The number of ether locked in the Ethereum 2.0 contract has exceeded 9 million ethereum or more than $28 billion using today’s exchange rates. The amount of ethereum locked into the contract has increased 22.29% since the first week of September 2021, when the contract held 7.4 miljoner eter.
Ethereum 2.0 Contract Exceeds 9 Million Ether
While the proof-of-work (PoW) side of the Ethereum network has seen its hashrate tap all-time highs above 1 petahash per sekund (PH/s) this year, the transition to Ethereum 2.0 continues with ether being locked into the ETH 2.0 contract.
Väsentligen, to become a validator and stake ethereum, 32 ETH is required to join the pool of ETH 2.0 validerare. When the ETH 2.0 contract first launched, Bitcoin-Tidings.com nyheter rapporterad on Ethereum’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin contributing funds to the contract on November 6, 2020.
On January 17, 2022, etherscan.io data indicates that there’s approximately 9,057,890 ethereum worth over $28 miljard (i skrivande stund) in the ETH 2.0 contract. Data shows that the contract exceeded 9 million ether on January 16, 2022.
Year-to-date, eterum’s price is up over 150% but during the last 30 dagar, ether has shed 18.5% and two-week stats indicate ether has lost 17.5% in value against the U.S. dollar. While Ethereum’s market cap dominance was 18-20% during the course of 2021, i dag ETH dominance is around 17.9%.
When Bitcoin-Tidings.com News rapporterad on the contract exceeding 7.4 miljon, ether was a bit more valuable as the stash was valued at $29.3 billion at the time. In addition to the 9 million ether locked into the ETH 2.0 contract, since the implementation of EIP-1559, 1,541,113 eterum värde $5.8 miljard (i skrivande stund) has been burned.
Between the ETH 2.0 contract and the burned ethereum since the introduction of EIP-1559, the value equates to $33.8 billion in value at the time of writing.
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