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Crypto war! Solana community launches brutal attack on Ethereum

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Various incidents in which communities or certain prominent crypto personalities take potshots at each other are far from unheard of in 2024. Perhaps the most prominent example came in late February and involved the founder of crypto exchange BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, and the founder of blockchain Cardano (ADA), Charles Hoskinson. April brought forth a new battle, this time in the form of a video produced by the Superteam Solana (SOL) community and shared on X by Lily Liu, the president of the Solana Foundation, which unleashed a deluge of criticism against Ethereum (ETH) as a blockchain and against ETH maxis. Picks for you Bitcoin scores landslide victory in Louisiana 42 mins ago Securing their tomorrow: Best investments for grandchildren 50 mins ago Missed the PEPE boom? Here’s the next big meme coin 1 hour ago Solana failure rate skyrockets as bots take over 2 hours ago The video, which depicts a young couple receiving a dire diagnosis from a d...

Ripple CTO looks for community agreement to implement XRPL AMM features.

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David Schwartz has postulated that swift implement ation of these changes could occur within a mere fortnight, contingent upon receiving overwhelming support for the proposed amendment. The Chief Technology Officer of Ripple, David Schwartz, has passionately advocated for the backing of an Automated Market Maker (AMM) feature within the XRP Ledger (XRPL) validators’ community consensus. However, this endorsement hinges solely on the collective agreement of the XRPL community. Taking to X (formerly known as Twitter), Schwartz delved into the intricacies of XRPL’s AMM feature. In his initial post, Schwartz alluded to AMMs as an enthralling facet of decentralized finance. The XRP Ledger stands as a decentralized blockchain, with XRP serving as its native digital asset. It has gained acclaim for its swiftness and scalability, rendering it highly suitable for diverse financial applications, including cross-border payments and remittances. In response to a community member...

Helping mainstream artists into Web3: The triumphs and struggles

As the music industry continues to push into the Web3 space getting artists both mainstream and up-and-coming has its hurdles but also major rewards. Musicians and executives alike have seen the power of Web3 tools such as nonfungible tokens (NFTs) to transform audiences into active communities with fewer barriers between artists and fans. Recently, the crypto-savvy Snoop Dogg partnered with country music stars Billy Ray Cyrus and the Avila Brothers to create an NFT experience that crossed genres and created new communities in the process. While Snoop may be a veteran in the space, many musicians find the Web3 world a whole new frontier. Cointelegraph spoke with Bernard Alexander, the head of IP at the company Animal Concerts, which facilitated the aforementioned NFT collection, to better understand what it takes to bring artists into Web3. Alexander affirmed that onboarding someone like Snoop is very different from “artists who don’t typically keep up with the Web3 ecosystem.” It als...