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Why Bother Trying To Scale Bitcoin?

[Dec 3 6:03 PM] The public discussion around scaling in the last few years has become poisoned and captured by an incredibly toxic and defeatist attitude: “Why bother?”“Why bother trying to scale? Basic napkin math shows it's impossible no matter what we do for…

3 Challenges to Bitcoin’s Crown: Quantum Computing, Scaling, and Grid Reliance

[Nov 17 5:30 PM] While bitcoin (BTC) is often heralded as the toughest digital asset in existence, it still has room to grow and adapt to better meet the needs of its network. Here’s a dive into three potential ways the world’s leading cryptocurrency…

Ethereum price rally to $3K depends on a few key factors

[Oct 31 6:18 PM] If the Ethereum network makes a few critical adjustments, ETH price could sustainably rally to $3,000 and above.

Ethereum price shows strength, but a 23% drop in DApps activity raises concern

[Oct 15 9:15 PM] Declining DApp activity and lackluster demand for the ETH ETFs could limit Ethereum’s recent price rally.

Ethereum blob count is ‘uncomfortably close to a ceiling’ — Vitalik Buterin

[Sep 27 3:53 AM] “I think the ecosystem is sleeping on the fact that it's uncomfortably close to a ceiling,” cautions the Ethereum co-founder. 

Celestia Plans For 1 GB Blocks For Scaling: Why Are TIA Holders Worried?

[Sep 13 12:00 AM] Celestia, a top network and one of the few modular blockchains, is building. Less than a year after transiting to the mainnet after months of testing, the platform is taking bold steps to scale the base layer and further boost data availability…

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.

Based Rollups pitched as fix to Ethereum incentives amid L2 fee debate

[Sep 11 6:44 AM] Some commentators note that Based Rollups align incentives between Ethereum layer 2 and its base layer validators, which could result in deflationary issuance again.

‘First fast’ Ethereum scaler Movement peaks at 12K TPS on testnet

[Sep 6 12:37 AM] Movement Labs co-founder Rushi Manche claims his Ethereum scaling blockchain is peaking at 12,000 transactions a second on testnet.

Cybercapital Founder Justin Bons: L2s Are ‘Parasitic’ to Ethereum

[Aug 29 5:30 AM] Justin Bons, founder and CIO of Cybercapital, a Europe-based cryptocurrency fund, has warned about the effect that the rise of Ethereum L2s is having on the main chain. Bons stated that the activity that Ethereum should be experiencing is happening…

NEAR Blockchain Gets Major Upgrade to Add 'Stateless Validation'

[Aug 22 1:00 PM] NEAR Protocol has deployed a major upgrade known as "Nightshade 2.0" on its main network, designed to improve the scalability and usability of the blockchain.

Ethereum L2 ecosystem processes a record 12.4M transactions in a day

[Aug 14 4:05 AM] The growth has been primarily driven by memecoin mania on the Coinbase L2 blockchain Base. 

What needs to happen for Ethereum (ETH) price to reach $4K?

[Jul 31 10:40 PM] Ethereum’s Achilles heel is institutional adoption, scalability, and sustainable DApp ecosystem growth.

Ethereum scaling ecosystem’s combined TPS hits new all-time high

[Jun 16 11:03 PM] Over 41% of those transactions took place on Xai, a new Ethereum layer-3 scaling solution focused on gaming applications.

ZkSync says 695K wallets eligible for next week’s ZK token airdrop

[Jun 11 1:00 AM] The Ethereum scaling blockchain set aside two-thirds of its 21 billion ZK token supply to give to its community, with select users the first to get a share.

Vitalik Buterin: L2s are ‘cultural extensions’ of Ethereum

[May 29 10:07 PM] Buterin said Ethereum layer 2s have become “the ultimate playing field for action” from institutional profit-oriented groups and people buying pictures of monkey NFTs.

Aptos Reaches Milestone, Processes Over 95 Million Daily Transactions

[May 27 5:20 AM] The Aptos blockchain reached a milestone in its history, processing over 95 million in a single day. According to data provided by Artemis, a blockchain statistics platform, the number broke an L1 industry record on May 24, pushed by the tap to…

White paper that birthed crypto ZK-proofs receives IEEE ‘Test of Time’ award

[May 20 10:30 AM] The paper, released in 2014, lays the foundations for blockchain privacy and scaling.

Optimism to roll out new Superchain features for layer-3 devs

[May 8 9:25 PM] The layer-2 Ethereum scaling provider wants to onboard developers to build layer-3 DApps on its Superchain.

Thiel-Backed Cryptography Startup Lagrange Raises $13M

[May 8 7:00 AM] Lagrange, which specializes in zero-knowledge cryptography, is the latest startup to ride EigenLayer's "restaking" wave.

Polygon’s ZK-rollup Ethereum scaler Miden hits testnet

[May 7 12:25 AM] The Ethereum layer-2 scaling solutions provider is going up against StarkWare’s tech stack Starknet.

Snore of Value: Bitcoin’s Sleepwalk Towards Stasis

[May 6 1:00 PM] You know how the dodo bird became extinct? It became too fat to fly. In fact, the name ‘dodo’ likely originated from the Portuguese word, ‘simpleton’. The dodo bird lived very comfortably for much of its existence on an isolated island that lacked

Japanese Crypto Influencer Calls Ethereum Improvement Proposal 4844 a ‘Layer 1 Middle Ground’

[Mar 23 11:30 PM] According to Mai Fujimoto, a Japanese crypto influencer and co-founder of Intmax, the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 4844 – also known as proto-danksharding – have emerged as a solid solution for addressing the Ethereum network’s scalability…

Where Did We Go Wrong With Ethereum Scaling?

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Scaling Liberty: Bitcoin's Tension Between Ideology and Adoption

[Feb 23 9:30 AM] Since its inception over 15 years ago, Bitcoin has captured the imagination of libertarians, anarchists, and a variety of other advocates of individual liberty and financial sovereignty. To them, Bitcoin represented a revolutionary challenge to…

STRK Tokens Claimed Hit 420M in a Day as On-Chain Metrics Soar

[Feb 21 10:09 AM] More than 490,000 individual wallets claimed 420 million starknet (STRK) tokens in the 24 hours after the highly anticipated airdrop went live, with the token's market cap remaining above $1.2 billion.

Taproot Wizards Reveal Bitcoin’s Onchain Payment Struggles During $15M Sale

[Feb 19 1:30 PM] Sending bitcoin onchain remains a poor payment experience despite the hype surrounding the leading crypto asset, according to Taproot Wizards founder Udi Wertheimer. In a recent post-mortem of a high-volume sale using bitcoin, Wertheimer detailed…

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…

Bitcoin's Future Is Fractional Reserve: Unless We Do Something About It

[Jan 22 8:30 AM] What started as a single transaction from Satoshi to Hal Finney, has evolved into a complex system of industrial scale miners, evolving meta-protocols like the Lightning Network and Fedimint, and a full embrace of institutional investors with the…

Solana Co-Founder: The Blockchain Doesn’t Need Layer-2s Like Ethereum

[Jan 5 5:00 PM] Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has expressed confidence that their blockchain can handle the growing demand for decentralized applications (dapps) without needing layer-2 solutions like those employed by Ethereum. Solana Doesn’t Need…