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Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH [a]) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization. [2] [3] It is open-source software. Ethereum was conceived in 2013 by programmer Vitalik Buterin. [4]
Oilfield terminology refers to the jargon used by those working in fields within and related to the upstream segment of the petroleum industry. It includes words and phrases describing professions, equipment, and procedures specific to the industry. It may also include slang terms used by oilfield workers to describe the same.
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On Wednesday morning, the Ethereum blockchain completed an upgrade called Dencun, the biggest change to the network’s code in over a year. Ethereum’s fix for its gas fee problem is now live ...
Welcome to Future of Finance, where Fortune asks prominent people at major companies about their roles in this vast, ever-changing ecosystem—and what it all means for how we use money.. Coinbase ...
On 15 September 2022, the world's second largest cryptocurrency at that time, Ethereum, transitioned its consensus mechanism from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) in an upgrade process known as "the Merge". According to the Ethereum Founder, the upgrade would cut both Ethereum's energy use and carbon-dioxide emissions by 99.9%. [28]
The petro (₽), or petromoneda, [2] launched in February 2018, was a crypto token issued by the government of Venezuela. [3] [4]Announced in December 2017, it was supposed to be backed by the country's oil and mineral reserves, and was intended to supplement Venezuela's plummeting hard bolívar currency, as a means of circumventing U.S. sanctions and accessing international financing.