Sam Kessler

Sam is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for tech and protocols. His reporting is focused on decentralized technology, infrastructure and governance. Sam holds a computer science degree from Harvard University, where he led the Harvard Political Review. He has a background in the technology industry and owns some ETH and BTC. Sam was part of the team that won a 2023 Gerald Loeb Award for CoinDesk's coverage of Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX collapse.

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Teknoloji

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Next Big Upgrade

“Shanghai” will make it possible to withdraw staked ETH, but a long-wished-for pathway to lower gas fees might be missing from the update.

Shanghai (Edward He/Unsplash)

Teknoloji

Ethereum Scaling Platform zkSync v2 Goes Live Amid Controversy

Matter Labs pitches zkSync v2 as the “first” network of its kind to launch on Ethereum, but its competitors aren’t buying the hype.

(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Teknoloji

THORChain Resumes Operation After 20-hour Outage

User funds were not impacted after the Cosmos-based blockchain halted due to a software bug.

Thor hammer (UnSplash)

Finans

Los rollups de layer 2 de Ethereum reducen los costos, pero se subestiman sus riesgos

Las redes oficiales de rollups de Ethereum actualmente no pueden decir que “toman prestada” la seguridad de la blockchain.

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)

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Teknoloji

Ethereum’s Layer 2 Rollups Reduce Costs, but the Risks Are Underappreciated

Ethereum’s incumbent rollup networks cannot currently claim that they “borrow” Ethereum’s security.

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)

Teknoloji

Binance Becomes Second-Largest Voting Entity on Uniswap DAO

Uniswap’s founder has accused Binance of using customer funds to amass governance votes.

Binance Becomes Second-Largest Voting Entity on Uniswap DAO (Unsplash)

Teknoloji

Will Censorship Fork Ethereum?

Disagreement around how to handle sanctions on Ethereum may soon force the chain to split into two: one chain censored, one not.

(Thomas Barwick/Getty Images)

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Finans

$114M Mango Markets Exploiter Outs Himself, Returns Most of the Money

Avraham Eisenberg defended his actions after returning $67 million. The Mango DAO plans to vote on how to divvy up the funds next week.

Sliced mango served up on a table (Desirae Hayes-Vitor/Unsplash)