Tag: Layer 2s
Sonic, Gaming-Focused Layer-2 Chain on Solana, Raises $12M
The money will be used for growth initiatives for the Sonic protocol, which comes with "built-in mechanisms designed specifically for game development [...]
ZKsync’s ZK Airdrop Is Coming ‘Next Week,’ Here's What to Expect
According to the plan released Tuesday, 17.5% of ZK's 21 billion total token supply will be airdropped to users beginning "next week."
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A Deep Dive into Layer 2 Technologies
Bitcoin (BTC) has revolutionized the financial world with its decentralized, secure and transparent nature. Although it was the first cryptocurrency, [...]
Decentralized Exchange SushiSwap Goes Live on Bitcoin Sidechain Rootstock
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Another Episode in the Layer-2 Teams Drama
This isn’t the first time that Matter Labs has found itself in hot water with its competitors. In August 2023, the Polygon team went on a media blitz [...]
ZkSync, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Hints at Airdrop By End of June
ZkSync is a layer-2 network designed to scale Ethereum, providing cheaper transactions by performing computation and storing data off-chain; taxonomic [...]
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
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
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
The new feature, described as "multitasking for rollups," is on Starknet's project roadmap for the second quarter of 2024, released Wednesday.
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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
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
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
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
Alex Gluchowski, co-founder of Matter Labs, a developer behind the zkSync project, joined a Celo community call and wrote an "insightful post, providi [...]