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  2. Ethereum - Wikipedia

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    Ethereum enthusiasts gather for a Merge party in San Francisco in 2022. Ethereum 2.0 (Eth2) was a set of three or more upgrades, also known as "phases", meant to transition the network's consensus mechanism to proof-of-stake, and to scale the network's transaction throughput with execution sharding and an improved EVM architecture.

  3. MetaMask - Wikipedia

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    MetaMask is a software cryptocurrency wallet used to interact with the Ethereum blockchain.It allows a user to access their Ethereum wallet through a browser extension or mobile app, which can then be used to interact with decentralized applications.

  4. Polygon (blockchain) - Wikipedia

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    Polygon (formerly Matic Network) is a blockchain platform which aims to create a multi-chain blockchain system compatible with Ethereum. As with Ethereum, it uses a proof of stake consensus mechanism for processing transactions on-chain. Polygon's native token is POL, an ERC-20 token which allows for compatibility with other Ethereum ...

  5. List of highest-funded crowdfunding projects - Wikipedia

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    The amount listed is the conversion value of the raised Ethereum at the campaign end date. 7 Sirin Labs (SRN) Mobile Ethereum, Bitcoin December, 2017 — $158,000,000 [18] A blockchain phone that makes it easier to use digital currency. Expected to sell for over $1000 with 25,000 units pre-ordered. [19] 8 Bancor: Blockchain: Ethereum: June 12 ...

  6. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    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%. [27]

  7. Blockchain - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the fork resulted in a split creating Ethereum and Ethereum Classic chains. In 2014 the Nxt community was asked to consider a hard fork that would have led to a rollback of the blockchain records to mitigate the effects of a theft of 50 million NXT from a major cryptocurrency exchange .

  8. Uniswap - Wikipedia

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    Uniswap was created on November 2, 2018 [3] by Hayden Adams, [4] a former mechanical engineer at Siemens. [1] Adams is the founder and CEO of Uniswap Labs, the company responsible for the development of the Uniswap Protocol, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the Ethereum blockchain. [5]

  9. Proof of stake - Wikipedia

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    For a blockchain transaction to be recognized, it must be appended to the blockchain. In the proof of stake blockchain, the appending entities are named minters or validators (in the proof of work blockchains this task is carried out by the miners); [2] in most protocols, the validators receive a reward for doing so. [3]