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The Protocol: Bitcoin Bridged Trustlessly to L2; Ethereum's Blob Mob
27.11.2024
Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Marc Hochstein, CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief for features, opinion and standards.IN THIS ISSUE:Ethereum's blob mobStaking on StarknetAvalanche's big upgradeL2 teams beam...
The Protocol: Bitcoin Bridged Trustlessly to L2; Ethereum's Blob Mob
27.11.2024
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Ethereum Layer-2 Teams Welcome Proposal to Overhaul Blockchain
21.11.2024
Far from making zero-knowledge rollups obsolete, the Beam Chain would make them work better, says Polygon. zkSync builder Matter Labs is also bullish
Sui Network Back Up After Scheduling Bug Leads to Two-Hour Downtime; SUI Recovers
21.11.2024
The downtime was caused by a bug in its transaction scheduling
The Protocol: ENS on Bitcoin; Worldcoin, Without the Eyeballs
20.11.2024
Plus: What Zuck can teach DAOs about governance
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Could Teach DAOs, Like Compound, a Governance Lesson
20.11.2024
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg Could Teach DAOs Like Compound a Governance Lesson
Coinbase Delists Wrapped Bitcoin wBTC, Citing 'Listing Concerns'
20.11.2024
Announcement comes shortly after the exchange launched its own ‘wrapped’ bitcoin on Base – cbBTC
Decentralized AI Project Morpheus Goes Live on Mainnet
18.11.2024
Like other decentralized AI networks, Morpheus seeks to curtail the negative side effects of AI, such as centralization, censorship, and data monopolies
Lido Co-Founders Said to Plot Competitor to Sam Altman's World Network
18.11.2024
The new digital identity platform, Y, forgoes World Network's controversial biometric authentication for a system based on users' online activities
Aave Gauges Community Interest for Expansion to Bitcoin Layer 2 Spiderchain
15.11.2024
The potential deployment on a Bitcoin layer-2 by the largest DeFi lending protocol highlights the appetite for harnessing the original blockchain for purposes that are commonplace elsewhere in the crypto ecosystem
The Protocol: Reinvent Ethererum, and Just Don't Break Bitcoin
13.11.2024
In founding editor Bradley Keoun's last issue of The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain technology, we're covering Trump's DOGE whistle and the slew of announcements from the big Ethereum conference Devcon in Bangkok
Blockchain Analyzer 'Bubblemaps' Adds AI to Help Identify Insider-Controlled Tokens
13.11.2024
The app's new update seeks to boost transparency in the market by exposing token ownership patterns that may indicate centralization or manipulation
Ethereum Developer Consensys Plots Token Issuance in Sign of Trump Thaw
13.11.2024
The long-anticipated LINEA token comes as the next U.S. president is expected to usher in a more favorable regulatory environment for cryptocurrency
Ethereum Pioneer's New 'Time Machine' Makes Transactions Conditional on Future Events
13.11.2024
The new platform, called the “Ethereum time machine,” extends Ethereum’s programming capabilities by allowing smart contracts to execute transactions based on uncertain or not-guaranteed future events
Ethereum Layer-2 Project Starknet to Roll Out Staking Feature Later This Month
12.11.2024
StarkWare, the main developer firm behind Starknet, had shared in July that it would introduce a proposal for staking on the blockchain, but had not previously fixed the date of the rollout
Ethereum Researcher Justin Drake Introduces 'Beam Chain,' a Total Redesign of the Network's Consensus Layer
12.11.2024
The Beam Chain groups a number of big-ticket upgrades, including zero-knowledge support and fast finality, into a single Ethereum upgrade
Espresso, Project for Composability Between Blockchains, Pushes Main Product Live
11.11.2024
According to the team, the confirmation layer will be a critical piece of infrastructure for composability among layer-2 rollups, allowing for two networks to read and trust each other's blocks of transaction data
Nansen Expands to Bitcoin Layer 2, Will Provide Analytics for Bitlayer
11.11.2024
Nansen aims to pave the way for more efficient decision-making in the Bitcoin layer 2s empowered by the deeper insights its data and analytics provide
Ethereum's ENS Identity System Set to Launch Own Layer-2 Blockchain
11.11.2024
Namechain, as the layer-2 blockcain is called, will use a zero-knowledge rollup for scaling and is likely to go live around the end of 2025
Ethereum Foundation's Treasury Shrunk 39% Over 2 1/2 Years to $970M
8.11.2024
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