Welcome to the protocol, the weekly conclusion of Coindesk of the most important stories in the development of cryptocurrency technology. I am Margaux Nijkerk, the reporter of the Ethereum protocol in the Coindesk technological team.
In this number:
- Solana to obtain an important design review
- Proposal for new Ethereum nodes so that they are easier to execute
- Token sale of $ 135 million World Network
- Solana Seeker Mobile in early August
Network news
Solana to obtain an important design review: Solana developers are planning what could be the most ambitious central update of the blockchain to date, one that replaces their current technology stack with a redesigned consensus protocol built for the purpose and almost instantaneous response capacity. The new system, called Alpenglow, was presented on Monday by the Anza infrastructure firm, a Solana Labs. Proposes to replace the test of the story, the famous “pre -recorded clock” system of Solana, and the BFT tower, its existing voting mechanism to reach a consensus. – Shaurya Malwa Read more.
Proposal of new Ethereum nodes to be easier to execute: The Ethereum co -founder, Vitalik Butein, has proposed a new design to reduce the hardware load to execute a network node, frame it as a step towards a totally decentralized network that does not require sophisticated infrastructure to help maintain. In a blog post, Bugerin introduced the concept of “partially stateless nodes”, which allows users to store only a subset of Ethereum data, instead of the entire block chain that records in more than 1.3 Terabytes (TB). Shaurya Malwa Read more.
Token sale from $ 135 million to A16Z, Bain Capital Crypto: The Blockchain World Network project by Sam Altman has raised $ 135 million in a sale of its private token Wld. The sale went to risk capital giants A16z and Bain Capital Crypto and will be used to finance the expansion of the network. The financing occurs when the group behind Blockchain announced the functionalities in the application of the project, as well as the Token Wld, has been available earlier this month for users of the United States. – Margaux Nijkerk Read more.
The Solana Labs mobile team plans to send your search engine from August 4.In addition to sharing new information about its infrastructure frame, as well as a new Token Skr for your mobile users. The news occurs when the new iteration of Solana’s mobile has been in process for months, with more than 150,000 units so far, according to a press release. Severer was introduced after the first model of the phone, Saga, was originally having difficulty selling, creating some uncertainty for his future. But Saga finally sold out after Crypto users realized that they could collect certain tokens aircraft.
In other news
- Movement Labs, the cryptographic startup plagued by scandals backed by Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial, silently promised great bets of his Token to the first inmates, not revealed agreements that now raise new questions about who really has power behind the scene. Even before its launch of Tokens, Movement Labs committed great portions of Move’s supply to a handful of early advisors, agreements that were never revealed to investors and only emerged through internal documents reviewed by Coindesk. – Sam Kessler Read more.
- Bitcoin (BTC) secured a new record price of $ 109,400, exceeding the peak in January around the inauguration of Donald Trump. According to the Bitcoin Coindesk index, the largest and oldest and old cryptocurrency reached $ 109,486 on Wednesday during the EE. UU. BTC session has increased more than 46% of its April channel induced by the growing fears of world trade war and US tariffs. – Kristzian Sandor Read more.
Regulatory and political
- The United States Senate voted to advance in Stablecoin’s legislation on Monday night, eliminating a procedural barrier to completely approve the body’s bill. The senators easily cleared the threshold of 60 votes for the vote, which intends to move the legislation to an additional debate period before a series of final votes to approve it of the Senate.– Jesse Hamilton Read more.
Calendar
- May 19-23: Solana Accelerate, New York City
- May 20-22: Avalanche Summit, London
- May 27-29: Bitcoin 2025, Las Vegas
- May 27-29: Ethprague, Prague
- June 8-22: Berlin Blockchain Week, Berlin
- June 30 to July 3: Ethcc, Cannes
- July 16-18: Web3 Summit, Berlin
- September 22-28: Korea Bloquchain Week, Seoul
- October 1: Token2049, Singapore
- December 11-13: Solana Breakpoint, Abu Dhabi
