Welcome to the protocol, the weekly conclusion of Coindesk of the most important stories of the technological development of cryptocurrencies. I am Ben Schiller, editor -in -chief of Coindesk.
In this issue:
- Ethereum pectra upgrade is online
- Avalanche visa card launched
- Executive director of the Ethereum Leaving Foundation
- Hackers using GitHub to steal bitcoin
Network news
Pectra is online on Testnet: The Ethereum Pectra upgrade was put online on the Holesky Testnet on February 24 but has not finished in the expected time. The hard pectra fork combines together 11 major upgrades, or “Ethereum improvement proposals” (EIPS), in a single package. At the heart of this is EIP-7702, which is supposed to improve the user experience of cryptographic portfolios. The proposal, which has been scribbled by the co -founder Ethereum Vitalik Buerin in just 22 minutes, will allow portfolios to have intelligent contract capacities, as part of a wider strategy to provide an abstraction of account in Ethereum – a concept that makes the conviviality of portfolios much less Clunky.
Another key proposal, EIP-7251, will allow validators to increase the maximum quantity they can accumulate from 32 to 2,048 ETH. The proposal is supposed to facilitate some of the technical details that the validators playing ethn are faced today: those who play more than their 32 ETH must disseminate this on several validators, which makes the process somewhat harmful. By lifting the maximum limit of actions and combining these validators, it could accelerate the process of configuring new nodes. Holesky is the first of the two fabrics to browse a pectra simulation. The next test is supposed to occur on the Sepolia testnet on March 5. But according to Christine Kim, vice-president of research in Galaxy, the developers could delay it according to the extent of today’s problem. Once Pecctra online on the two testnets, the developers inserted in a final date to activate the upgrade on Mainnet. – Margaux Nijkerk Learn more.
Miyaguchi leaves the role of the Ethereum Foundation: The Director General of the Ethereum Foundation, Aya Miyaguchi, leaves her post to go to a new role as president of the organization. The news occurs while the non-profit association goes through a leadership upheaval and that Ethereum has become less popular for new manufacturers in recent months, some even blame Miyaguchi’s leadership explaining why the blockchain token price is lagging behind other cryptocurrencies. “This new opportunity will allow me to continue to support the institutional relations of the EF and to extend the scope of our vision and our culture more broadly,” wrote Miyaguchi in a blog article published on February 25. The Ethereum Foundation is a non -profit organization that supports the development of Ethereum blockchain. Founded in 2014, Miyaguchi joined in 2018 and has been since the executive director. The co -founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, wrote in an article on X that “Each success of the EF – regular execution of Ethereum Hard Forks, the client interoperation workshops, Devcon, the culture of Ethereum and the firm commitment to its mission and its values, and more – is partly the result of the Radiation of Aya.” – Margaux Nijkerk Learn more.
Launch of the Avalanche Visa Card Lance: The Avalanche Foundation, the non-profit organization that helps manage the development of the avalanche blockchain, said that its long-awaited avalanche card, a Visa credit card that allows users to buy items with their cryptocurrency, is live and ready to be used. The menu was developed in collaboration with Rain, a card-based card-based card platform. It allows users to spend their avalanche tokens (Avx), wrapped up and stable and USDC stable in any store, said the foundation in an email. While other teams have also published credit cards related to user crypto participations, information reports the integration between traditional financial technologies and cryptocurrency. The Avalanche Foundation said in October that it planned to present the card, focusing on the registration of users of Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the card website, the credit card will be linked to the “new self-careful user portfolio and a single address by assets”. “In order to double the traditional adoption of decentralized finance (DEFI), Avalanche remains determined to feed the breakthroughs accessible to blockchain for each type of user,” said the team. – Margaux Nijkerk Learn more.
Pirates use GitHub for Nab BTC: The GitHub code you use to create a fashionable application or existing patch bugs can simply be used to steal your Bitcoin (BTC) or other crypto holders, according to a Kaspersky report. Github is a popular tool among developers of all types, but even more among the projects focused on crypto, where a simple application can generate millions of dollars in income. The report has warned users of a “Gitvenom” campaign active for at least two years but which is regularly increasing, involving the planting of malicious code in false projects on the Popular Code reference platform. The attack begins with apparently legitimate github projects – such as the manufacture of telegrams robots to manage Bitcoin portfolios or tools for computer games. Everyone is delivered with a polished reading file, often generated by AI, to establish confidence. But the code itself is a Trojan horse: for projects based on Python, the attackers hide a harmful script after a bizarre chain of 2,000 tabs, which deciphers and performs a malicious payload. For JavaScript, a thug function is integrated into the main file, triggering the launch attack. Once activated, the malicious software draws additional tools from a GitHub repository controlled by separate hackers. Once the system is infected, various other programs come into play to perform the feat. How can users protect themselves? By examining any code before executing it, checking the authenticity of the project and distrusting too polished or inconsistent validation stories. Because the researchers do not expect these attacks to stop as soon as: “We expect these attempts to continue in the future, perhaps with small changes in TTP,” said Kaspersky. – Shaurya Malwa Learn more.
In other news
Minors swiveling towards AI, but Bitcoin always makes sense
- Public bitcoin minors rush to build sectors of AI activity, but there is still room for their original mandate, explains this analyst of the investment bank. Colin Harper, of blockspace, reports.
Starknet Layer 2 obtains the game application chain
- Nums, a sequential game built on Starknet’s technology, is the first layer 3 to settle on the network.
Regulation and Policy
