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    Sunday, December 30, 2018

    Ethereum AFRI -- We are on track! Constantinople will most likely activate on Wednesday, Jan 16th, probably around 7am UTC. Current average block time is 14.48 seconds. 104407 blocks to go (6975593/7080000).

    Ethereum AFRI -- We are on track! Constantinople will most likely activate on Wednesday, Jan 16th, probably around 7am UTC. Current average block time is 14.48 seconds. 104407 blocks to go (6975593/7080000).


    AFRI -- We are on track! Constantinople will most likely activate on Wednesday, Jan 16th, probably around 7am UTC. Current average block time is 14.48 seconds. 104407 blocks to go (6975593/7080000).

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 07:40 AM PST

    Tuur's Criticism (fixed)

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 04:14 AM PST

    How open is too open? On transparency, governance, and the challenge of keeping Ethereum alive -- Lane Rettig

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 04:10 PM PST

    Eth 2.0 staking reward cheatsheet

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 05:25 AM PST

    2019 New Year's resolutions permanently recorded on the Ethereum blockchain

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 07:34 AM PST

    ELI5 - storage rent

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 04:24 PM PST

    I'd appreciate a clear explanation of how storage rent is expected to work.

    Any takers?

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    Hey Vitalik - why don't you do videos like Charles does on YouTube?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 06:38 PM PST

    It would be great to hear updates from you, not just at Ethereum conferences which are later broadcasted.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY3MBrc1rak

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    [Unpopular Opinion] Stop fighting with bitcoin maximalists

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 10:43 PM PST

    Our fight is not with bitcoin, our fight is with the centralized systems. I'll take it as a win if more people start using bitcoin rather than centralized systems. It would be perfect if they use ethereum but I am happy even if they move to bitcoin.

    We should be working hand in hand with bitcoin maximalists to drive user adoption from centralized systems to decentralized systems. Let's fight against centralized systems rather than crypto vs crypto.

    Also, let's not jump on anyone criticising us. Even if criticism may not be 100% valid, it probably still has some valid points. No need to laugh off the critics or shame them. Let's just correct them where they are wrong and appreciate the time they took to criticize. CRITICS ARE IMPORTANT.

    Same goes for the hate against media. Even sensationalized articles that are somewhat positive can bring in adoption. No need to hate them. Nobody is asking you to stand behind those article but there is no need to publicly shame and hate the authors. MEDIA IS IMPORTANT.

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    I wish in Mist, Ethereum Node and Sync Mode were not empty or greyed out. They're supposed to contain useful info. Why is that?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 07:47 PM PST

    The state of state channels: 2018 edition -- The CoinFund Blog

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 07:45 AM PST

    Security of Gigzi

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 04:28 PM PST

    Gigzi utilises impenetrable iris recognition technology for account access control, through an exclusive partnership with the world leading biometric security company. Gigzi will enable users to protect private keys and instead gain access with the unique configuration of their iris.

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    scaling ethereum ?

    Posted: 30 Dec 2018 07:17 AM PST

    i read a tweet from vitalik once which said that a block chain can have two merits out of three. not all three

    1. speed
    2. decentralization
    3. security

    as i said above, you can have two but not all three .

    so can anyone explain in layman terms to me what is the eth team doing about speed ? i read about casper etc but they seem like too technical / i cant understand them .

    thanks in advance

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    Is slashing deposits really necessary in PoS?

    Posted: 29 Dec 2018 02:32 PM PST

    My feeling is that slashing deposits is an unnecessary mechanism that probably will do more harm than good.

    Assume validators get hacked or sth, the slashing mechanism puts them out to a big risk for staking. On the other hand most attacks seem extremely unlikely to succeed anyway and can be punished in other ways by users, hackers whoever. If we abolish punishment, a mechanism for delegated PoS seems much more likely to be implementable. This mechanism would lead to a higher percentage of the coins to be staked thus making attacks more costly. It would also allow for stakers to be more aligned with general ownership and thus interest of more owners which I think could be important. If the pool of stakers is small there is reasonable incentive to lobby for higher inflation. It also makes big stakes more economical than small ones which is not a negligible issue.

    My feeling is that too much of a focus is placed on really unrealistic, uneconomic attack vectors. Acquiring even 10% of Ethereum would be extremely expensive, as the price would quickly double or triple while you start buying. No one would spent this kind of money and then burn it be destroying the chain. On the other hand normal users will not maliciously conspire in mining multiple chains or sth even though in a very narrow setting this might be deemed economical as they want to support the chain and their asset value.

    submitted by /u/Makrointelligenz
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