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ZK rollups

Blockchain "layers" and "rollups" are getting attention from investors in crypto venture-capital circles. (Unsplash)
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Ethereum
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 layer-2 networks.
Blockchain "layers" and "rollups" are getting attention from investors in crypto venture-capital circles. (Unsplash)
By Bradley Keoun
Mar 2, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 2, 2024
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DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)
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Polygon
Polygon Stops Work on 'Edge,' Used to Build Dogechain, as Focus Turns to ZK
Polygon Labs, a developer of scaling networks for Ethereum, has shifted toward "Polygon CDK," a blockchain-development kit powered by zero-knowledge cryptography. The older "P...
DOGE Meme shiba inu (Atsuko Sato)
By Bradley Keoun
Dec 15, 2023 at 9:27 p.m. UTC
Dec 15, 2023
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Cronos Labs Managing Director Ken Timsit (Ken Tismit)
Technology
Cronos
Cronos, Partner of Crypto.com, to Start Layer 2 Network With Matter Labs
The new "Cronos zkEVM chain" is launching initially as a test network, based on Matter Labs’ software tools, which can be used to spin up new layer 2 and layer 3 “hyperchains”...
Cronos Labs Managing Director Ken Timsit (Ken Tismit)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Dec 14, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. UTC
Dec 14, 2023
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Bradley Keoun/modified by CoinDesk)
Technology
Ethereum
Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas...
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin (Bradley Keoun/modified by CoinDesk)
By Bradley Keoun
Dec 13, 2023 at 7:56 p.m. UTC
Dec 13, 2023
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Kraken Chairman Jesse Powell (CoinDesk)
Technology
Kraken
Kraken Said to Seek Partner to Help Build It a Layer 2 Blockchain Network
The crypto exchange is still considering which blockchain developer should build its network, with Polygon, Matter Labs and the Nil Foundation in the mix, according to people...
Kraken Chairman Jesse Powell (CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Nov 7, 2023 at 1:16 a.m. UTC
Nov 7, 2023
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Manta is the latest blockchain network to reconsider its commitment to OP Labs' OP Stack. (Justin Henry/Creative Commons)
Technology
Manta network
Manta's Layer-2 Blockchain Already Plans to Ditch OP Stack for Polygon
The network, which just went live a couple weeks ago as a so-called optimistic rollup – the core underpinning of OP Stack – will now become a “ZK-rollup,” which is what Polygo...
Manta is the latest blockchain network to reconsider its commitment to OP Labs' OP Stack. (Justin Henry/Creative Commons)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Oct 16, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. UTC
Oct 16, 2023
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Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)
Technology
Scroll
Scroll zkEVM Launches, Blockchain Data Shows, Competing With Polygon, Matter Labs
The new Ethereum layer-2 network's debut adds to the competition among rival providers of so-called "zkEVMs," including Polygon and Matter Labs.
Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng (Bradley Keoun)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Oct 12, 2023 at 6:52 p.m. UTC
Oct 12, 2023
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Buenos Aires (Unsplash)
Technology
Matter labs
Buenos Aires Releases Blockchain Digital Identity Solution Powered by zkSync's ZK Proofs
Citizens of Buenos Aires can access the identity solution, the QuarkID wallet, where they can store their birth and marriage certificates, according to the city government.
Buenos Aires (Unsplash)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 28, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Sep 28, 2023
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Image tweeted by Celo officials on Monday from conference in Barcelona. (Celo)
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Polygon
Polygon Emerges as Suitor for Celo’s New Layer-2 Blockchain, Competing With OP Stack
Celo, which is ditching its standalone blockchain in favor of a new "layer-2" network atop Ethereum, had originally signaled plans to rely on Optimism's OP Stack, a similar cu...
Image tweeted by Celo officials on Monday from conference in Barcelona. (Celo)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Sep 21, 2023 at 5:06 p.m. UTC
Sep 21, 2023
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Optimism CEO Karl Floersch (Optimism)
Technology
Optimism
Coinbase’s Chosen Blockchain Brand Sees Zero Threat from Zero Knowledge
Many Ethereum aficionados have predicted that the most promising layer-2 blockchains would be built not using the OP Stack’s “optimistic rollup” technology – favored by the U....
Optimism CEO Karl Floersch (Optimism)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Aug 23, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. UTC
Aug 23, 2023
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