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Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Amps Up Pressure on Layer-2 Networks to Decentralize Further

[Sep 12 4:59 PM] In 2022, Buterin proposed a set of stages for rollups, to classify them in their pursuit of decentralization. The criteria is meant to showcase that rollups tend to rely on “training wheels” and deploy their protocols to users before it's ready to…

Vitalik: L2s that aren’t at least ‘stage 1’ are dead to me

[Sep 12 5:36 AM] The Ethereum co-founder said it was “stage 1 or bust” for his acceptance of a layer-2 project’s decentralization progress.

Bitcoin Rollups - The Rock Or The Hard Place?

[Sep 9 4:13 PM] Rollups have become the narrative focus of scaling Bitcoin lately, becoming the first thing to truly “steal the limelight” from the Lightning Network in terms of wider mindshare. Rollups aim to be an off-chain layer two that is not bound or…

Polygon Begins Token Swap, in Move to Allow More Issuance

[Sep 4 8:00 AM] The migration from POL to MATIC will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2%.

Polygon to Start Much-Awaited Swap of POL Token for Longstanding MATIC

[Sep 3 9:08 PM] The migration from POL to MATIC will also bring in some tokenomics changes with a new emission rate of 2%.

Rollups Are ‘Copies of the EVM,’ Not True Scaling Solutions, Says Developer

[Sep 1 11:30 AM] According to Adrian Brink, co-founder of Anoma and Namada, rollups offer little new functionality beyond the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). He argues they are essentially execution-sharding solutions presented as true scaling solutions. Brink…

Optimism Pushes for 'Interoperability' Between Affiliated Blockchains

[Aug 12 4:00 PM] Optimism networks that are part of the Superchain rely on Ethereum to communicate with each other in order to move assets, which tends to make such moves slow and expensive. To address that, Optimism is releasing its own interoperability roadmap.

Ethereum's future rests on 10,000 blockchains

[Jul 24 12:11 PM] Ethereum layer-2s are proliferating, which means Ethereum will start looking like a much better prospect for new projects in the year ahead.

Bitcoin Blockspace: Dynamics of System Resource Use

[Jun 21 10:04 AM] Competition for blockspace is and always will be one of the core tensions that exist between different users of the Bitcoin protocol. At the end of the day there are only two restrictions on how it will be used, the technical and consensus layer of…

Optimism Finally Gets Its Mission-Critical 'Fault Proofs'

[Jun 10 2:00 PM] For years, Optimism was missing a core feature at the heart of its design: "Fault proofs." On Monday, that tech is finally here.

Layer-2 Network Starknet Gets Ethereum Virtual Machine With Zero-Knowledge Proofs

[May 22 7:00 AM] The zkEVM, called Kakarot, already in testing, will be available via the Starknet Stack.

Hack of a single multisig wallet could drain 12 Ethereum L2s of $121M

[May 21 7:48 PM] One wallet has upgrade permissions for 12 Ethereum scaling networks, but Conduit founder Andrew Huang says it can’t transact without three signatures which would take a trio of physical attacks.

Avail Confirms Token Airdrop Plans, a Week After Leaked Screenshots

[Apr 18 1:38 PM] Avail shared in a blog post that 354,605 wallet addresses are eligible to claim the 600 million tokens in their “unification drop.”

Worldcoin, Sam Altman's Crypto Project, Is Building a Layer-2 Chain

[Apr 17 9:00 AM] The human-focused blockchain network will be based on the OP Stack, a framework for building Ethereum-based layer-2 chains.

Crypto Exchange OKX's Polygon-Powered Layer 2, 'X Layer,' Hits Public Mainnet

[Apr 15 8:00 PM] The news about X Layer comes as other major cryptocurrency exchanges, like Coinbase and Kraken, have also pursued their own layer 2 networks over the last year.

Venture Firm A16z Releases Jolt, a 'Zero-Knowledge Virtual Machine'

[Apr 9 10:00 AM] The release is the product of a16z's first foray into deep tech research.

Espresso Systems Raises $28M in Fresh Funds, Led By A16z Crypto

[Mar 21 10:00 AM] The leading shared sequencer firm said it would further invest in its products as well as additional hires.

Optimism Finally Starts Testing 'Fault Proofs' at Heart of Design – and of Criticism

[Mar 19 10:40 AM] A version of the new proof system, which will help secure withdrawals from Optimism and other networks based on its tech, will be deployed to Ethereum's Sepolia test network on Tuesday.

BNB Chain Launches Rollup-as-a-Service to Bolster L2 Blockchain Development

[Mar 14 12:30 PM] On Thursday, the team behind BNB Chain introduced a novel Rollup-as-a-Service (RaaS) offering for the development of layer two blockchains (L2s) atop the BNB Chain. The team detailed that the service equips sizable decentralized applications…

Ethereum Staking Protocol Swell Unveils Layer-2 Rollup With $1B Total Value Locked

[Mar 13 9:16 AM] Swell developed the rollup alongside Ethereum scaler AltLayer and a16z-backed crypto-staking project EigenLayer.

Ethereum Finalizes 'Dencun' Upgrade, in Landmark Move to Reduce Data Fees

[Mar 13 7:58 AM] A key element of the upgrade is to enable a new place for storing data on the blockchain – referred to as "proto-danksharding," which gives room for a dedicated space that is separate from regular transactions, and at a lower cost.

Ethereum Blockchain Counts Down to 'Dencun' Upgrade, Set to Reduce Fees

[Mar 12 9:11 AM] The upgrade is designed to usher in a new era of cheaper fees for the growing array of layer-2 networks that operate on top of Ethereum.

Where Did We Go Wrong With Ethereum Scaling?

[Mar 11 3:32 PM]

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade

[Feb 28 12:10 PM] The beginning of "The Surge" era in Ethereum's roadmap sees a range of enhancements to scalability, efficiency and security. Here’s a breakdown.

Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs

[Feb 21 1:30 PM] Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare.

Former Fidelity International Digital Assets Executive Joins Advisory Board of Ethereum L2 Layer N

[Feb 21 11:24 AM] Luc Froehlich will help guide Layer N's Real World Asset, TradFi, and tokenization strategies.

Polygon Releases 'Type 1 Prover,' Claiming Milestone Set by Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin

[Feb 8 12:00 PM] The announcement means that existing EVM chains or optimistic rollups can connect to the prover without modification, then plug into Polygon’s newly released Aggregation layer, providing access to "all of the liquidity and value on Ethereum…

Ethereum Developers Target March 13 for Milestone 'Dencun' Upgrade on Mainnet

[Feb 8 8:30 AM] The timing for the long-awaited Dencun upgrade, with its much-touted "proto-danksharding" feature, was announced Thursday on a call with top developers for the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Reaches Final ‘Holesky’ Testnet, Starting Countdown to Data 'Blobs'

[Feb 7 6:12 AM] The test simulated “proto-danksharding,” a technical feature aimed at reducing the cost of transactions for rollups as well as making data availability cheaper.

Forget High Gas Fee Challenges, Ethereum Remains Bullish: Time To Buy More?

[Dec 26, 2023 6:00 PM] Despite concerns over network congestion and high gas fees, Ethereum remains bullish in the long term, according to borovik.eth–a partner at Rollbit, who posted on X on December 26. The key factors driving the positive outlook are pointing to…