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Pectra Upgrade Opens New Attack Vectors for Ethereum Wallets

Pectra Upgrade Opens New Attack Vectors for Ethereum Wallets

On May 7th, 2025 Ethereum deployed its most recent upgrade, Pectra. While this upgrade creates a new transaction type that increases functionality in a very positive way, it introduces new potential security vulnerabilities for users. The upgrade brings with it the SetCode transaction, type 0x04. This new wallet feature allows...

Ethereum's Staking Upgrade: Hype or Help? A Pragmatic Look

Ethereum's Staking Upgrade: Hype or Help? A Pragmatic Look

The Ethereum community is buzzing about the upcoming Pectra upgrade, especially the jump in the staking limit from 32 ETH to a whopping 2,048 ETH. Regardless, is this real progress, or are we compromising decentralization for some short-term efficiency gains. Let's cut through the noise.Decentralization At Risk? Or Not?The core...

Ethereum's Pectra: Will the Upgrade Deliver or Disappoint?

Ethereum's Pectra: Will the Upgrade Deliver or Disappoint?

Ethereum's price jumped, Pectra is here, and everyone's buzzing. But hold on a minute before supplanting spaghetti with generative artificial intelligence as the go-to innovation buzzword. Are we seeing an honest-to-goodness revolutionary new tool in the crypto space? Or is this the latest false dawn, a short-lived wave of optimism...

Ethereum's Radical Upgrade: RISC-V to Revolutionize ZK Proofs?

Ethereum's Radical Upgrade: RISC-V to Revolutionize ZK Proofs?

Ethereum, the world’s largest and most successful blockchain platform, is a work in progress. Of all the proposals that are exciting to consider, perhaps the most interesting would be the full integration of RISC-V. This architecture, an open-source Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC), presents exciting possibilities. Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of...

Ethereum Surges as May Upgrade Looms, Igniting Bullish Sentiment

Ethereum Surges as May Upgrade Looms, Igniting Bullish Sentiment

Ethereum (ETH) has been showing strong recovery and upward movement as the overall cryptocurrency market is recovering from lows earlier in the month. After a sudden drop that momentarily plunged Ethereum back to $1,400, the digital asset has enjoyed a vigorous recovery. In fact, it’s seen an astounding 11% increase...