Tackling #ethereum’s #blockchain Trilemma via Serenity, Ethereum 2.0
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An overview of the impending transition towards Proof of Stake (Casper), #sharding, and Ethereum-flavored WebAssembly (eWasm)The following post is an academic-style piece written in April 2019. Depending on when you are reading this, much may have changed in the Ethereum roadmap.Introduction to Ethereum’s Scaling Issues & The Blockchain TrilemmaEthereum is a decentralized application platform that runs applications without any chance of fraud, censorship or third-party interference. Powering thousands of decentralized applications (dApps), Ethereum is hailed as one of the most defining digital currency projects of the era and is heavily utilized in both commercial and non-commercial settings. However, as the network continues to grow in terms of traffic, it has reached certain (...)