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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has detailed plans for a sweeping, multi-year transformation of the blockchain and smart contract focused protocol that he describes as the network’s third major ...

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Ethereum’s development has entered a new phase as researchers introduced ‘Lean Ethereum,’ a multi-year overhaul targeting the ...

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