The Ethereum testnet Sepolia was changed to upgrade on August 21.

[Ethereum testnet Sepolia changed to upgrade on August 21] According to news on August 19, Ethereum developer Tim Beiko updated the content-zce of the Ethereum core The upgrade at block height 1735371 is now expected around August 21st due to some validators being offline.

According to previous news, Sepolia, the Ethereum testnet, will perform a merged execution layer (EL) upgrade at block height 1735371 (expected on August 17). This upgrade will cause disconnection of clients on the execution layer that have not been converted to PoS, and node operators need to upgrade the execution layer clients before this.

A similar upgrade is expected once Goerli and the ethereum mainnet transition to PoS, the Ethereum Foundation said.

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Coinbase report: Cosmos, Polkadot, etc. are the biggest competitors of Ethereum: the encryption exchange Coinbase recently released a report to study Ethereum's competitors in the field of smart contracts. The report begins by acknowledging that Ethereum has a "firm and clear first-mover advantage": Ethereum still reigns supreme with a network value of $66 billion, and it also dwarfs its competitors on several key factors, including developer activity and user numbers .

Coinbase lists the following blockchains as Ethereum’s top competitors: Cosmos, Polkadot, Flow, NEAR, Tezos, Solana, Avalanche, Algorand, and DFINITY. It’s important to note that Flow and NEAR are part of the Coinbase Ventures portfolio company.

U.Today reports that while not mentioned in the Coinbase report, there are other, potentially more significant competitors such as Cardano, EOS, TRON, NEO, and BSC. (U.Today)[2020/12/14 15:08:53]