Technology — EasyCryptoGuides https://easycryptoguides.com/ Latest Technology coverage on EasyCryptoGuides. en-gb Pectra changed Ethereum accounts and validators. It did not write a price. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-pectra-account-and-validator-changes-not-a-price-thesis https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-pectra-account-and-validator-changes-not-a-price-thesis Wed, 07 May 2025 12:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Pectra activated on 7 May 2025. Wallets can opt into contract-like behaviour, validators can get bigger, and rollups get more blob space. None of that is a candle. Ethereum fees went quiet. That is still a story about demand. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-fees-went-quiet-that-is-still-a-story-about-demand https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-fees-went-quiet-that-is-still-a-story-about-demand Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides When the network is cheap, it is tempting to declare a new era of usability. More often it is a lull in who is bidding for the same block space. Coinbase Base is an L2 product, not a new Ethereum https://easycryptoguides.com/news/coinbase-base-is-an-l2-product-not-a-new-ethereum https://easycryptoguides.com/news/coinbase-base-is-an-l2-product-not-a-new-ethereum Wed, 09 Aug 2023 16:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides A public company shipped a layer-2 network with cheap fees and a marketing summer. That is a product launch. It is not a replacement chain. Shapella turned staking withdrawals on. It is a queue, not an ATM. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-shapella-staking-withdrawals-are-a-queue-not-an-atm https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-shapella-staking-withdrawals-are-a-queue-not-an-atm Wed, 12 Apr 2023 22:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Validators can exit and excess rewards can sweep to an execution address. Both wait in a protocol queue. That is not the Merge, and it is not Dencun. The Merge changed how Ethereum agrees. It did not, by itself, cheapen the meter. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-merge-changed-consensus-not-the-fee-meter-by-itself https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-merge-changed-consensus-not-the-fee-meter-by-itself Thu, 15 Sep 2022 06:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides Validators replaced miners. Issuance and the power bill changed. Blobs and quiet layer-2 fees are a later upgrade. Withdrawals are later still. London burned the base fee. That is not the Merge. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-london-eip-1559-changed-the-fee-market-not-the-merge https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-london-eip-1559-changed-the-fee-market-not-the-merge Thu, 05 Aug 2021 12:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides A protocol-set base fee is burned; a tip can still buy priority. Fees remain an auction when blocks are full. Proof of stake is a later year. The Beacon Chain starts Ethereum’s proof-of-stake path. It is not the Merge. https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-beacon-chain-starts-the-proof-of-stake-path https://easycryptoguides.com/news/ethereum-beacon-chain-starts-the-proof-of-stake-path Tue, 01 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT EasyCryptoGuides A consensus chain is live beside the chain you actually use. 32 ETH deposits are locked. Withdrawals and the join with mainnet are later upgrades, not this morning.