Yesterday was a really big day for Ethereum enthusiasts because as you probably know by now, it was the day of the ETH 2.0 launch.
Vitalik Buterin was also really active on Twitter the other day.
Some updates on decentralization stats since a week ago:
* Participant count over 3k
* Nakamoto coefficient up from 25 to 34
* Herfindahl score down from 0.0164 to 0.0126 (down is good); ~30% more decentralized based on this metricMore participation = more decentralization! pic.twitter.com/F59kSyM8qJ
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 1, 2020
Here’s his post following the big launch:
Normal people: we should really put something profound in the first block of the ethereum PoS chain, something about giant leaps for mankind or whatever.
Ethereum community: pic.twitter.com/cOu94fUPE9
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 1, 2020
Buterin also updated the roadmap that he made back in March:
The roadmap I made back in March updated with (very rough and approximate!) progress bars showing what has been done and some of the recent tweaks to the roadmap itself.
A lot has been accomplished, but still a lot remains to be done! pic.twitter.com/4zIK4aTNTh
— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) December 1, 2020
Investors can stake coins and earn rewards
As the online publication the Daily Hodl notes, the beacon chain for Ethereum 2.0 allows investors in ETH to stake their coins and earn rewards in return for powering the network.
This also promises to boost the amount of transaction volume that the network can process via second-layer solutions – the long term target is of 100,000 transactions per second in mind, according to Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin.
Ethereum 2.0 staking is coming to Coinbase
It’s been revealed that the US crypto exchange Coinbase addressed plans for supporting Ethereum 2.0 staking rewards – this will probably set the stage for even wider adoption of the smart contract platform, according to Cointelegraph.
In an official blog post, Coinbase said that it plans to roll out ETH2 staking, trading and conversion services starting in early 2021.
