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Ethereum Layer SKALE Launches Mainnet Phase 2 With $78M Already Staked
1.10.2020
The Ethereum-as-a-service platform has upgraded its mainnet and already has $78 million staked
DeFi projects rush towards Layer 2 as Ethereum clogs up
24.9.2020
Leading DeFi protocols are rushing to implement Layer 2 to ease the burden of high gas fees
Ethereum Gas Fees Drive Gnosis-Powered Prediction Market to xDai’s Layer 2
17.9.2020
"Ethereum is on the way to becoming a whale chain," said Gnosis co-founder Stefan George. That's why his team's tech is moving to xDai
DeFi mainstreaming impossible until DEXs integrate layer 2, experts say
13.9.2020
DeFi is booming again but experts caution that mainstreaming won’t occur without decentralized exchanges integrating layer 2 options
IRS to Pay $625K to Crack Monero, Crypto Proponents Scoff at Contract
11.9.2020
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to pay a contractor $625,000 if they can crack layer-two privacy schemes and the privacy-centric crypto asset monero (XMR). The tax agency says that the entity has “limited investigative resources” for tracing these types of cryptocurrency...
Stroke Text CSS: The Definitive Guide
4.9.2020
Whenever I think of stroked text on the web I think: nope.
There is -webkit-text-stroke in CSS for it, but it places that stroke in the middle of the vector outline of the characters, absolutely ensuring that the character doesn’t look right. Just look at this in Chrome or Safari. Gross....
Here Are Four Ethereum Scaling Pitches Submitted to Reddit’s Competition
3.8.2020
Entries to the Reddit Scaling Bake-Off are coming in from several layer-two builders
Bitcoin Script and Onchain Contracts: Two High-Level Programming Languages for Bitcoin Cash
11.7.2020
Last May, the software developer and creator of revoke.cash, Rosco Kalis, released Cashscript version 0.4 that included a number of optimizations. Cashscript’s new website highlights the high-level language that “offers a strong abstraction layer over Bitcoin Cash’ native virtual...
Marlin Releases Open-Source ‘Layer 0’ Transaction Relayer for Ethereum
8.7.2020
Marlin has open sourced its OpenWeaver relay network to help speed up low latency mempool syncs of the Ethereum network and support decentralization
Waiting for Ethereum 2.0, but Layer-Two Solutions Are Needed Now
8.7.2020
Ethereum 2.0. is coming, but not soon enough. Could layer-two solutions be the answer?
The Popular Stablecoin Tether Is Now Circulating on the Bitcoin Cash Network
7.7.2020
The most popular stablecoin tether (USDT) has officially been minted on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain via the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP). At press time there’s only 1,010 SLP-based USDT in circulation, as the firm Tether Limited seems to be issuing small amounts and testing the SLP framework....
Developer Reveals Layer-Two Private Messaging and Payment System on Bitcoin Cash
7.7.2020
On July 4, 2020, the Bitcoin Cash proponent Cain published an interview with the blockchain developer, Shammah Chancellor, about a new project called Stamp Chat. At its basic level, “Stamp is a prototype of a layer-2 private messaging and payment system on Bitcoin Cash. It implements stealth...
The IRS Investigation Division Is Requesting Information About Privacy-Centric Cryptocurrencies
4.7.2020
The United States tax agency has published a request for information pertaining to privacy-centric cryptocurrencies and technologies that obfuscate crypto transactions. The IRS-CI Cyber Crimes Unit request is also asking for information in relation to “layer two offchain protocol networks...
IOTA Foundation Enters Base Layer Race With ‘2.0’ Testnet
1.7.2020
IOTA's new testnet addresses the technical feature that nuked the blockchain-like network for nearly two weeks earlier this year
Base Layer Wars Heat Up With Another $12M Committed to AVA Labs’ Avalanche Blockchain
25.6.2020
AVA Labs has closed a $12 million private token sale. The funding round – co-led by Galaxy Digital, Bitmain, Initialized and others – comes weeks before an anticipated mainnet launch
Layer 2 Will Make Bitcoin as Easy to Use as the Dollar, Says Kraken CEO
17.6.2020
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell told Bloomberg in a recent interview that Bitcoin would surpass gold as a store of value in the long-term
Ethereum Layer-Two Solutions Lack Real World Usability, Says Skale CTO
9.6.2020
Cointelegraph interviewed Konstantin Kladko, CTO at Skale, to learn about his controversial opinion on why Ethereum layer-two solutions are unlikely to work out
Ethereum Second-Layer Scalability Still Needs Work, Says Starkware CEO
2.6.2020
Uri Kolodny, co-founder and CEO of blockchain firm StarkWare, told Cointelegraph that Ethereum’s second-layer scalability solutions still need some work
Buterin Says Ethereum’s Layer-Two Scaling Development 'Basically' Succeeded
2.6.2020
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that the blockchain’s initial layer-two scaling deployment is nearly complete
Base Layer Blockchain Harmony Adds Staking to Open Up Validator Set
19.5.2020
Harmony announced Tuesday that its mainnet has now incorporated staking, allowing users to earn ONE tokens for locking in their current holdings