Ethereum activated its "Pectra" upgrade on Wednesday, marking a significant overhaul since the Merge in 2022. The upgrade aims to streamline staking, enhance wallet functionality, and improve efficiency. A key element involves increasing the amount of ETH one can stake from 32 to 2,048.
Developers of Bitcoin Core are planning to remove the OP_RETURN limit in the next release, sparking debate. The OP_RETURN limit is currently an 80-byte cap on the amount of arbitrary data that can be embedded in a Bitcoin transaction. The debate centers on transparency versus potential abuse and spam.
Worldcoin is launching in the U.S. and plans to roll out 7,500 eye-scanning "orbs" across six cities by year-end. These orbs will be available in Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and San Francisco. The project aims to give 180 million Americans access to World's network.
Aztec, a layer-2 rollup focused on privacy, announced that its testnet has finally gone live after 8 years of development. This comes as new privacy-focused solutions begin to capture the interests of large institutions. These institutions need confidentiality with large transaction batches.
This article is based on our author's analysis of materials taken from the following resources: CoinDesk.