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Vitalik tells Ethereum L2s ‘Stage 1 or GTFO’ — Who makes the cut?

[Sep 17 1:00 PM] According to L2Beat, six Ethereum layer 2s have already reached Stage 1, while most others are still stuck at Stage 0.

Movement Labs targets 1-second L2 finality by end of 2024: Co-founder

[Sep 11 8:44 PM] Apps will be able to settle directly on Movement’s L2 with fast finality ‘postconfirmations’ secured by stakers, the co-founder said.

Sonic SVM, Gaming Project on Solana Blockchain, Plans $12.8M Node Sale

[Sep 6 1:00 PM] The project is taking advantage of an increasingly popular fundraising method known as "node sales" just months after a traditional $12 million fundraise.

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%.

Coinbase Promotes cbBTC, Wrapped Bitcoin Alternative for Base Blockchain

[Aug 14 8:47 AM] Tweets from the crypto exchange and Jesse Pollack, the creator of Base, suggest cbBTC could run on the layer-2 blockchain.

It's a Different Sort of Olympics as Cryptographers Face Off in Polyhedra's 'Proof Arena'

[Jul 31 7:00 PM]

Bitcoin Layer 2 Rootstock Verifies Zero-Knowledge SNARK

[Jul 26 10:45 AM] Rootstock verified the SNARK using BitVMX, which is Rootstock's modified version of BitVM

Bitcoin Layer-2 Chain Bitlayer Raises $11M Led by ETF Issuer Franklin Templeton

[Jul 23 6:00 AM] Bitlayer's layer 2 is based on the BitVM paradigm, which was unveiled last October and laid out a path for Ethereum-style smart contracts on the original blockchain.

Polygon's New ZK Proving System, 'Plonky3,' Comes as Open-Source Toolkit

[Jul 16 7:00 AM] Proving systems are a crucial component at the heart of blockchain ecosystems, allowing secondary "rollup" networks to confirm transactions on a base chain like Ethereum. Polygon's prior version, Plonky2, was released in 2022.

Ethereum's future hinges on interoperable layer-2s

[Jul 9 9:56 AM] Ethereum layer-2 fragmentation may require a ZKP fix in the future, but interoperable L2s are the surest fix in the meantime.

Blockchain Startup Rome Raises $9M to Serve Ethereum Layer-2s Through Solana

[Jul 9 5:00 AM] Shared sequencers and data availability (DA) are services that Rome could provide, as blockchain builders increasingly rely on "modular" networks to handle Ethereum's myriad components and functions.

Tezos, Smart-Contract Blockchain of ICO Fame, Reveals Roadmap to Rejuvenate

[Jun 27 5:00 AM] The decade-old blockchain's development plan, which goes out through 2026, calls for splitting off transaction execution into a separate "canonical rollup" that would support multiple programming languages.

Marathon's Layer-2 Chain, Anduro, Plugs In 'Portal to Bitcoin' for Atomic Swaps

[Jun 19 7:00 AM] The publicly-traded bitcoin miner Marathon began incubating Anduro in February as a "platform built on the Bitcoin network that allows for the creation of multiple sidechains."

Sonic, Gaming-Focused Layer-2 Chain on Solana, Raises $12M

[Jun 18 7:00 AM]

ZKsync’s ZK Airdrop Is Coming ‘Next Week,’ Here's What to Expect

[Jun 11 1:00 AM] According to the plan released Tuesday, 17.5% of ZK's 21 billion total token supply will be airdropped to users beginning "next week."

Crypto for Advisors: Layer 2s and the Evolution of Bitcoin

[Jun 6 10:00 AM] The Bitcoin community has developed various layer-2 blockchains that enhance the network's efficiency and functionality without altering its core software.

Decentralized Exchange SushiSwap Goes Live on Bitcoin Sidechain Rootstock

[Jun 6 9:00 AM] Rootstock's goal is to combine the security of the Bitcoin network with the smart contract capabilities of Ethereum.

The Protocol: Another Episode in the Layer-2 Teams Drama

[Jun 5 2:33 PM] We take a look at what unfolded after Matter Labs’ planned to trademark the term “ZK.”

ZkSync, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Hints at Airdrop By End of June

[May 17 10:11 AM] Zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup zkSync has suggested that a governance token airdrop will take place at the end of June.

Bitcoin Layer-2 Builder Botanix Labs Raises $8.5M From Polychain Capital, Others

[May 7 10:00 AM] The New York-based firm built Spiderchain to be compatible with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) layers.

Bitcoin's Ethereum-Style Programmability Could Come in 12 Months, Rootstock Founder Says

[May 1 11:32 AM]

Stacks Begins 2-Step Rollout of Major ‘Nakamoto’ Overhaul

[Apr 22 2:18 PM] The upgrade seeks to solve congestion issues, and will officially launch in May.

How the Bitcoin Halving Will Drive Action to Layer 2s

[Apr 22 1:15 PM]

Arbitrum Launches Fraud Proofs In Testnet: Why Is ARB Down?

[Apr 17 7:00 PM] Arbitrum, the largest Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution by total value locked (TVL), is taking steps towards decentralization. In an update on April 16, Offchain Labs–Arbitrum developers–said they have deployed the permissionless…

OG Bitcoin L2 Stacks Is Getting a Major Overhaul

[Apr 16 7:34 AM] The Nakamoto update will decouple block production from Bitcoin itself, solving the problem of network congestion Stacks has had since it launched its mainnet in 2021.

The Munchables Hack Is Way Worse Than It Seems

[Mar 27 11:47 AM] Apparently orchestrated from North Korea, the $63 million hack adds grist to the argument that crypto exploits pose a plausible national security risk.

Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans 'Parallel Execution' to Mimic Solana's Speed Feature

[Mar 20 6:00 AM] The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project road map for the second quarter of 2024, released Wednesday.

Debating Dencun: Will Ethereum's Big Update Help or Harm the Network?

[Mar 13 10:48 AM] While Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap could help the ecosystem reach new levels of scale, some developers think relying on third parties to improve access to Ethereum could backfire.

Arbitrum's ARB, Polygon's MATIC Lead Gains as Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Goes Live

[Mar 13 9:40 AM] Ethereum's Dencun upgrade enabled a new way of storing data that was forecast to dramatically cut costs for interacting with layer-2 networks.