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Josh Lehman, executive director, Urbit Foundation, spoke at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas, in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
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Analysis
Urbit, a Network Older and Weirder Than Bitcoin, Finally Turns Toward Growth
The peer-to-peer network started in 2002 says it's taking on "MEGACORP," much in the same vein as many blockchain networks. A bit more fun are the "secret code names" that use...
Josh Lehman, executive director, Urbit Foundation, spoke at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas, in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
By Bradley Keoun
May 10, 2023 at 3:54 p.m. UTC
May 10, 2023
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James Tromans, Director Web3 Product and Engineering, Google Cloud, Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder, Polygon and Zack Seward, Contributing Editor-at-Large, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
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Google cloud
Google Cloud to Help Accelerate Polygon's Growth Via New Agreement
The tech giant will be "strategic cloud provider" for Polygon protocols.
James Tromans, Director Web3 Product and Engineering, Google Cloud, Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder, Polygon and Zack Seward, Contributing Editor-at-Large, CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
By Aoyon Ashraf
Apr 27, 2023 at 4:15 p.m. UTC
Apr 27, 2023
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How the Hunt for Yet-to-Exist Tokens Is Shaping Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape
Token airdrops – and the prospect of them – have become the default customer acquisition strategy for Ethereum's layer 2 scaling projects. But is this strategy sustainable?
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By Sam Kessler
Apr 26, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Apr 26, 2023
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Polygon Co-Founder Explains zkEVM
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Polygon Co-Founder Explains zkEVM
Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform, released its zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) beta to the public last week. Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal explains w...
Polygon Co-Founder Explains zkEVM
By CoinDesk Inc
Apr 3, 2023 at 3:13 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2023
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Polygon ZkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction
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Polygon ZkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction
Ethereum scaling platform Polygon released its zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) beta to the public, and Ethereum blockchain's co-founder Vitalik Buterin was gra...
Polygon ZkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction
By CoinDesk Inc
Apr 3, 2023 at 2:48 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2023
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ConsenSys Launches zkEVM Public Testnet, Renames It ‘Linea’
The release comes in the days after competitors, Polygon and Matter Labs, came out with their own zkEVMs.
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Mar 28, 2023 at 2:10 p.m. UTC
Mar 28, 2023
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Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction
The release of Polygon’s zkEVM comes just days after competitor Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era.
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Mar 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 27, 2023
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There's no zkSync airdrop yet, but lots of people are talking about it. (Pexel/Pixabay)
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Matter labs
Matter Labs Has No Plans for zkSync Era Airdrop, But Crypto Twitter Is Speculating
Based on the precedent set by many crypto projects, the speculation over a possible zkSync airdrop isn’t totally unfounded.
There's no zkSync airdrop yet, but lots of people are talking about it. (Pexel/Pixabay)
By Margaux Nijkerk
Mar 24, 2023 at 5:20 p.m. UTC
Mar 24, 2023
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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...
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By Margaux Nijkerk
Mar 24, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 24, 2023
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ConsenSys to Launch zkEVM Public Testnet March 28
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ConsenSys to Launch zkEVM Public Testnet March 28
ConsenSys, a top software firm working on the Ethereum blockchain, is rolling out a zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM) public testnet on March 28, intensifying th...
ConsenSys to Launch zkEVM Public Testnet March 28
By CoinDesk Inc
Mar 3, 2023 at 5:59 p.m. UTC
Mar 3, 2023
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