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Nevermind the Morlocks! How Ethereum Power Works Off-Grid

19 Jan 2023 7 minute read 1 comment Todd Mei PhD

The Morlocks from The Time Machine (image from BD) Even with Ethereum’s move to Proof-of-staking via the recent Merge, its processing speed will not signficantly improve until other milestones can be achieved. Users are already looking forward to th...

Nevermind the Morlocks! How Ethereum Power Works Off-Grid

Utilizing Optimistic Rollups to Improve Blockchain Scalability

3 Jun 2021 3 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

Long processing times and high transaction costs are the bane of Blockchains. Initial techniques to address these scalability issues utilized 'side chains', but 'side chains' proved to exhibit a fatal flaw - the user's funds are subject to theft if t...