Daily Archives: 30/08/2021

Cardano starts testing migration of ERC-20 tokens to its blockchain

Next week, a “converter” for ERC-20 tokens, a tool for migrating tokens to the Cardano network, will be launched on the Cardano test blockchain. During the latest Cardano 360 event, IOHK project manager Francisco Landino announced that the ERC-20 token converter will be rolling out to the testnet next week. The ERC-20 two-way token migration tool was first introduced in May and aims to enable users to migrate Ethereum-based tokens to and from Cardano. The…

Ethereum network split in two due to bug in Geth client

The Ethereum blockchain forked into two competing chains after a bug in the Geth client appeared. About 54% of Ethereum nodes worked with the wrong chain. The bug affected version of Geth client v1.10.7 and earlier. According to Ethernodes, almost 75% of all Ethereum nodes were using them, so 73% of Geth nodes using outdated software risked separation from the network. This means that 54% of Ethereum nodes were vulnerable. Despite the fact that the…