ZK rollups

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....

By Margaux Nijkerk

Aug 23, 2023 at 3:30 p.m. UTC

Aug 23, 2023

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Starkware

Starkware to Open-Source ‘Magic Wand’ of Its Zero-Knowledge Cryptography Next Week

The team behind the layer 2 Starknet blockchain said that they will also hold a code review on Aug. 31 at a conference in San Francisco.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Aug 22, 2023 at 2:37 p.m. UTC

Aug 22, 2023

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Immutable x

Immutable, Web3 Gaming Platform, Launches zkEVM Testnet in Bid to Diversify Infrastructure

The ZK rollup is built using Polygon scaling technology, designed to make it easier for developers to spin up new application-specific blockchains.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Aug 14, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. UTC

Aug 14, 2023

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Rollups

Zero-Knowledge Rollup ZKM Sets Out to Make Ethereum 'Universal Settlement Layer'

With funding from the foundation that oversees development of the Metis layer-2 Ethereum protocol, ZKM is developing a hybrid rollup that combines an Optmistic rollup and Zero...

By Jamie Crawley

Jul 13, 2023 at 1:24 p.m. UTC

Jul 13, 2023

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Data

What Is Ethereum’s ‘Data Availability' Problem, and Why Does It Matter?

Separate “data availability” layers could reduce congestion on the Ethereum network by making it easier for ancillary “rollup” networks to verify that transactional details ex...

By Margaux Nijkerk

Jul 12, 2023 at 3:34 p.m. UTC

Jul 12, 2023

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Starknet

Layer-2 Blockchain Starknet's ‘Quantum Leap’ Upgrade Goes Live, for Speedier Transactions

The upgrade for Starknet, a layer-2 blockchain or "rollup" to the Ethereum blockchain, went live following a community vote that overwhelmingly agreed to deploy it to mainnet.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Jul 12, 2023 at 10:58 a.m. UTC

Jul 12, 2023

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ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin speaks at ETHDenver 2022. (Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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Ethereum

MetaMask Developer ConsenSys Brings Layer 2 Blockchain ‘Linea’ to Ethereum Mainnet

The rollup chain from ConsenSys, known as a zkEVM, joins a growing field of projects aiming to expand access to Ethereum using zero-knowledge cryptography.

By Sam Kessler

Jul 11, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Jul 11, 2023

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Polygon

Polygon 2.0 Roadmap Calls for ‘Unified Liquidity,’ Restaking, New Chains on Demand

Polygon, a staking solution for Ethereum, says its new architecture will include a shared bridge and a “coordination layer” that connects all of Polygon’s chains, with an emph...

By Margaux Nijkerk

Jun 29, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 29, 2023

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Ethereum

Ethereum’s Layer 2 Teams Want You to Clone Their Code

By making their code open source and easy to replicate, projects including Arbitrum, Optimism and zkSync are making it easier for copycat blockchains to steal away their users...

By Sam Kessler

Jun 28, 2023 at 3:59 p.m. UTC

Jun 28, 2023