{"id":380891,"date":"2019-05-05T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=380891"},"modified":"2019-05-05T04:51:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T04:51:46","slug":"ethereum-development-keeps-pace-with-crypto-boom-proof-of-stake-is-on-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/ethereum\/ethereum-development-keeps-pace-with-crypto-boom-proof-of-stake-is-on-its-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Development Keeps Pace With Crypto Boom: Proof of Stake Is On Its Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto assets have boomed, so have the underlying fundamentals of this embryonic space. Reports have revealed that Ethereum (ETH)<\/a> may soon transition to the early stages of Proof of Stake (PoS) integration, ensuring scalability is on its way.<\/p>\n In March, Vitalik Buterin, the Russian-Canadian founder of Ethereum, took to the stage of Token2049<\/a>, a blockchain event in Hong Kong, to talk all things about his brainchild. He first explained that Serenity could simply be explained as \u201ca way to bring technical improvements, like PoS and sharding, together to improve the Virtual Machine, Merkle Trees, the efficiency of the protocol, and a whole bunch of small technical things that you have never heard of.\u201d Per the industry insider, this is all being done in a bid to create a \u201cnext-generation blockchain\u201d to be hundreds of times faster and scalable than Ethereum\u2019s current iteration.<\/p>\n As it stands, Ethereum has yet to even enter phase zero (there\u2019s a total of three phases \u2014 zero, one, and two) of the Serenity integration, but Buterin explains that this is coming. He remarks that phase zero is near-finalization spec-wise, touching on an effectively complete section of a whitepaper that outlines 2.0. Buterin explains that phase zero-related testnets, which are centered primarily around staking, could get launched by what he calls \u201cimplementers,\u201d like Parity and others, in the near future.<\/p>\n And according to a recent Ethereum Core Developers call<\/a>, this would seem to be the case. As first reported by CoinDesk, Justin Drake of the Ethereum Foundation remarked that code specifications for phase zero are “on track” to see finalization by June 30th. Once finalization occurs, developers can begin building code around said specifications, as they ensure that everyone is on the same page. Drake elaborates:<\/p>\n “We\u2019re still very much on track. Still, [code] simplifications are coming through which is great and the process of fine combing is also for finding final bugs.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n For those unaware, phase zero, also dubbed “Beacon Chain,” will allow for validators, rather than miners, stake Ether and vote on improvement proposals.<\/p>\n This recent confirmation that Ethereum development continues as Bitcoin has boomed comes mere weeks after Buterin came out to claim<\/a> that development of the blockchain is “continuing right on schedule.\u201d<\/p>\nEthereum Phase Zero Could Be Finalized In June<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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