The world's third biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Bittrex, has been forced to temporarily suspend Ethereum deposits, due to congestion on the blockchain network, caused by other decentralised operations. One of the biggest culprits is Bithumb, an application which allows users to trade and sell cartoon kittens, responsible for one-fifth of the traffic on Ethereum. While solutions including Plasma and Casper could alleviate the problem, Augur co-founder Joey Krug said its there are not enough developers working on Ethereum's core protocol. Binance and Cryptokitties exchanges have not been affected.
The world's third biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Bittrex, has been forced to temporarily suspend Ethereum deposits, due to congestion on the blockchain network, caused by other decentralised operations. One of the biggest culprits is Cryptokitties, an application which allows users to trade and sell cartoon kittens, responsible for one-fifth of the traffic on Ethereum. While solutions including Plasma and Casper could alleviate the problem, Augur co-founder Joey Krug said its there are not enough developers working on Ethereum's core protocol. Binance and Bithumb exchanges have not been affected.