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Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young is a tech protocol reporter at CoinDesk. He cares for the Solarpunk Movement and is a recent graduate from Claremont McKenna College, who dual-majored in Economics and Philosophy with a Sequence in Data Science. He owns a few NFTs, gold and silver, as well as BTC, ETH, LINK, AAVE, ARB, PEOPLE, DOGE, OS, and HTR.

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Here's what to look for when the Ethereum Merge happens. (Greyfebruary/Getty Images)
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Monitoring the Merge: What a Successful Ethereum Upgrade Will Look Like
How to track the status of Ethereum’s shift to proof-of-stake with a few easy-to-use tools.
Here's what to look for when the Ethereum Merge happens. (Greyfebruary/Getty Images)
By Sam KesslerSage D. Young
Sep 14, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Sep 14, 2022
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Ethereum Merge: What You Need to Know
Do you have any Merge questions? Here's our FAQ on the blockchain's coming overhaul.
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By Sam KesslerSage D. Young
Sep 7, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Sep 7, 2022
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Sin Week
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Can Crypto Save the Cannabis Industry?
The legal cannabis industry’s problems go much deeper than a lack of access to banking. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sin Week.
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By Cheyenne LigonSage D. Young
Aug 31, 2022 at 8:34 p.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2022
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Can Ethereum Out-Engineer the Censors by 'Shuttering' the Beacon Chain?
Ethereum’s developers are realizing censorship is not a problem that can just be coded away.
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By Sam KesslerSage D. Young
Aug 31, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Aug 31, 2022
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Web3 Workplace Platform Coordinape Launches Decentralized Compensation Tool for DAOs
Coordinape’s product, CoVaults, uses smart contracts to automate compensation for contributors to the decentralized workspace.
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By Sage D. Young
Aug 25, 2022 at 7:17 p.m. UTC
Aug 25, 2022
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CDCROP: Hand rising out from the grave (Getty Images)
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Ethereum Proof-of-Work Forks: Gift or Grift?
Ethereum will soon transition to a more energy-efficient system for processing transactions, but prominent crypto personalities are hell-bent on keeping the proof-of-work version of the chain alive. Why?
CDCROP: Hand rising out from the grave (Getty Images)
By Sam KesslerSage D. Young
Aug 24, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Aug 24, 2022
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Tornado Cash Fallout: Can Ethereum Be Censored?
In light of OFAC’s Tornado Cash sanctions, Ethereum's community debates what to do if validators censor sanctioned addresses.
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By Sam KesslerSage D. Young
Aug 17, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Aug 17, 2022
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Cloning Tornado Cash Would Be Easy, but Risky
The sanctioned Ethereum mixer’s code is open source. Anyone can copy and run it. The hard part: winning user trust – and staying out of the U.S. government’s crosshairs.
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By Daniel KuhnSage D. Young
Aug 10, 2022 at 11:20 a.m. UTC
Aug 10, 2022
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Goerli Is Coming: Ethereum’s Last Rehearsal Before the Merge
The Prater upgrade, the first component of the upcoming Goerli testnet merge, is happening this week.
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By Margaux NijkerkSage D. Young
Aug 3, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Aug 3, 2022
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Sports Week
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Why Athletes Are Taking Compensation in Bitcoin
From UFC to soccer, sportspeople continue to see the attraction of BTC, despite the faltering market. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Sports Week.
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By Sage D. Young
Jul 29, 2022 at 5:26 p.m. UTC
Jul 29, 2022
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