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Breaking Byzantine Fault Tolerance
In this week’s State of the Network, we dive into the method and findings of the paper Breaking BFT: Quantifying the Cost to Attack Bitcoin and Ethereum and review the importance of network security and resistance to attack.
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SOTM October 20-26, 2022
Decentralization diehards are dancing with the devil, with yield and regulation pushing protocols towards the temptation of trusted third parties. [...]
Understanding Crypto Asset Scarcity Through the Data of Forked Blockchains
In the age of digital technologies, copy-paste, and open-source code, the great innovation encoded in Bitcoin and in later crypto [...]
SOTM October 13-19, 2022
Though many firms have folded in the crypto liquidity crunch, top trading platforms continue to up the ante. On Wednesday, [...]
Stablecoins Come Into Focus in EU’s MiCa Legislation
A data-driven update on stablecoins as the European Council votes in favor of Markets in Crypto Assets legislation (MiCa), set [...]
SOTM October 6-12, 2022
From cross-chain carnage to DeFi horseplay, this week was characterized by a brand of chaos found only in crypto. According [...]
Running an Ethereum Node from your Home
In this write-up, we walk through the details of how to run an Ethereum node from scratch.
SOTM September 29-October 5, 2022
Crypto crept into Q4 with hopes for redemption, though October already offers some ominous possibilities. Last week's supposed sabotage of [...]
State of the Network’s Q3 2022 Wrap-Up
Reviewing the most important data and stories in the crypto ecosystem from Q3, 2022.
Monitoring DeFi Biggest Risk
This report covers one of the biggest risks in DeFi — the rise of a new development paradigm that introduces [...]