Ethereum has not performed as well as mainstream currencies such as Bitcoin and Solana in this cycle. At least in the eyes of opponents, the culprit is Ethereum's strategic decision to modularize. But is this true?

At the main stage of Devcon in Thailand yesterday, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake completed the first presentation of the Beam Chain proposal in the form of a speech. Beam Chain is Justin's proposal to redesign the Ethereum consensus layer. This proposal is a further upgrade of Beacon Chain to further move towards the ultimate vision of Ethereum. This article will take you to a quick look at the goals of the Beam Chain proposal improvement and its related technical implementation.

Polymarket's emergence is definitely a boon to the Web3 industry, and we expect this decentralized prediction market platform to become, as Coplan put it, an "alternative news source" or "the future of media." However, what Polymarket needs to consider now is that the U.S. election is settled, and without such a hot topic, how should it develop in the future? Perhaps launching a token will be one of the ways it considers to maintain growth, but even if a token is launched, please don't forget its mission to provide the public with more accurate and real-time event predictions.

Trump's campaign has been full of twists and turns. From gradually gaining an advantage in the early competition with Biden, to Kamala Harris's joining the election, which once dimmed his hopes of winning, to gaining public support from technology giant Elon Musk, which injected new momentum into his campaign. Now, the cryptocurrency community and many technology companies are gradually moving closer to Trump on social media, further adding broad support to his campaign.