Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has provided a detailed reflection on the Bitcoin block size wars, a significant conflict within the Bitcoin community that spanned from 2015 to 2017. This debate centered on whether to increase Bitcoin’s block size limit from 1 MB to accommodate more transactions, thereby reducing fees and enhancing its utility as The post Vitalik Buterin critiques Bitcoin’s block size war, calls for innovation appeared first on CryptoSlate.

ARAX has announced a strategic partnership with the Municipality of Tuzla, Romania, to launch a Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Network (DePIN) project aimed at transforming the city into a smart urban hub. This initiative will leverage ARAX’s advanced blockchain, IoT, and AI technologies to implement intelligent streetlights and other smart city solutions. The project will be The post Romanian city Tuzla to become a blockchain-powered DePIN smart hub with ARAX partnership appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Babylon, the Bitcoin staking protocol, has successfully closed a $70 million funding round led by Paradigm, with significant contributions from Bullish Capital and Polychain Capital. This pre-launch funding aims to support team growth, research, and development ahead of Babylon’s mainnet launch. The funds will be used to advance Babylon’s scalable staking and restaking features, unlocking The post Babylon secures $70 million to turn Bitcoin into PoS security backbone appeared first on CryptoSlate.

President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign has reportedly initiated a significant outreach to the crypto industry, according to a new report from The Block. Marking a notable shift from his previous stance, this engagement, which reportedly began approximately two weeks ago, involves seeking guidance from key figures in the crypto sector on community and policy matters. The post Biden campaign reportedly seeking help from crypto industry to rebuild new policy appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Token standards are rules and protocols that dictate how tokens function on a blockchain. Different blockchains have their own token standards to ensure interoperability, security, and efficiency. Here are some of the key token standards across the top 10 blockchains with Turing complete environments Ethereum, Solana, BNB, and XRP: Ethereum Token Standards Ethereum has developed The post Differences in token standards across top 10 blockchains and what they do appeared first on CryptoSlate.