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Independent Reserve20 August 2021Knowledge base

Layer 2 blockchain solutions: A beginner's guide

Layer 2 is a secondary network or technology that operates on top of an existing blockchain system. The purpose is to improve transaction speed and scalability limitations that face major blockchain protocols. Generally, this entails unloading a portion of a blockchain network's transactional burden to an adjacent network that will handle the processing and report back to the base layer to finalise the results. Through this, the base layer blockchain becomes less congested and ultimately more scalable.

Independent Reserve8 August 2021Knowledge base

How to create an ETH wallet and sign a message

This article will help you create a new Ethereum wallet using the MyEtherWallet (MEW) software and then how to sign a message using the wallet's private keys. If you already have a MEW wallet created, or can access your wallet via the MEW interface already, you can skip to the Sign a message with your […]

Independent Reserve5 August 2021News

Ethereum London hard fork notification

Due to Ethereum London Fork Upgrade, Independent Reserve will be pausing deposits and withdrawals from 8pm Sydney time on the 5th of August. We expect deposits and withdrawals to be re-enabled the following morning, pending network stability.

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Independent Reserve30 July 2021Knowledge base

What's the difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum?

Bitcoin is a digital peer-to-peer currency that is typically used as a medium of exchange or store of value. It’s not a currency that is issued or regulated by any central authority. Users can conduct transactions semi-anonymous with full transparency at a fraction of the fees. All of this is possible via blockchain technology.

Independent Reserve22 July 2021Knowledge base

How to withdraw Ethereum (ETH) from Independent Reserve

How to withdraw Ethereum (ETH) using your browser 1. Log into your Independent Reserve account and select Accounts in the navigation menu. 2. Navigate to the Accounts section and click the withdraw link in line with ETH (Ethereum). 3. You will be navigated to the Ethereum Withdrawal screen. Your Available (ETH) balance will display at […]

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Independent Reserve22 July 2021Knowledge base

How to deposit Ethereum (ETH) into Independent Reserve

Log into your Independent Reserve account and select Accounts at the top of the page. Locate the Account Balance section and in line with ETH, click deposit.

Independent Reserve14 April 2021News

ETH and ERC-20 withdrawals disabled during Berlin hard fork (15-Apr-21)

Due to the Berlin Ethereum hard fork, ETH and all ERC-20 token deposits and withdrawals will be disabled on: 📅 Thursday 15 April 2021. 🕡 From 6pm to 9.30pm Sydney time

Independent Reserve23 June 2020Knowledge base

What is Ethereum

Ethereum is a complex concept. You may read one-liners such as “Ethereum is a blockchain based software platform that allows developers to code and run decentralised applications”. This is a mostly unhelpful statement for those wanting to learn about it, so let’s delve a bit deeper into what Ethereum can do, and what it’s used […]

Independent Reserve26 February 2019News

Ethereum Constantinople/St. Petersburg Fork

Ethereum's Constantinople and St. Petersburg upgrade will be occurring in the next couple of days. At this stage it is slated to happen at about 6am on the 1st of March (Sydney time). We will be disabling all Ethereum and ERC20 token (ETH, OMG, ZRX, and PLA) deposits and withdrawals at approximately 11pm on the […]