Tag: Layer 2s
Crypto Lender Aave Seeks Community Comment on Proposal to Expand to Bitcoin Layer 2 Spiderchain
Botanix Labs developed Spiderchain to be compatible with protocols that use Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), the software that powers Ethereum and enab [...]
Nansen Expands to Bitcoin Layer 2, Will Provide Analytics for Bitlayer
Nansen, which allows users to see what's happening in blockchain networks in real time, aims to pave the way for more efficient decision-making in Bit [...]
Bitcoin Developers Working With StarkWare, Blockstream Claim Breakthrough on Covenants
The publication comes as Bitcoin, the oldest and largest blockchain, has attracted hordes of developers trying to add programmability and additional n [...]
Astria, Project to Decentralize Crucial Blockchain ‘Sequencers,’ Goes Live With Main Network
The project is among those aiming to decentralize blockchain "sequencers" – the component of a layer-2 network that compiles transactions happening on [...]
Polymarket Is Huge Success for Polygon Blockchain – Everywhere But the Bottom Line
“Now, that's very different from, let's say there's somebody who comes and builds an order book DEX on Polygon PoS," he said. "If they were doing $20, [...]
Bitcoin Project BOB Maps Out How the Original Blockchain Could Take Over DeFi
The developers behind BOB, a build-on-Bitcoin project, released a new "vision paper" Thursday outlining a design for a "hybrid layer-2" network they s [...]
How Layer-2 Scaling and Protocol Changes Impact ETH’s Future
Ethereum’s ability to host a wide-range of applications and assets has been evident for years, but the investment case for its native token, ETH, has [...]
Sonic SVM, Gaming Project on Solana Blockchain, Plans $12.8M Node Sale
The sale, scheduled for the week of Sept. 16, will be the first in the Solana blockchain ecosystem and will include 50,000 "Hyperfuse nodes" in 20 pri [...]
It's a Different Sort of Olympics as Cryptographers Face Off in Polyhedra's 'Proof Arena'
It's a Different Sort of Olympics as Cryptographers Face Off in Polyhedra's 'Proof Arena'
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Bitcoin Layer 2 Rootstock Verifies Zero-Knowledge SNARK
"The development represents a major leap forward for the BitVMX proving system, demonstrating the ability to challenge and validate the execution of a [...]
Bitcoin Layer-2 Blockchain Bitlayer Raises $11M Led by ETF Issuer Franklin Templeton
The investment was led by ABCDE and Franklin Templeton, one of the issuers of a spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund in the U.S. The involvement of [...]
Polygon’s New ZK Proving System, ‘Plonky3,’ Comes as Open-Source Toolkit
The company's previous proving system, Plonky2, was introduced in 2022 as “a single proving system focused on lightning-fast recursion by optimizing f [...]
Blockchain Startup Rome Raises $9M to Serve Ethereum Layer-2s Through Solana
Shared sequencers and data availability (DA) are services that Rome could provide, as blockchain builders increasingly rely on "modular" networks to h [...]
Tezos, Smart-Contract Blockchain of ICO Fame, Reveals Roadmap to Rejuvenate
The new roadmap bears a resemblance to the scaling efforts that Ethereum has pursued for the past several years, where transaction execution is offloa [...]
Marathon’s Layer-2 Chain, Anduro, Plugs In ‘Portal to Bitcoin’ for Atomic Swaps
Anduro, a multi-chain layer-2 network incubated by bitcoin miner Marathon Digital Holdings (MARA), has incorporated the decentralized exchange (DEX) n [...]