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Optimism network transactions surged 67% following Bedrock upgrade — Nansen

The Optimism layer-2 network saw less than 300,000 transactions per day around the time of the upgrade, but this number increased to over 500,000 afterward. Transactions on the Optimism network surged 67% following its June 7 “Bedrock” upgrade , according to a June 26 Twitter thread from blockchain analytics firm Nansen. The network had been seeing less than 300,000 transactions per day before the upgrade , but this figure increased to over 550,000 by the middle of June. Since Optimism's Bedrock upgrade on June 6 Its daily transactions have increased by about 67% to ~500k And gas fees are reduced by about 50% to ~$50k pic.twitter.com/9ACIMMFHbl — Nansen (@nansen_ai) June 26, 2023 Optimism, a layer 2 of Ethereum, implemented its Bedrock hard fork on June 6. It was intended to reduce deposit times and fees, as well as increase the network’s security. According to the June 26 Nansen report, daily fees have fallen from $80,000 worth of Ether (ETH) directly before the upg...

Dogecoin devs deny rumor of immediate PoS switch following community concern

The denial was made after critics said the team was going to “kill scrypt miners.” The developers of Dogecoin (DOGE) have denied rumors that the network is immediately switching to proof-of-stake (PoS), saying that they are merely planning to release a proposal on the topic. The repudiation came on Dec. 29, from the Twitter account of Michi Lumin, Principal Engineer for the Dogecoin Foundation. More info for ya. Influencers, even if they have millions of views and followers, even if they speak with authority, do not actually have the inside scoop on what's going on with #dogecoin. Just because one says a validation method is changing, doesn't mean it is. — Michi Lumin (@michilumin) December 29, 2022 Lumin stated that the Dogecoin Foundation does not have the power to upgrade the network without the consent of validators, explaining: “It is not possible for, nor is it planned for, an individual, organization, or body to "move" or ‘shift’ or ‘change’ #dogecoin to Po...