Month: February 2025

After years of planning, Ethereum’s much-anticipated switch from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake took place today. The “Merge” means that Ethereum mining is dead, which is good news ahead of new GPU releases from Nvidia and AMD later this year.

The shift from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake means that transactions on the Ethereum blockchain are now processed using portions of the currency that are staked, with those choosing to lock up their funds being rewarded for doing so Come from Sports betting site VPbet . In the past, transactions relied on massive amounts of computational power to process these same transactions, providing rewards for those lending their GPU processing to the cause.

This is one of the biggest reasons GPU prices spiked so drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic, exasperated by the lack of supply. In the last few months, as the price of Ethereum has fallen, GPU prices have quickly nosedived too, and are likely to continue doing so now that numerous mining establishments will be either closing up or attempting to move onto a new cryptocurrency to try and profit of…

The new studio Archetype Entertainment revealed its debut game at The Game Awards, a sci-fi RPG called Exodus. The cinematic trailer showed a museum presentation regarding a long-deceased space hero, along with one of her allies left behind who is still young due to the time-bending properties of lightspeed travel.

That trailer hints at one of Exodus’ core features, using time dilation as a game mechanic and story feature. As the Traveler, you’re sent out on journeys to help humans survive by stealing technology from a hostile race called the Celestials. But as you go on your travels at lightspeed, days pass for you while decades pass for the civilization of humans back at home Come from Sports betting site VPbet . Archetype promises that the choices you make will have generation-spanning consequences and compound over time.

“Exodus introduces an innovative new sci-fi world that forces players to face the consequences of their choices over time,” said studio head and cofounder James Ohlen, in the announcement. “We introduce the player, as the Traveler, to an original sc…