Ethereum Censorship Issues Spark Decentralization Debate; Bitcoin Mines Face Scrutiny Over Transaction Filtering
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Ethereum is facing a censorship problem with 4 of the 5 biggest "block builders" excluding transactions sanctioned by the U.S. government. This raises concerns over decentralization.
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There is debate in the Bitcoin community over a new mining pool called Ocean filtering out NFT-like transactions, with some calling it censorship and others calling it spam filtering.
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The Columbia Cryptoeconomics Workshop brings together experts to discuss challenges and progress in blockchain economics.
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CoinDesk's Most Influential list for 2023 includes 50 people who defined crypto this year, from developers to DAOs.
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Topics at the Columbia workshop included L2 scaling, sequencers, MEV, and cautious optimism about crypto bouncing back from the recent bear market.