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Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young

Sage D. Young was 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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Consensus Magazine
Valid points
Ronin Attack Shows Cross-Chain Crypto Is a ‘Bridge’ Too Far
Last week’s $625 million exploit of the Axie Infinity sidechain underscores the risks of sacrificing decentralization for scale, Ethereum boosters say.
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By Sam KesslerSage D. Young
Apr 5, 2022 at 7:45 p.m. UTC
Apr 5, 2022
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Consensus Magazine (layer2)
Ethereum
How a Post-Merge Ethereum Could Attract Institutional Investment
Ethereum’s staking derivatives offer many of the qualities institutions look for in investments.
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By Andrew ThurmanSage D. Young
Mar 30, 2022 at 7:40 p.m. UTC
Mar 30, 2022
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Consensus Magazine (layer2)
Bitcoin mining
The State of Bitcoin and Ethereum Mining in 10 Charts
It's been a rollercoaster year for Bitcoin and Ethereum mining: Here is what the data shows.
(CoinDesk Research, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance)
By George KaloudisSage D. Young
Mar 23, 2022 at 5:35 p.m. UTC
Mar 23, 2022
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin speaks at ETHDenver on February 18, 2022. (Michael Ciaglo/Stringer/Getty Images)
Consensus Magazine
Vitalik buterin
Vitalik Buterin, Crypto’s Public Intellectual?
Ethereum doesn’t need a figurehead, but crypto might need this savvy voice.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin speaks at ETHDenver on February 18, 2022. (Michael Ciaglo/Stringer/Getty Images)
By Andrew ThurmanSage D. Young
Mar 23, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. UTC
Mar 23, 2022
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Consensus Magazine
Ethereum
Anatomy of a Crypto Bear Market
Crypto prices suck, but they don’t matter as much as they used to.
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By Andrew ThurmanSage D. Young
Mar 16, 2022 at 3:11 p.m. UTC
Mar 16, 2022
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Consensus Magazine
Ethereum
The Promise of 'Stateless Ethereum'
The introduction of stateless clients should make running an Ethereum node easier than ever, leading to true decentralization and resilience of the network.
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By Edward OosterbaanSage D. Young
Mar 9, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
Mar 9, 2022
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Phantom wallet users can store credentials using "Save to 1Password" (Phantom website, modified by Coindesk)
Finance
Security
1Password Adds 1-Click Credential Storage for Solana-Based Phantom Wallet Users
The new collaboration is intended to make crypto security human-centric by simplifying login management and lowering the barrier to entry.
Phantom wallet users can store credentials using "Save to 1Password" (Phantom website, modified by Coindesk)
By Sage D. Young
Feb 23, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 23, 2022
SecuritySolanaCrypto Wallets
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Finance
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Protego Trust Beefs Up Board by Adding Brian Brooks and Michael Carpenter
The new appointments deepen the digital bank’s expertise in digital assets, regulatory compliance and bank operations as it hopes to become a federally chartered national bank...
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By Sage D. Young
Feb 15, 2022 at 8:35 p.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2022
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