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Astria, Project to Decentralize Crucial Blockchain 'Sequencers,' Goes Live With Main Network
[Oct 28 4:30 PM]
Polymarket Is a Success for Polygon Blockchain – Everywhere But the Bottom Line
[Oct 25 7:11 PM] One of the major breakout successes this year for the team behind layer-2 blockchain Polygon is Polymarket. But according to data, Polymarket has only brought in about $27,000 of transaction fees for Polygon PoS in 2024.
Bitcoin Project BOB Maps Out How the Original Blockchain Could Take Over DeFi
[Oct 24 2:04 PM] "If Bitcoin breaks, then so does our industry as a whole, so we might as well use Bitcoin security for cross-chain DeFi," BOB co-founder Alexei Zamyatin, told CoinDesk.
Ethereum's Changing Landscape
[Sep 25 3:19 PM] For investors, ETH’s future depends on how Ethereum balances innovation with maintaining healthy economic policy, says Matthew Kimmel, digital asset analyst, CoinShares.
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]