Tag: Rollups
Vitalik Buterin says rollups must prove security before decentralizing
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has explained when he believes rollup-based layer-2 platforms should go decentralized, and why “as soon as possibl [...]
Arbitrum co-founder skeptical of move to based and native rollups: Steven Goldfeder
Offchain Labs CEO Steven Goldfeder’s crypto origin story is clas [...]
Ethereum Layer-2 Project Starknet to Roll Out Staking Feature Later This Month
StarkWare, the main developer firm behind Starknet, had shared in July that it would introduce a proposal for staking on the blockchain, but had not p [...]
Espresso, Project for Composability Between Blockchains, Pushes Main Product Live
According to the team, the confirmation layer will be a critical piece of infrastructure for composability among layer-2 rollups, allowing for two net [...]
VC Darling Eclipse Finally Debuts Its Solana-Ethereum Blockchain Hybrid
Like other layer-2 Ethereum rollups, Eclipse lets people transact on Ethereum with faster speeds and lower fees. To accomplish this, it operates as it [...]
Is Optimism's 'Superchain' Winning the Ethereum Layer-2 Race?
One of the biggest trends of 2023 among the leading layer-2 projects on Ethereum was the emergence of “blockchain in a box,” where the teams encourage [...]
Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Aims to Make BTC a Programmable Asset With ZK Proofs, Raises $14M Series A
The goal of allowing greater utility is one of "critical" importance, according to Citrea. While BTC has served well as a form of digital gold, it ris [...]
Optimism Foundation Agreed to Give Kraken $42.5M of OP Tokens in Layer-2 Deal
Crypto exchange Kraken announced last week that it will build a layer-2 network atop Optimism's OP Stack blockchain framework. CoinDesk is first to re [...]
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 [...]
Kraken Picks Optimism for New Layer-2 Network, Joining Coinbase's Base on 'Superchain'
The disclosure comes nearly a year after CoinDesk broke the news that Kraken was considering its own layer-2 network, following the runaway success en [...]
Vitalik Buterin Wants Ethereum to Hit 100K Transaction Per Second With Rollups
Buterin’s roadmap aims to keep Layer 1 decentralized, ensure Layer 2s inherit Ethereum’s core values, and enhance seamless interoperability across cha [...]
Uniswap Developer Unveils Own Layer-2 Network, Unichain, Built on Optimism Tech
Over the course of the past year, layer-2s have popped up everywhere, and some in the industry have argued there is a growing fatigue, as well as frag [...]
Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Deploys BitVM-Based Bridge ‘Clementine’ on Testnet
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Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Amps Up Pressure on Layer-2 Networks to Decentralize Further
In 2022, Buterin proposed a set of stages for rollups, to classify them in their pursuit of decentralization. The criteria is meant to showcase that r [...]
Optimism Pushes for ‘Interoperability’ Between Affiliated Blockchains
“I think, like, the best way to think about the Superchain is that it's a set of people and organizations that are aligned towards the common goal of [...]