of these actions. To illustrate, reports have also circulated that Robinhood, a widely used trading platform for retail, has been "delisting" (dropping from its platform) major crypto tokens, although SquishTrade will recommend readers research this issue further for confirmation. Even if such reports were not correct, they instill panic, and their effects plainly follow from the legal actions. This discussion of fundamentals are presented solely for context . This post will not delve into further detail about the litigation nor will it discuss whether the legal actions are well grounded in fact or law. No speculation will be raised as to the probable legal outcome or ramifications of a particular adverse judgment against any crypto exchange defendant. Instead, the focus will remain on price, which is the best and most efficient processor of all fundamental information available. It's not always efficient and timely, but it is likely faster processor of all fundamental information than the best research team on the planet. Technical Analysis Focused on Longer-Term Trends Polygon (MATIC) has fallen over -32% in the past 10 days since June 1, 2023. Since the swing high in February 2023, MATIC has plummeted approximately –67.55%. The recent sharp downdraft in various altcoins may appear formidable, p and befuddling especially to those focused on intraday or even daily time frames, i.e., trends of much smaller degree than the ones shown here. Further, with leverage or oversized positions, a position traders may be stunned and unable to manage their positions. This would be true even for an experienced trader who had the foresight and discipline to buy the December 2022 lows ($.75) who may still be significantly underwater at this point if profits were not taken in a strategic or programmatic way. However, longer-term investors / position traders in this Ethereum-based Polygon network may do well to zoom out somewhat given the news. Doing so, they might discover that the very long-term trend remains higher in Polygon. Consider the 4-year uptrend line on the Primary Chart above. It hasn't been touched since November 2020. Furthermore, the long-term Fibonacci retracement levels (logarithmic only) show that even the shallowest of the widely followed levels has held as support since the peak in December 2021. The shallowest retracement level, Fibonacci .236 proportion, is shown below in Supplementary Chart A at $.53. Supplementary Chart A The next shallowest level is the Fibonacci .382 retracement (again on the highest degree of trend available here), which falls at $.19, also shown in magenta on Supplementary Chart A above and Supplementary Chart B below. Supplementary Chart B Of course, uptrends frequently retrace to .50 and .618 retracements as well. This could take MATIC to significantly lower levels shown in gold and green lines on the Primary Chart above. But discussing such distant Fibonacci support levels under .085 might be getting a bit ahead of where price action trades now. As shown on the Primary Chart, the uptrend line for 4 years has not been tagged since November 2021. This is not to say that it won't be. SEC enforcement actions are not to be taken lightly by investors or the defendants. A couple more long-term technical levels that are more dynamic should be mentioned. Supplementary Chart C shows an both an anchored VWAP from the all-time high and an all-time low (based on available data for Matic Network / TetherUS). Notice how the major low of 2022 tagged the anchored VWAP from April 2019 where the data begins on the chart. And MATIC's price found resistance at the VWAP anchored to the all-time high repeatedly, with one false break above it, confirming this level as strong resistance. So a trend-based analysis based on volume-weighted average price tells us that price remains in sideways consolidation within a very long-term uptrend—at least until price breaks and holds below the VWAP from the all-time low . Supplementary Chart C No one knows what will happen if price arrives at this uptrend line, but many trend-based traders and investors look for risk-defined entries at very long-term trendline support, with tight risk at / near the line itself to play for a sizeable bounce at a minimum or even a resumption of the larger-degree trend higher. But if the trendline is invalidated, the risk will have been kept small. Managing risk is vital since no one can say with certainty whether a trend will resume or whether it will resume at the trendline where it resumed after past countertrend moves. The same can be said for the key Fibonacci levels, each one providing a trend-based investor or analyst with another pivot to watch for support where a countertrend retracement may end and the shorter term trends realign with the longer-term trend. Does this longer-term trend provide absolute reassurance, a guarantee of sorts, that many nervous crypto investors want concerning whether this long-term trend will remain intact? No. In fact, no such guarantees exist in financial markets—this holds true regardless of whether one is bullish, bearish or non-directional / neutral. The aphorism in trading and investing is to make the trend your friend until the end, when it bends. Even long-term trends break, adjust, change, or reverse. To illustrate, consider that the upward trendline shown on the primary chart (monthly) could be broken and reconstituted if monetary policy continues to remain tight (or even to whipsaw as some argue). This may not mean a trend reversal on this very high degree of trend, it may just mean that the trend continues albeit at a less steep slope. Trends with steeper slopes have a tendency to be broken more easily than trends with less steep slopes (in downtrends or uptrends). This may be a result in part of the mean-reverting nature of price action on all time frames, from the shortest to the longest. In technical analysis, trend continuation should be favored over trend reversal. Further, when bullish trend-based supports are reached, no one ever feels that good about going long because the news has been awful to get price down to that level. And here, the term "trend" refers to the 4-year trend shown on the Primary Chart, which may be deemed an extended primary trend (which typically fall between 6 months and two years but can extend longer) or even a secular trend given its duration. In short, if a countertrend move is occurring, traders and investors should consider it more likely for the trend to continue than for it to reverse on this time frame and degree of trend. This is not a recommendation to buy or sell MATIC. Instead, this is an attempt at an objective conversation about longer-term trends in this altcoin in light of recent regulatory lawsuits involving whether it may be an unregistered security as held on most exchanges. SquishTrade at the time of writing holds no position in MATIC or any MATIC derivative. ________________________________________ Author's Comment: Thank you for reviewing this post and considering its charts and analysis. The author welcomes comments, discussion and debate (respectfully presented) in the comment section. Shared charts are especially helpful to support any opposing or alternative view. This article is intended to present an unbiased, technical view of the security or tradable risk asset discussed. Please note further that this technical-analysis viewpoint is short-term in nature. This is not a trade recommendation but a technical-analysis overview and commentary with levels to watch for the near term. This technical-analysis viewpoint could change at a moment's notice should price move beyond a level of invalidation. Further, proper risk-management techniques are vital to trading success. And countertrend or mean-reversion trading, e.g., trading a rally in a bear market, is lower probability and is tricky and challenging even for the most experienced traders. DISCLAIMER: This post contains commentary published solely for educational and informational purposes. This post's content (and any content available through links in this post) and its views do not constitute financial advice or an investment or trading recommendation, and they do not account for readers' personal financial circumstances, or their investing or trading objectives, time frame, and risk tolerance. Readers should perform their own due diligence, and consult a qualified financial adviser or other investment / financial professional before entering any trade, investment or other transaction.
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by SquishTrade
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An Optimistic But Volatile Future Ahead For EthereumHi everyone, I should preface and say I am a relatively new ETH investor. I was primarily a strict BTC maxi since 2017, but after putting in the time last year to learn about ETH and what its core philosophy is, I understand it better and I am actually very interested in what it is capable of! I think many of the ETH community can vouch for that. It's hip, cool, and experimental. I honestly think there are many BTC maxis that refuse to accept this is fundamentally a different project than BTC was- not just technologically. For those not involved in crypto- or are just average retail investors, ETH may just seem like a 2nd coin behind BTC that does all the same stuff "basically". That was just me being naïve and stupid, and I unironically thought like this for years. I love the fact that the ETH community rallies behind it so hard. They are a very different group than many of the BTC investors I follow and have followed in the past. They seem to have a really strong core and tight knit community that do not care much about what 3rd party entities will tell them what to do or who to be. The developers (mostly) all seem incredibly passionate and want to really create practical and also experimental projects. I think mentioning this context is essential in my TA because ETH investors fundamentally believe in the core project so much that I think they will successfully create some type of "mainstream" adoption within the next 10 years. I have no clue how that will look like- and I don't think anyone does yet. But the ETH community has a strong spirit that I do not see breaking- ESPECIALLY with Larry FInk and BlackRock still in the equation. They just partnered with Securitize and are going to slowly begin to execute their "tokenization" of assets. This leads into the biggest news of the year for Ethereum, the ETF. As much as I want this ETF to pass on May 23rd, it will not. I don't know how it will go down, but this will be prolonged somehow. And I do not see the market reacting lightly to the news for the mid term (basically all summer). Gary Gensler really does not seem comfortable even speaking about ETH any time he is being recorded. The SEC is currently asking for more funding to lawyer up against the potential future court cases that WILL happen when the ETF gets denied. The SEC seem incredibly nervous about opening up a door that can't be shut- if the ETH ETF gets approved, I can only imagine how many other chains will want to have their own ETF... No matter what you think of other coins, it seems like the SEC and Gary really do not like crypto all that much and are only really willing to let BTC slide. I think they want congress to eventually enact real legislation against cryptocurrency as a whole in the future. I think something will happen in between May 23rd and August 7th, the day BlackRock's ETF filing expires- but I'm not sure what exactly. I think the most likely case is they go to court and the SEC loses in court. Maybe the ETF gets approved with an amendment that there can be no staking the ETF? Do people even care about this? (sorry if so) The best current argument seems to be that there exists ETH Futures ETF, so why would an ETH ETF be an issue? And then by August 7th, the BlackRock ETF should be approved and Ethereum is going to launch. My gut tells me it goes for the 10k push into the end of the year, and then we consolidate early 2025 with a final blowoff maybe middle of 2025. Who knows after that, prob bear/crab market until next halving like close to 2028-2029 or around there. Very exciting times ahead! Personally I'm incredibly nervous with my investment in ETH. I'm still a BTC maxi to the core because it really is just the best sound money to ever exist. I really consider it my true savings account at this point. But ETH is my risk bet. I fully trust in that ETHBTC ratio and have watched that thing for years- despite never having any interest in purchasing Ethereum. I've also gotten burned in the past- having bought LTC at its peak in 2017 and holding still to this day... I have no more faith in that project honestly. I don't want this to happen to ETH, and I can say that I really do believe in its community. I hope the developers and companies out there innovate some really cool things that make our lives better/easier. But I do see ETH really as a long term investment, whereas BTC at this point for me is essentially just savings that I am not getting rid of anyways. Cheers everyone, I think no matter what, that if you own ETH and you hold, you will win in the long run. Good luck to the traders too!!
COINBASE:ETHUSDLong
by seqwhence
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Cloudflare $Net - Will it swing into a 150%-200% move?Cloudflare NYSE:NET - Will it swing into a 150%-200% move? Cloudflare has a long way to run if it gets back to the all-time high. Price it trading above the EMAs even though we are in a pullback. If it pulls back into the EMAs, it could swing into a 150% - 200% move back to the all-time high. Cyber security will always be a concern. If Cloudflare can continue to solve those problems, especially with the quantum computing threat, Cloudflare will be relevelent.
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by PortfolioBuildersClub
XMR - A Range But Strong 💪Hello TradingView Family / Fellow Traders. This is Richard, also known as theSignalyst. 📊 XMR has been stuck inside a wide range between 130.0 and 188.0. Currently, #XMR is hovering around the upper bound of the range. 📉 For the bulls to remain in control and take over from a long-term perspective, we need a break above the 188.0 resistance. In this case, we can expect further bullish movement toward the next resistance at 250.0. 📈 Meanwhile, the bears can still take control and reject the resistance. Confirmation will come if a bearish reversal setup is activated on the H4 chart. Which scenario do you think is more likely to happen and why? 📚 Always follow your #trading plan regarding entry, #risk management, and trade #management. Good luck! All #Strategies Are Good; If Managed Properly! ~Rich
by TheSignalyst
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#SOL/USDT 6h (OKX Futures)Ascending trendline breakdown & retestSolana printed an evening star below 100EMA resistance and is pulling back to it, a rejection seems likely from it. ⚡️⚡️ #SOL/USDT ⚡️⚡️ Exchanges: OKX Futures Signal Type: Regular (Short) Leverage: Isolated (6.0X) Amount: 5.0% Current Price: 19.520 Entry Targets: 1) 19.649 Take-Profit Targets: 1) 17.691 Stop Targets: 1) 20.302 Published By: @Zblaba CRYPTOCAP:SOL OKX:SOLUSDT.P #Solana #PoS solana.com Risk/Reward= 1:3.0 Expected Profit= +59.8% Possible Loss= -19.9% Estimated Gaintime= 5-10 days
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by TradingOn
The SEC vs Crypto Exchanges: A Tussle That Could Reshape the CryAs digital currencies continue their ascend, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is intensifying its regulatory scrutiny. The crypto community is particularly alarmed by the recent SEC actions against three major exchanges - Coinbase, Kraken, and Binance. This has precipitated a chilling effect, evidenced by the roughly 10% drop in the crypto market since the SEC initiated its lawsuits. Historically, the SEC's track record shows that it has won 90% of its cases, 69% of the time without even needing federal court judges to rule in their favor. As such, the current scenario looks daunting for the crypto industry. On March 22, Coinbase received a Wells notice from the SEC, an initial salvo in this legal battle. Critics argue that the SEC’s actions are unreasonable, claiming that the commission does not need to be fair in its engagement with digital assets. But it is this perceived unfairness that is fostering a consequential backlash. A significant downside to these SEC lawsuits is their potential to push crypto exchanges offshore or to other regions like Europe or Asia. This displacement could afford these jurisdictions more influence over the crypto sector, thereby shifting the epicenter of this burgeoning industry away from the U.S. At the heart of the issue is the SEC's potential classification of certain digital assets as securities. Case in point, the Solana Foundation is vehemently opposing the SEC's move to label its native token, SOL, as a security. If the SEC succeeds, this could have profound implications for the crypto market. Such classifications would impose new layers of regulatory obligations on issuers and traders, potentially stymieing the innovation that has been the hallmark of the crypto space. Crypto projects would need to adjust their structures and operations to comply, possibly leading to slower development and adoption rates. TL;DR; The outcome of the SEC's legal actions against these exchanges and crypto projects will undoubtedly shape the future of the cryptocurrency market. As the dust settles, the landscape of the crypto industry could look markedly different, for better or worse.
by IkkeOmar
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Trellidor Symmetrical Triangle potential signs of up or down Trellidor Symmetrical Triangle showing conflict Symmetrical Triangle formed on Trellidor. This is a consolidation pattern where the price converges and then usually breaks out into the prior trend. Hence it's a Continuation Pattern. Now we have seen higher lows. and the price is showing signs of upside. But then we have momentum indicators saying otherwise. 21>7 Price>200 Bearish Higher lows Target up if it breaks out is R3.20 Target down if it breaks out is R1.43 ABOUT THE COMPANY Trellidor is a South African company that designs, manufactures, and installs customizable security barriers for residential and commercial use. Founding: Trellidor was established in 1976 in Durban, South Africa. The Name: The name "Trellidor" is derived from the word "trellis", which is a framework of light wooden or metal bars, typically arranged in an intersecting pattern, often used as a support or barrier. This reflects the company's primary product - trellis-style security gates. Headquarters: Trellidor's headquarters are in Durban, South Africa. Public Listing: Trellidor has been listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) since 2015. Global Presence: Trellidor's products are distributed to end-users through a wide international distribution network in 22 countries worldwide. Diverse Product Range: The company offers a wide range of customizable security products, including retractable security gates, burglar guards, security screens, rollerstyle shutters, and more. Innovation: Trellidor has a history of innovation in its products, including patents for its trellis-style designs and other proprietary security solutions.
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by Timonrosso
Post-upgrade review: what’s next for Ethereum?Ethereum’s network keeps evolving When the ethereum network enabled withdrawal of staked Ether (ETH) and related rewards on 12 April 2023, several upgrades were made into the blockchain. Many investors wonder why the ‘Shanghai upgrade’ was rebranded as ‘Shapella upgrade’. This was due to the fact that software upgrades were made both on the execution layer of the blockchain (the Shanghai upgrade) and on the consensus layer of the blockchain (Capella upgrade). The execution layer is an environment where applications and smart contracts reside and where transactions within and between applications are processed. The consensus layer, on the other hand, is a place where the network rules are enforced. This layer became active with the introduction of Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. The combination of these upgrades is called ‘Shapella’. It is typical for the Ethereum network that it keeps evolving and improving. In fact, Ethereum’s inventor, Vitalik Buterin, has stated that after the completion of the Merge, the network is only 50% complete. Staking yield varies On 30 May 2023, Ethereum’s annual staking yield was estimated at 5.6%1. The estimated yield varies depending on the amount of validators, the amount of transactions, whether maximum extractable value (MEV) technology is used, and how ETH is staked: via solo home staking, staking-as-a-service, via liquid staking pools or via centralised exchanges. The number of validators has increased to a total of almost 593,000 validators2. One could assume that when the validator number increases, the annual percentage yield (APY) might go down, but transaction fees and MEV technology, on the other hand, might increase the yield. MEV is about prioritising the transactions and outsourcing the block production to third parties to maximise the yield. As more use cases are being developed, and more ETH is being used, the transaction portion of the yield might increase. Number of validators keeps increasing, making the network more secure The more validators there are the more secure the network is, although there comes a point when additional validators no longer add value in terms of security but add to the cost of securing the network. In fact, Ethereum developers are planning to cap the number of validators to make sure they do not overpay for economic security and to have plenty of new ETH for staking and for collateral purposes behind decentralised stablecoins. It also appears necessary to restrict the growth of validators as some future upgrades on Ethereum, such as single slot finality, require every validator to respond in seconds. To have a million validators might make this process technically challenging3. The largest individual new validators since the unstaking event come from liquid staking providers Lido Finance (19%) and Rocketpool (4%) and centralised exchange provider Coinbase (7%). Over 50% of new validators are unidentified4. Validators wanting a full exit has dropped significantly After withdrawal of staked ETH and related rewards were allowed, the Ethereum network limited the number of full validator exits to maintain the stability and security of the network. The number of full exits was limited to seven validators per epoch, which is 6.4 minutes, meaning that a maximum of 1,575 validators could exit the network per day5. Although there was an initial flurry of exits, on 30 May 2023, just 53,028 ETH or approximately $101 million of ETH was waiting for a full exit. This number is down 6x from early May when over 350,681 ETH was waiting for a full exit from the network. The number of validators that have exited fully so far is approximately 10% and, at the moment, the number of validators waiting for a full exit is just 1,642, down from 10,920 validators in early May6. A big part of exited validators come from Kraken, and was expected, as Kraken has settled a lawsuit with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US and promised to stop offering its staking-as-a-service product to US customers. Other large exits have come from Binance, Coinbase, and Huobi7. It also looks as though 50% of ETH waiting for withdrawal has come from Kraken8. The feared downside price pressure on ETH did not materialise and, in fact, the price of ETH has not changed much since unstaking. The price is flat since 12 April 2023, although the price has varied somewhat during this time period. ETH, however, has had a meaningful run since the beginning of 2023, and is up by more than 50% this year9. Increasing amount of staked ETH shows the attraction of staking yield for investors Since the Merge in September of last year, the amount of ETH staked has increased by 60% to a total of over 21.6 million from 13.5 million of ETH staked last September. This number includes the ETH rewards10 and is close to 16% of the total ETH in circulation. The number of validators has increased as well by 40% since the Merge last September to 593,000 from 420,000. We expect the staking ratio to increase further and to at least double in the next year or so. Increased amount of staking activity and the increasing number of validators are positive signs for the Ethereum network and show that staking yield is part of the attraction for investing in Ethereum. Slow transaction processing and high costs remain to be resolved The Shapella upgrade does not solve the problem of network congestion or high gas/transaction fees, which became a problem during the last bull market of 2021-2022. Several other layer 1 networks, such as Solana, were actively developed and promoted during this time, because Ethereum’s gas fees rose to exceedingly high levels during high demand periods. For the moment, the network’s ability to handle transactions remains limited to 15-30 transactions per second. Up until recently, to address the capacity limitation problem, the Ethereum developers have talked about implementing sharding later this year. Sharding is a term whereby the network is split into smaller ‘shards’ to increase capacity. What seems to have taken precedence recently, instead, is to work together with layer 2 networks and to increase the Ethereum’s network capacity via Proto-Danksharding. Short-term scalability is expected to be achieved via Proto-Danksharding Proto-Danksharding is a way to address the scalability problem on the Ethereum blockchain. It uses layer 2 rollups (optimistic rollups, zero-knowledge rollups) to move transactions off-chain, bundle them up, and verify them back as a single transaction on the Ethereum’s layer 1 blockchain. If there is a problem with a transaction, this transaction can be reconstructured on Ethereum’s layer 1 network. This need to post the transaction data back to the layer 1 network is expensive because data is posted on all Ethereum nodes and is expected to live on the chain forever. Proto-Danksharding aims to solve this problem by attaching data ‘blobs’ into the network temporarily. Blobs would be large portable bundles that could contain cheap transaction data. These blobs would not be accessible to Ethereum Virtual Machine’s (EVM) environment and would be automatically deleted after a fixed time period. This would enable layer 2 rollups to send transaction data back to layer 1 much more cheaply and pass these savings on to users resulting in cheaper transactions. Sources 1 Source: Ethereum 2 Source: Ethereum 3 Source: Tim Beiko & Justin Drake, Ethereum Foundation, April 2023. 4 Source: Nansen 5 Source: Ethereum 6 Source: Nansen 7 Source: Rated Network Explorer. 8 Source: Nansen 9 Source: Nansen 10 Source: Nansen
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by aneekaguptaWTE
Something big is brewing with ETH?Ethereum has outperformed bitcoin in the bear market and has outperformed btc since 2020. The price of eth-btc pair has gone sideways while bitcoin has seen a decline of over 70-75% in the last year or so. So what is going on with ETH? On- chain statistics say a story that is quite remarkable. A networks ability to survive does depend on its transactions , because if no one using a crypto currency for transactions - it will die. While bitcoin's everyday transaction count on average has remained stable for over 4 years at an average of 250k transactions a day, Ethereum has continued to out perform bitcoin by 4x the number. Ethereum transaction count during the same period has sky rocketed from 300k transactions to averaging over 1.2 million transactions per day for the last 2 years. Ethereum use in every single crypto product out there speaks its own value. source : glassnode. Thus my opinion despite the bad news is that Ethereum is not to be under-estimated. Bitcoins current world Marketcap is 384 billion dollars. Ethereum is valued at almost 167 billion dollars. Ethereum is already half as valuable as bitcoin, But Ethereum is still a risky bet - It is CENTRALIZED - its product has depended on the leadership and skills of Vitalik since its inception. The SEC can declare ETHEREUM a SECURITY at any time - which makes it a risky bet still. If Ethereum is recognized as such it will create a host of problems for the entire crypto economy. It remains to be seen what happens next - If ETHER is OFFICIALLY recognized as a security by the SEC we can forget the flippening ever happening. Whether this sideways movement is DISTRIBUTION or further accumulation, only time will tell. I own some small amount of Ethereum in case it ever moons, but not too much to be up at night worrying about the price. What are your thoughts? do you think Ethereum will flip bitcoin or will ether be recognized as a security which will doom a much broader crypto eco system?
by one-two
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