gm Bankless Nation, Vitalik has been posting through the Ethereum roadmap chatter. We put together a cheat sheet so you know what's coming next for ETH.
gm Bankless Nation, Vitalik has been posting through the Ethereum roadmap chatter. We put together a cheat sheet so you know what's coming next for ETH.
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☀️ Need to Know:Visa + Coinbase Coinbase streamlines its onramps.
📊 Market Vibes: Sidelined ETH ETH watches BTC test highs / SNX rating.
📸 Daily Market Snapshot: BTC kept flirting with $73K Wednesday, and while ETH continued its modest pump, the asset is still 35% below its 2024 highs. With ETH sentiment down bad since early August's sell-off, traders are wondering what upside could look like for ETH post-election, especially in what could be a post-Gensler era friendlier to startups building on Ethereum.
Prices as of 5pm ET
24hr
7d
Crypto $2.43T
↗ 0.8%
↗ 6.1%
BTC $72,234
↗ 0.1%
↗ 8.7%
ETH $2,646
↗ 1.1%
↗ 5.7%
SNX $1.49
↗ 0.9%
↗ 2.7%
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Ethereum inventor Vitalik Buterin has been on a writing tear this year, with 25 posts published on his blog so far in 2024. Notably, his latest articles have been part of a series, “Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol,” with each post diving deep into a major pillar of Ethereum's roadmap:
Unsurprisingly, these are some of the most foundational writings on Ethereum we've seen in its entire history; that said, there's also a lot of info to take in here. Before or even as you dive into these posts, you may find it helpful to have a bird's eye view of what each major upgrade is focused on to better grasp Vitalik's technical writings on the Ethereum roadmap.
Read on for a quick primer that will get you up to speed on the basics of each of these major upgrades 👇
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