🚀 Ethereum Foundation Announces Six-Month Research Fellowships
#Ethereum #EthereumFoundation #ResearchFellowship #EcoDev #BlockchainResearch #Innovation #ApplicationDevelopment #EmergingTechnologies #ETH
According to PANews, the Ethereum Foundation's EcoDev research team has announced the launch of five six-month research fellowship positions, now open for applications. These fellowships offer participants the opportunity to deeply explore underdeveloped Ethereum application scenarios, identifying potential obstacles and driving factors that could impact their development. The Ethereum Foundation invites researchers, developers, community members, and professionals from other industries to apply by submitting background information and a one-page research proposal. The foundation is looking for innovative ideas focused on emerging Ethereum application scenarios that significantly and uniquely benefit from Ethereum's capabilities, create positive-sum outcomes and real-world benefits, and have not yet received significant attention or exploration within the Ethereum ecosystem.
The fellowship emphasizes research into broader, underexplored application areas rather than specific products or pre-commercial development. Proposals for incremental improvements in well-researched and funded areas, such as automated market makers (AMMs), lending protocols, digital art, collectible intellectual property, prediction markets, and domain names, will not be accepted.
Fellows will receive a monthly stipend to support their work and are required to submit monthly progress reports, culminating in a final report summarizing their findings at the end of the six-month period. Additionally, fellows will present their work to the EcoDev research team and have the opportunity to share their insights at public events.#Ethereum #EthereumFoundation #ResearchFellowship #EcoDev #BlockchainResearch #Innovation #ApplicationDevelopment #EmergingTechnologies #ETH
🚀 New York Post's X Account Allegedly Compromised for Crypto Scams
#NewYorkPost #XAccount #CryptoScams #FraudulentActivities #MaliciousActors #SecurityConcerns #BlockchainResearch #ScamMessages
According to PANews, multiple users within the crypto community have reported that the official X account of the U.S. media outlet, New York Post, appears to have been compromised by malicious actors and used for fraudulent activities.
Reports indicate that the infiltrators are utilizing the verified account to send direct messages (DMs) to cryptocurrency users on the X platform. These messages are often disguised as interview or podcast invitations from purported New York Post journalists, such as Paul Sperry, and instruct recipients to further communicate via the Telegram app. Security researchers have noted that scammers block users from replying immediately after sending the DMs to prevent the New York Post team from detecting any irregularities.
The issue was first publicly disclosed around May 3 by users including Kerberus CEO Alex Katz, who received such scam messages. Some users speculate that the subsequent scam process might involve enticing users to use Zoom and exploiting its features for attacks. Blockchain researcher ZachXBT highlighted that this incident bears similarities to a previous event where The Defiant's X account was hijacked to send fraudulent messages.
As of now, the New York Post has not publicly commented on the security concerns regarding its X account.#NewYorkPost #XAccount #CryptoScams #FraudulentActivities #MaliciousActors #SecurityConcerns #BlockchainResearch #ScamMessages
🚀 Tenerife Government Negotiates Sale of Bitcoin Holdings Amid Regulatory Challenges
#TenerifeGovernment #BitcoinSale #Cryptocurrency #RegulatoryChallenges #Bitcoin #ITER #AssetVolatility #SpanishFinancialInstitution #BlockchainResearch #JuanJoséMartínez #FernandoMolina #BTC
According to PANews, the government of Tenerife is in discussions to sell 97 bitcoins, originally purchased by the island's Institute of Technology and Renewable Energy (ITER) in 2012 for €10,000. The current sale price is estimated to reach $10 million. Juan José Martínez, a member of the Tenerife parliament overseeing ITER, disclosed that negotiations are underway with a Spanish financial institution regarding the purchase. Previous attempts to sell the cryptocurrency were hindered by regulatory obstacles and concerns over asset volatility. Despite these challenges, Martínez remains optimistic about completing the sale in the coming months. The potential buyer has not been officially announced but is reportedly a dual-certified entity by the Bank of Spain and the National Securities Market Commission. Fernando Molina, a researcher at Blockworks, noted that ITER was unable to access its wallet for eight years before seeking a buyer. Since the initial purchase, the value of bitcoin has increased by 1,000 times.#TenerifeGovernment #BitcoinSale #Cryptocurrency #RegulatoryChallenges #Bitcoin #ITER #AssetVolatility #SpanishFinancialInstitution #BlockchainResearch #JuanJoséMartínez #FernandoMolina #BTC
🚀 Blockchain Fragmentation Causes Significant Losses in RWA Market
#Blockchain #Fragmentation #RWA #RealWorldAssets #Ethereum #Polygon #TokenizedAssets #MarketLosses #PriceDiscrepancies #Slippage #InvestmentLosses #DataAnalytics #Crypto #BlockchainResearch #RWAio #AssetMarket #ETH
According to ChainCatcher, a recent study by data analytics platform RWAio reveals that blockchain network fragmentation results in an annual value loss of $600 million to $1.3 billion in the Real World Asset (RWA) market. The total circulating value of RWAs, including private credit, U.S. Treasury bonds, and commodities, has surpassed $36 billion.
RWAio's research indicates that the same asset often trades at different prices on various blockchains, with price discrepancies ranging from 1% to 3%. Additionally, transferring assets between chains can lead to investor losses of 2% to 5% per transaction due to fees and slippage. Currently, Ethereum holds 52% of all tokenized RWA value, while Polygon accounts for 62% of tokenized RWA bonds.
Projections suggest that if the tokenized asset market reaches $16 trillion to $30 trillion by 2030, annual losses could escalate to $30 billion to $75 billion.#Blockchain #Fragmentation #RWA #RealWorldAssets #Ethereum #Polygon #TokenizedAssets #MarketLosses #PriceDiscrepancies #Slippage #InvestmentLosses #DataAnalytics #Crypto #BlockchainResearch #RWAio #AssetMarket #ETH
🚀 Research Highlights Challenges in Lightning Network's Two-Party Channels
#LightningNetwork #TwoPartyChannels #FundDepletion #RoutingInefficiencies #NS3AI #Liquidity #MultiPartyChannels #NonCustodialChannelFactories #PaymentReliability #BlockchainResearch #CryptoSolutions
Recent research highlights the challenges faced by two-party Lightning Network channels, which often experience fund depletion and routing inefficiencies. According to NS3.AI, the core issue lies in the network's structural design, which restricts liquidity flows due to limited capacity. To address these challenges, the study suggests adopting multi-party channels, such as non-custodial channel factories, as a more sustainable solution to enhance liquidity and payment reliability.#LightningNetwork #TwoPartyChannels #FundDepletion #RoutingInefficiencies #NS3AI #Liquidity #MultiPartyChannels #NonCustodialChannelFactories #PaymentReliability #BlockchainResearch #CryptoSolutions
🚀 Ethereum State Expiry Performance Experiment Reveals Significant Improvements
#Ethereum #StateExpiry #PerformanceExperiment #Geth #Blockchain #GasLimits #Throughput #HardwareOptimization #LatencyImprovement #BlockchainResearch #EthereumMainnet #ETH
Ethereum execution layer researcher weiihann has released a performance experiment report on state expiry. According to Foresight News, the experiment involved running approximately one year of Ethereum mainnet block load on the Geth client, comparing the performance differences between 'full state nodes' and 'nodes retaining only one year of active state.' The study found that reducing state size not only lowers hardware requirements but also provides room for increasing gas limits and throughput.
The experiment results indicate that retaining only active states accessed within one year reduces the database size from 359 GB to 81 GB, a decrease of about 77.5%, with the most significant reduction observed in storing Trie nodes. In terms of performance, block re-execution time was shortened by approximately 15%, and read performance improved significantly, particularly with storage read P50 latency reduced by 46% and P99 latency by 36%. Additionally, tail latency improved, with P99 block insertion time reduced by 21%, aiding nodes in maintaining synchronization under load. Future research will explore comparisons with other clients, different expiry cycles such as six months, and strategies focused solely on contract storage cleanup.#Ethereum #StateExpiry #PerformanceExperiment #Geth #Blockchain #GasLimits #Throughput #HardwareOptimization #LatencyImprovement #BlockchainResearch #EthereumMainnet #ETH