What to Expect From Ethereum’s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade
The beginning of "The Surge" era in Ethereum's roadmap sees a range of enhancements to scalability, efficiency and security. Here’s a breakdown.
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Feb 28, 2024 at 6:10 p.m. UTC
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Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare.
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Feb 21, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. UTC
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Former Fidelity International Digital Assets Executive Joins Advisory Board of Ethereum L2 Layer N
Luc Froehlich will help guide Layer N's Real World Asset (RWA), TradFi, and tokenization strategies.
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Feb 21, 2024 at 5:24 p.m. UTC
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Why Polygon's MATIC Token Has Lagged During Past Year's Crypto Rally
MATIC was overvalued at the start of the ongoing crypto bull run, one observer said.
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Feb 21, 2024 at 4:25 p.m. UTC
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Polygon Releases 'Type 1 Prover,' Claiming Milestone Set by Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin
The announcement means that existing EVM chains or optimistic rollups can connect to the prover without modification, then plug into Polygon’s newly released Aggregation layer...
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Feb 8, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
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Ethereum Developers Target March 13 for Milestone 'Dencun' Upgrade on Mainnet
The timing for the long-awaited Dencun upgrade, with its much-touted "proto-danksharding" feature, was announced Thursday on a call with top developers for the Ethereum blockc...
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Feb 8, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. UTC
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Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade Reaches Final ‘Holesky’ Testnet, Starting Countdown to Data 'Blobs'
The test simulated “proto-danksharding,” a technical feature aimed at reducing the cost of transactions for rollups as well as making data availability cheaper.
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Feb 7, 2024 at 12:12 p.m. UTC
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Metis, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Creates $100M Fund as Decentralized Sequencer Launch Nears
The distribution of funds is planned for the first quarter of 2024, and supposed to occur a week after Metis' decentralized sequencer will go live.
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Dec 18, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Starknet Foundation to Allocate 1.8B STRK Tokens 'Soon'
Starknet said 900 million STRK are earmarked for the foundation’s Provisions Committee, and 900 million will be dedicated to user rebates.
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Dec 8, 2023 at 12:30 p.m. UTC
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Blockchain Developer Lattice Unveils 'Alternative Data Availability' Network for Optimism
The new "Redstone" network, currently operating as a test network, is rooted in an effort to make blockchains cheaper for gaming and decentralized applications – relying on of...
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Nov 15, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. UTC
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