Tag: The Protocol
What to Expect at Consensus 2024: Spotlight on Blockchain Tech
For blockchain developers, it's red meat. For others, it may sound unfamiliar. For everyone, including those somewhere in between, the three days are [...]
Protocol Village: Lita Releases 'Valida ZkEVM,' Claims Speed, Efficiency Advantages
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 16-22.
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The Protocol: Lido Backers vs EigenLayer
In this week's issue, we've got the scoop on a new possible rival to restaking pioneer EigenLayer. PLUS Are meme coins an investable asset class? With [...]
Gnosis Inks Strategic Partnership with Zeal, Invests $2M
May 9: Gnosis, an Ethereum sidechain, said it will partner with Zeal, creators of a comprehensive digital wallet, to enhance everyday crypto use, acco [...]
From ‘Node Sales’ to ‘Address Poisoning,’ the Money’s in Crypto
NODES FOR SALE: It's the blockchain industry's latest innovation – not in technology, but in how to round up cash from investors. "Node sales" involve [...]
Polyhedra Says Open-Source ZK Proof System ‘Expander’ 2x Faster Than Alternatives
May 2: Polyhedra Network launched an open-source ZK proof system, Expander, "that can generate proofs nearly 2x faster than alternatives while enhanci [...]
EigenLayer’s ‘Intersubjective Forking’ Is Objectively Not Done
INTERSUBJECTIFYING THE FORKIFICATION: The Ethereum restaking project EigenLayer, whose plan to repurpose the Ethereum blockchain's security to hordes [...]
SEDA, Data and Computation Network, Launches Mainnet Genesis
April 24: SEDA, a data transmission and computation network that enables a permissionless environment for developers to deploy data feeds, announced t [...]
Analyzing Runes Impact as Bitcoin Fee Bonanza Fades
RUNING THE PARTY? Bitcoin's once-every-four-years "halving" was supposed to bring a steep cut in revenue for crypto miners, since their rewards for ne [...]
Safe, for ‘Smart Accounts,’ Completes Acquisition of Crypto Business Wallet Multis
April 18: Safe, a provider of blockchain smart accounts, has "welcomed the senior leadership team of Multis to the Safe Ecosystem Foundation and comp [...]
Bitcoin Halving Spectacular, With Runes, ‘Epic Sat,’ Stacks Nakamoto
Suku, a provider of Web3 tools, in collaboration with Alchemy and Privy, has launched SukuPay, "a simple, free and fully non-custodial global money tr [...]
DLC.Link Uses Discreet Log Contracts to Create ‘Safer Wrapped Bitcoin’
April 11: DLC.Link, describing itself as the "self-wrapping trustless bridge to DeFi," announced the release of dlcBTC, "a safer wrapped Bitcoin alter [...]
Bitcoin Halves, Ethereum Cuts, and Meme Coins Multiply
MEME COIN GENERATOR GO BRRR… In last week's The Protocol, we made the point that blockchain teams have, generally speaking, succeeded in coopting the [...]
Optimism-Based DEX Velodrome Deploys to Bitcoin L2 BOB
April 4: Velodrome, an AMM-based decentralized exchange on Optimism, officially announced their second major deployment onto the BOB (Build on Bitcoin [...]
The Protocol: Using the Money Printer
If you have the money printer – as is the case for many of the blockchain projects with the power to create their own digital tokens – why wouldn't yo [...]