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![Ethereum can speed up by running nearly 65% of its transactions in parallel, Sei says](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/09/crypto-news-Ethereum-trading-chart-880x523.webp)
News
Ethereum could handle more transactions and run faster by processing most of them simultaneously, a new study reveals. A new study shows that almost 65% of Ethereum‘s transactions could be processed at the same time, potentially making the network much…
![Sharding tech makes 100x scalability and seamless interoperability a reality | Opinion](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2024/06/crypto-news-Sharding-tech-makes-100X-scalability-option04-880x523.webp)
Opinion
Sharding tech provides a robust and scalable foundation for building the next generation of dApps and interoperability of L2s with major crypto chains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana.
![What’s the Logic Behind a Blockchain Network and the Crypto Transaction Speed?](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2022/08/Blockchain-880x526.jpg)
News
Speed is undoubtedly a key characteristic in blockchains and the digital asset market. Naturally, a blockchain becomes more efficient when it can settle transactions quickly. This aspect helps reduce traffic on the ledger as transactions get verified by various community…
![Elrond Steps into DeFi Game with Mainnet Launch; 260,000 TPS on Testnet](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2020/07/Altcoin-Explorer-Elrond-880x525.jpg)
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A “powerful” blockchain project has launched its mainnet platform after wildly successful testnets results of over 260,000 transactions per second (tps). Going the DeFi Way Elrond, a “high performance” blockchain, recently launched its mainnet. The effort also sees the project…
![Zilliqa (ZIL) Mainnet Integrates “Scilla-Powered” Smart Contracts](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2019/04/Zilliqa’s-Mainnet-Token-Swap-is-Finally-Here-880x525.jpg)
News
Since the launch of the Zilliqa mainnet in January 2019, the project’s prime focus was integrating smart contracts with the help of a native smart language contract called “Scilla.” Smart contracts are now live on the Zilliqa mainnet bringing a…
![Telegram Open Network’s (TON) Scaling Plan Inspired by Ethereum and Polkadot](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2019/05/Telegram-Open-Networks-TON-Scaling-Plan-Inspired-by-Ethereum-and-Polkadot-880x525.jpg)
News
The Telegram Open Network (TON) recently opened a GitHub repository and a launched a test net of sorts on their website. An article by BUTTON Wallet on 26 May, 2019, reveals TON’s scaling plan for its network. How the Chain Will…
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![Parity Technologies Gets a $5 Million Grant from the Ethereum Foundation](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2018/11/State-of-Ethereum-Protocol-2-The-Beacon-Chain-880x525.jpg)
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Parity Technologies, the company behind one of the fastest Ethereum clients on the market, has secured a $5 million grant from the Ethereum Foundation to increase scalability, usability, and security of their product, the foundation announced on its website on…
![Ethereum Co-Creator Believes Non-Financial Applications of Blockchain Preside over Financial Fervor](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2018/12/Vitalik-Tweetstorm-on-the-Non-Financial-Applications-of-Blockchain-880x525.jpg)
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin lanced a “tweet storm” on December 10, 2018, and briefly noted the non-financial applications of blockchain technology, such as academic degree verification and determining the “integrity of processes.” Alternative Use Cases The extended bear market in…
![What is sharding in crypto?](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2018/08/What-is-sharding-in-crypto05-880x525.jpg)
Learn
Sharding is a technique that involves breaking down a larger database or ledger into smaller partitions known as shards. This approach is aimed at improving network scalability and transaction speed. So, in simple terms, sharding in crypto refers to the…
![What is Zilliqa And Is it a Good Investment?](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2018/06/What-is-Zilliqa-And-is-it-a-Good-Investment-880x525.jpg)
Learn
The cryptocurrency space continues to expand with new blockchain projects seemingly launching on a daily basis. While many of these projects do not contribute anything of note to the cryptocurrency community, some projects are working on solving real challenges that…
![PayPal’s High Fees May Have Given Crypto a Lifeline, but There Are Huge Challenges ahead](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2017/08/Bitcoin-Surpasses-Market-Cap-of-Paypal-at-72-Billion1-880x526.jpg)
News
In what could count as a boost for propagating the adoption of cryptocurrencies, April 2018 saw Paypal – the world’s most extensive payments network – announce a fixed levy of $4.99 per cross-border transaction. However, low fees represent only one…
![Sharding Could Be the Only Way Forward for Ethereum](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2018/03/Sharding-could-be-the-only-way-forward-for-Ethereum-880x525.jpg)
News
The scalability debate is all across the cryptocurrency community. With major occurrences such as the CryptoKitties debacle clogging up the entire Ethereum network over the span of a few days, it is well-known that the biggest, public blockchains in their…
![“I Think we should Demount these kind of Training Wheels, Step by Step.”](https://crypto.news/app/uploads/2017/07/I-think-we-should-demount-these-kind-of-training-wheels-step-by-step-880x526.jpg)
Interviews
Christoph Jentzsch, co-founder of Slock.it and one of the leading Ethereum developers, spoke to BTCMANAGER about lessons from the DAO hack, the ICO hype and Ethereum’s plans to scale. Slock.it is a startup from Mittweida, a small town in Saxony,…