Tag: Layer 2s

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

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

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

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

Sergio Demian Lerner, a Buenos Aires-based programmer known for his early research on Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto's mining activities and later f [...]
How the Bitcoin Halving Will Drive Action to Layer 2s

How the Bitcoin Halving Will Drive Action to Layer 2s

The launch of Runes, a new protocol that enables the creation of meme coins on Bitcoin, coincided with the halving. Already hundreds of tokens have la [...]
Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans to Mimic 'Parallel Execution' Feature That Makes Solana Fast

Starknet, an Ethereum Layer 2, Plans to Mimic 'Parallel Execution' Feature That Makes Solana Fast

The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project roadmap for the second quarter of 2024, released Wednesday. www.co [...]
Ethereum Just Implemented ‘Proto-Danksharding.’ What Comes Next?

Ethereum Just Implemented ‘Proto-Danksharding.’ What Comes Next?

"While L2s are supposed to service the base layer, their proliferation may compete with the base layer for resources such as fees, developers, and liq [...]
Taiko, an 'Ethereum-Equivalent ZK Rollup,' Raises $15M

Taiko, an 'Ethereum-Equivalent ZK Rollup,' Raises $15M

The Taiko project, distinguished for its "based sequencing" architecture, is one of several competing for relevance among a deep field of Ethereum lay [...]
Stacks Creator Ali Calls Bitcoin ‘Apex Predator’ as Development Flourishes on OG Blockchain

Stacks Creator Ali Calls Bitcoin ‘Apex Predator’ as Development Flourishes on OG Blockchain

Same with NFTs when I look at it. Yes, there are many other factors, but just the fact that with Ordinals, the image is literally on the chain. And it [...]
As Blockchains Push Toward Decentralization, These People Serve as Ultimate Guardians

As Blockchains Push Toward Decentralization, These People Serve as Ultimate Guardians

The goal of these "protocol councils,” sometimes called “security councils,” is to nudge the nascent networks toward increasing decentralization, by g [...]
Celo Provides Update on Layer-2 Selection, Evaluating Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, zkSync

Celo Provides Update on Layer-2 Selection, Evaluating Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, zkSync

Alex Gluchowski, co-founder of Matter Labs, a developer behind the zkSync project, joined a Celo community call and wrote an "insightful post, providi [...]
Blockchain Tech Predictions for 2024, From Experts at Ripple, Coinbase, a16z, Starknet

Blockchain Tech Predictions for 2024, From Experts at Ripple, Coinbase, a16z, Starknet

This year's crypto-market doldrums brought little respite from the announcements, product rollouts, integrations, partnerships, collaborations, integr [...]
Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Writes on ‘Enshrinement’ of ZkEVMs into Main $ETH Blockchain

Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Writes on ‘Enshrinement’ of ZkEVMs into Main $ETH Blockchain

Buterin's comments come as ether (ETH), the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, has lagged behind tokens from rival blockchains as digit [...]
‘What Goes on Inside That Brain’ of Jesse Pollak’s?

‘What Goes on Inside That Brain’ of Jesse Pollak’s?

"No Finer Place" is a 3D collaged motion work. The story takes us from Jesse's desk through his monitor, mind, and coding which brings us to the L2 wo [...]
LOGIK: Tieshun 'Pacman' Roquerre 'Knows His S–t'

LOGIK: Tieshun 'Pacman' Roquerre 'Knows His S–t'

The artist made an NFT of the Blur and Blast founder for our Most Influential package. www.coindesk.com [...]
Starknet Foundation Awards 50M STRK Tokens to Early Contributors

Starknet Foundation Awards 50M STRK Tokens to Early Contributors

Mandates for the foundation, which is overseen by a seven-member board that includes StarkWare co-founder and President Eli Ben-Sasson, include "foste [...]
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