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Optimism, Scaling Solution for Ethereum, Sets June Date for Biggest Ever Upgrade, ‘Bedrock’

The upgrade, a hard fork proposed earlier this year and approved by the Optimism community in April, is supposed to bring a “new level of modularity, simplicity and Ethereum equivalence.”

By Bradley Keoun

May 16, 2023 at 5:11 p.m. UTC

May 16, 2023

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StarkNet Aims to Enhance Scalability, Privacy and Security on Ethereum

One of the first projects to integrate the intriguing new mechanism of account abstraction has already gotten Visa on board to secure payments processing for crypto transactions. That’s why StarkNet is a 2023 Project to Watch.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Apr 17, 2023 at 12:09 p.m. UTC

Apr 17, 2023

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Technology

Ethereum

Matter Labs Opens zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum

After zkSync Era was launched only for developers last month, the project took the additional step Friday of opening to general users. The latest push comes just days ahead of the rival Polygon system’s planned rollout Monday of its own “zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine.”

By Margaux Nijkerk

Mar 24, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2023

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Technology

Arbitrum

Arbitrum to Airdrop New Token and Transition to DAO

The long-awaited ARB token will grant holders the ability to vote on changes to the leading Ethereum layer 2 network.

By Sam Kessler

Mar 16, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 16, 2023

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Technology

Polygon

Polygon Exploring Use of ZK Technology for Main Chain, Co-Founder Bjelic Says

In an interview with CoinDesk, Polygon’s Mihailo Bjelic shared the progress the blockchain is making on becoming a ZK-secure ecosystem.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Feb 10, 2023 at 6:41 p.m. UTC

Feb 10, 2023

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Markets

Optimism

OP Token Surges 25% as Optimism Foundation Proposes 'Bedrock' Upgrade

Layer 2 scaling system Optimism's governance token, OP, has chalked up a 200% rally in four weeks, outperforming market leaders bitcoin and ether by a big margin.

By Omkar Godbole

Feb 2, 2023 at 1:14 p.m. UTC

Feb 2, 2023

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