ETH Weekly | The number of Ethereum nodes has dropped by 2,000 from the beginning of the year; two EIPs have been approved for inclusion in the Ethereum hard fork​, which can be interoperable with Zcash (6.17-6.23)

Author | Qin Xiaofeng

Produced | Odaily

Produced | Odaily

1. Overall overview

1. Overall overview

This week, during the bi-weekly call on the evening of June 21st, developers discussed nearly 30 EIPs for Istanbul, and two EIPs were approved (i.e., EIP 2024 and EIP 1702) for inclusion in Ethereum’s Istanbul upgrade , can achieve interoperability with Zcash.

Second, the secondary market

Second, the secondary market

1. Spot market

1. Spot marketimage description

(Picture from Huobi Pro)

(Picture from Huobi Pro)

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(data from AIcoin)

(data from AIcoin)

In terms of funds, the funds fluctuated greatly this week. The net outflow of funds was the largest on Tuesday, exceeding 70 million US dollars; the net inflow of funds on Friday was relatively high, reaching 700 million US dollars.

(data from Tokenview)       

(data from Tokenview)

Tokenview dataIt shows that the number of transfers "above 5,000 ETH" and "above 10,000 ETH" has dropped significantly, with a month-on-month decrease of 22% and 68%, respectively.

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3. Ecology and technology

3. Ecology and technology

1. Development and technology

（1. Development and technology

1) Two Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) have been approved for inclusion in Ethereum’s Istanbul upgrade

（In the bi-weekly conference call on the evening of June 21st, developers discussed nearly 30 EIPs in Istanbul, and two EIPs were approved (namely EIP 2024 and EIP 1702) to be included in the Istanbul upgrade of Ethereum, which can achieve Interoperate with Zcash (CoinDesk)

2) CloudFlare began to provide a gateway that can access the Ethereum network

（CloudFlare, an American IT company that provides network services such as network security and DDNS, began to provide a gateway that can access the Ethereum network on June 19. Cloudflare Ethereum Gateway provides access to the Ethereum network without installing additional software. (Crypto. Watch)

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2.Dapp

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Dapprader, the cumulative number of Dapps developed on the ETH chain has reached 1732, and 13 new Dapps have been added this week; 5 of the newly added Dapps have users.ETHFishThe data shows that the newly added Dapp with the highest seven-day transaction volume "

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(data from etherchain.org)

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In addition, as the price rebounded, the activity of miners increased, and the number of new addresses this week increased by 19% month-on-month.

4. News

1. The number of Ethereum nodes has dropped by about 2,000 compared with the beginning of the year

At the beginning of the year, Ethernodes reported that the highest number of publicly accessible Ethereum nodes was 10,078, while Etherscan counted 7,857 Ethereum nodes at the time; now, Ethernodes indicates that Ethereum currently has 8,138 accessible nodes, a decrease of about 2000, a similar drop has occurred on Etherscan, currently only 5641 nodes. This has brought the number of Ethereum nodes down to an all-time low. (Trustnodes)

2. Alior Bank uses the Ethereum blockchain to verify customer documents

Polish bank Alior Bank is using the public ethereum blockchain to verify its customers’ documents. That is, when Alior's customers receive a document, they can verify its authenticity by linking the website to a location on the public blockchain. (cointelegraph)

3. The Ethereum Foundation joins Hyperledger

Hyperledger has announced its latest batch of members. New associate members include the Ethereum Foundation and the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). It is reported that Hyperledger is an industry-wide open source project aimed at promoting blockchain technology and is managed by the Linux Foundation. (Hyperledger)

4. Tether newly issued 100 million USDT on the Ethereum network

According to data from the PeckShield situational awareness platform: at 01:57 a.m. on June 22, Tether issued a new USDT worth 100 million US dollars to the Ethereum network. As of now, the total issuance of Tether's ERC20 USDT on the Ethereum network has reached 1 billion. Since June alone, 350 million USDTs have been newly issued.

5. Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Announces Sponsorship of Blockchain Expo Europe

On June 19, the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) announced that the organization will sponsor and attend the Blockchain Europe Expo in Amsterdam on June 19-20, 2019. (EEA official website)

6. EY Blockchain Global Innovation Leader: By 2030, the Ethereum public chain may become the dominant

Paul Brody, Global Innovation Leader of Ernst & Young Blockchain, said: 1. The market will be dominated by a blockchain. This blockchain is the Ethereum public blockchain network. 2. The vast majority of new commercial contracts will be completed on the public chain. 3. Most B2B payments and asset transfers will be done on the public chain. 4. Most blockchain payments will be dominated by fiat currencies. 5. Blockchain will become a B2B technology. (Babbitt)