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Wasabi Wallet to Begin Censoring Coinjoin Transactions

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Wasabi Wallet, a privacy-oriented bitcoin-only wallet, has announced it will start introducing censorship methods into its mixing procedures. The announcement was made on social media, where the official account of Wasabi explained that a blacklist will prevent some UTXOs (unspent transaction outputs) from registering to Coinjoins, the method Wasabi and other wallets use to enhance transaction anonymity. Wasabi Wallet to Exclude Some UTXOs From Coinjoin Wasabi Wallet, one of the main privacy-centric bitcoin wallets, announced it will start working to censor some transactions from using its mixing procedures.…

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Ethereum’s London hard fork is expected to arrive on Thursday, ushering in EIP-1559

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[ad_1] Ethereum’s London upgrade is set to activate on Thursday, according to the countdown available on Ethereum.org. “The London upgrade is scheduled to go live on Ethereum in August 2021, on block 12,965,000,” Ethereum.org reads. “It will introduce EIP-1559, which reforms the transaction fee market, along with changes to how gas refunds are handled and the Ice Age schedule.” Ethereum Improvement Proposal 1559, or EIP-1559, will directly affect how the network handles transaction fees. Going forward, each transaction will burn a base fee, thereby decreasing the asset’s circulating supply and giving…

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Ethereum’s London upgrade deployed to final testnet ahead of August 4 fork

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[ad_1] The long-awaited London upgrade for the Ethereum network is edging closer as the code was deployed to the final testnet this week. Ethereum’s London hard fork, which will usher in the EIP-1559 upgrade, has now been scheduled for August 4 following the launch on the Rinkeby testnet on Thursday. Ethereum developer Tim Beiko posted the testnet update confirming that the code has now been successfully deployed to all three testnets. And we are live https://t.co/a5blKgbZym All three testnets have now successfully upgraded to London Note: because of OpenEthereum being…

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Ether price hits 2-week high as London hard fork momentum builds

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[ad_1] Ether’s (ETH) $230 million options expiry on Friday appears to have shifted market sentiment in favor of the bulls, at least momentarily, as investors remain cautiously optimistic about the upcoming London hard fork and the prospect that Bitcoin (BTC) has established a firm bottom.  ETH price update ETH rose more than 6.5% to $2,370 on Sunday, the highest in over two weeks, according to Cointelegraph Markets Pro. Weekend trade volumes remained characteristically low at just over $18 billion. Ether’s price sees renewed upside on Sunday. Source: Cointelegraph Markets Pro…

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