blockchain
* The Sonic blockchain achieves a transaction finality of 720 milliseconds (ms) during its testnet. * Finality is the assurance that a transaction is irreversible after being added to a block. * Sonic claims to be the world's fastest Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chain. * Andre Cronje, creator of Fantom Network, confirms
ethereum
* Ethereum's Dencun upgrade cut L2 transaction costs; Pectra upgrade set for Q4 2024/Q1 2025. * Pectra combines Prague and Electra upgrades for flexibility and optimization. * Pectra includes 9 Standard EIPs and 11 constituent EIPs for network enhancements. * Notable additions in Pectra include BLS curve operations, block hash storage,
bitcoin
Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped nearly 6% to 83.1 trillion hashes, which is not a good sign for the network's security. However, experts say this is expected in the short term. The drop in difficulty comes just before the upcoming halving event, where miner rewards will be
bitcoin
The Bitcoin network has achieved a significant milestone by processing its one billionth transaction. This achievement comes 15 years and 4 months after the mining of Bitcoin's genesis block in January 2009. With an average rate of 178,475 transactions per day over its lifespan, Bitcoin has demonstrated