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What is this ETH update that everyone is talking about?

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  Ethereum London fork service update Ethereum London Fork and its most important improvement proposal, EIP-1559, is coming very soon.  The London Network upgrade is scheduled on 5th of August, 2021 at Ethereum block height 12,965,000 at approximately 8:35 AM EST Long-anticipated London Network Upgrade includes 5  Ethereum-Improvement-Proposals  (EIPs): EIP-1559:  Fee market change for ETH 1.0 chain EIP-3198:  BASEFEE opcode EIP-3529:  Reduction in refunds EIP-3541:  Reject new contracts starting with the 0xEF byte EIP-3554:  Difficulty Bomb Delay to December 1st, 2021 Currently, Ethereum users send ETH over the blockchain and therefore pay transaction fees, also called gas. By paying transaction fees (gas), a sender is paying miners to include his transaction in the block. The miner then adds the transaction to the block and is paid by the block reward which is currently 2 ETH per block. The miner is also rewarded with the gas of all the tra...

Everyone always says “DYOR” but never shows you how to DYOR. Here’s a comprehensive guide to doing your own research in the crypto space.

1) Initial information gathering and filtering Once I identify something that looks like a good potential investment, I first go to the CoinMarketCap page for that symbol and look at the website and blockchain explorer. Critically evaluate the website. This is the first pass of the bullshit detector and you can tell from a lot from just the website whether its a scam. If it uses terms like "Web 4.0" or other nonsensical buzzwords, if its unprofessional and has anonymous teams, stay away. Always look for a roadmap, compare to what was actually delivered so far. Always check the team, try to find them on LinkedIn and what they did in the past. Read the whitepaper or business development plan. You should fully understand how this crypto functions and how its trying to create value. If there is no use case or if the use case does not require or benefit from a blockchain, move on. Look for red flags like massive portions of the float being assigned to the founders of the coin, vag...