| Ethereum 2.0 was officially launched; the mysterious mark "Mr F" in the ETH 2.0 genesis block sparked heated discussions

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Ethereum 2.0 launches the genesis block, phase 0 is officially launched
Ethereum 2.0 starts the genesis block, and phase 0 (beacon chain) is officially launched.
OKLink data shows that as of 20:00 today, the Ethereum 2.0 mortgage address has received a total of 881,248 ETH.
OKEx quotes show that ETH is currently trading at 611.17 USDT, a 24-hour increase of 3.65%.
V God tweeted that ordinary people think that we should really write something profound in the genesis block of the Ethereum PoS chain, such as "a giant leap for mankind". According to the screenshot released by V God, the creation block reads: "Mr F was here". Since then, the mysterious "Mr F" sparked heated discussions, and Twitter users speculated about the identity of "Mr F". Hudson Jameson, community manager at the Ethereum Foundation, pointed out that "Mr F" is short for Mr Fahrenheit. The person, who is a decentralized application (dapp) developer, said it was a reference to the Queen song, which stands for frontman Freddie Mercury in the lyrics of "Don't Stop Me Now." In addition, according to a chat screenshot of the Discord platform circulating on the Internet, Mr Fahrenheit was awarded the honor of creating the first Ethereum 2.0 block. (Cryp Theory)
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Data: The number of Ethereum nodes exceeds the number of Bitcoin nodes, leading by about 1%
Ethernodes data shows that there are currently 11,259 Ethereum nodes active, which is about 1% ahead of Bitcoin’s 11,136 nodes. The number of Ethereum nodes surpassed that of Bitcoin for the first time this year in early September. In the past two weeks or so, the number of Ethereum nodes has increased by more than 50%. (Cointelegraph)
Data: The top 20 addresses contribute 32.89% of the current Ethereum 2.0 mortgage amount
According to OKLink data, as of 17:00 today, the Ethereum 2.0 mortgage address has received a total of 878,560 ETH entrusted by 27,446 validators (Validators).
At present, 2,754 different addresses have participated in the mortgage, among which the number of mortgaged ETH ranks first, and addresses starting with dd9663 have mortgaged 43,296 ETH; the top 20 addresses in the mortgage amount have mortgaged a total of 288,960 ETH, accounting for 32.89%.
YFI officially announces cooperation with Sushiswap
YFI founder Andre Cronje tweeted that yearn.finance will officially cooperate with Sushiswap.
The 0x protocol will release the V4 version, which will support liquidity aggregation and custom token conversion
According to the official announcement, Solstice, the first phase of the Injective Protocol test network, was officially launched at 12:00 noon on December 1, Beijing time. Gas fee Injective trading platform.
Blockchain industry
According to news from the Russian news website RBC on November 30, the Russian Federal Reserve Bank (Sberbank) will launch a platform that allows users to purchase digital financial assets. Sberbank CEO Herman Gref said the bank hopes to facilitate access to new types of assets through its own blockchain platform. According to previous news, the Sberbank of the Russian Federation may issue the cryptocurrency Sbercoin in 2021, which will be mainly used for the settlement of digital financial assets. (The Block)
Investment and Financing
KIRA raised 2597.18 ETH in the public offering, and will launch the Uniswap liquidity incentive plan and testnet
The official will announce the main online partners of KEX tokens and the liquidity incentive plan for Uniswap, which will provide favorable APY for KEX holders who provide liquidity to the KEX/ETH Uniswap liquidity pool. Officials are preparing for the launch of the KIRA testnet, which will introduce validators and bonuses/testers.
global policy
South Korea to Tax Cryptocurrency Gains 20% From 2022
South Korea's National Assembly passed tax law amendments. Starting in 2022, a 20% tax will be imposed on cryptocurrency investment income of more than 2.5 million won (approximately RMB 14,853) per year. The relevant bill will come into force in January 2022. However, if the cryptocurrency investment income obtained within one year is less than 2.5 million won, it will not be taxed.
Britain's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said in a brief statement on Monday that local investors should exercise extra caution when dealing with unauthorized firms known to solicit clients within the UK. In particular, the FCA pointed out that during the recent financial turmoil, the brokerage firm Markets Pilot provided cryptocurrency-related services to British residents, but was not authorized. Markets Pilot pretends to be an authorized company to provide a full range of overseas investment services to British investors, including cryptocurrencies. (Finance Magnates)
Character·Voice
Xinhua News Agency: The risk of Bitcoin hype has increased sharply, and returning to blockchain technology is the right way
Mako, head of imToken market: There are three ways for retail investors to participate in Ethereum 2.0 | The Road to Evolution
Opinion: BTC may rise over $20,000 this week

