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TRAC and TAP Protocol: An Innovative Bitcoin Layer One Solution
12.10.2024
Until recently, the Bitcoin ecosystem hasn’t seen much development. Now it is rapidly evolving, with numerous projects aiming to enhance Bitcoin’s scalability and functionality. In this early stage, there are many methods being tried out to expand Bitcoin’s rather limited capabilities from...
What Is the Fantom Crypto Sonic Upgrade?
7.10.2024
This piece is a guest post by Blocmates. Blocmates is an invaluable crypto news and educational resource that offers clarity in the often complicated and jargon-filled crypto space. In this article, which was originally published in Q1 2024, writer Gaz of Blocmates thoroughly examines...
Ethereum’s Battle Continues: Coinshares Reports Outflows Persist as Market Recovers
16.9.2024
The latest flows report from Coinshares, led by its top market analyst James Butterfill, uncovers a strong recovery in digital asset investments, hitting a total of $436 million. The report emphasizes bitcoin as the frontrunner, while ethereum is still facing challenges with continued outflows....
Starkware to Launch ‘Cairo Verifier’ for Improved Layer 3 Scalability
10.2.2024
Starkware, in a collaboration with Herodotus Dev, is poised to launch the ‘Cairo Verifier,’ a system designed to verify cryptographic proofs on Starknet’s Layer two. This innovation aims to circumvent the Ethereum mainnet, offering a solution to the comparatively costly and slow...
Solana Faces First Outage of the Year; Engineers Deploy Fix as SOL Dips 3%
6.2.2024
The Solana layer one (L1) blockchain is currently experiencing a service disruption, with the Solana Status website revealing that engineers are actively probing the cause. Validators on mainnet have received instructions to implement an upgrade to version 1.17.20 and to initiate a system reboot....
Is Celestia About to Crash? TIA Price Drops 10% as Bitcoin Minetrix Surpasses $10 Million Milestone
1.2.2024
Celestia has barely moved in the past 24 hours, with the TIA price standing at $16.66 as the wider market suffers a 1% loss. TIA remains up by 8% in a week and by 23% in a month, with the layer-one token down by 17% since hitting an all-time high of $20.16 a couple of […]
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Is It Too Late to Buy Sui? SUI Price Pumps Up 43% as Meme Kombat Approaches Exchange Listings
30.1.2024
The SUI price has jumped by 11% in the past 24 hours, rising to $1.62 as the cryptocurrency market as a whole rises by 2% today. SUI has now risen by 52% in the past week and by 95% in the last 30 days, with the layer-one utility token benefitting from the rapid growth of […]
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Smart Contract Tokens Solana and Avalanche Surge, Closing in on BNB and Ethereum
20.12.2023
Recently, the smart contract platform tokens solana (SOL) and avalanche (AVAX), both considered layer one (L1) crypto assets, have been narrowing the gap with ethereum (ETH), the most prominent smart contract platform in terms of market valuation. Over the past month, solana has experienced a...
Dydx Chain Unveils Network Fee Distribution and USDC Trading Fee Allocation
27.10.2023
The Dydx chain, a proof-of-stake blockchain network, has successfully launched its mainnet and introduced dydx as its layer one (L1) token. On October 26, at 1 p.m. EDT, the network’s validators created the first block, signifying the start of a new era for the Dydx chain. The introduction of dydx...
The Scalability Solution: Understanding Layer One vs. Layer Two Blockchains
28.9.2023
Layer one (L1) and layer two (L2) blockchains offer different approaches to scaling distributed ledger networks. While developers of L1 blockchains focus on improving the base protocol, L2 programmers have moved transactions off-chain to enable faster and cheaper transactions. What Are Layer...
AirDAO – The First DAO governened layer one blockchain
21.9.2023
AirDAO is a decentralized community-driven layer one blockchain dApp that offers an easy-to-use, fast, and secure ecosystem with low transaction costs. It represents a decentralized DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) and brings Web3 benefits to a global audience with an array of powerful...
What Are Rollups? Ethereum’s Main Scaling Solution Examined
20.9.2023
Rollups are structures that have been designed as a way of scaling Ethereum’s capacity to process transactions and data. They group a bunch of tasks and compute them offchain, only posting the result of these transactions to Ethereum, allowing more data to be piled up on L1 (layer one)....
VC Darling Crypto Sui Makes Waves With Market Debut, Price Sinks 37% From All-Time High
5.5.2023
A buzz has been generated around a new layer one (L1) proof-of-stake blockchain initiative named Sui, following the network’s mainnet debut on May 3, 2023. The native token SUI has been listed on various cryptocurrency exchanges, drawing attention to the project. On the same day the network...
Crypto Asset Aptos Soars to All-Time High, Increasing 391% in 30 Days
27.1.2023
During the past 30 days, the layer one blockchain asset aptos (APT) has risen 391.8% against the U.S. dollar. In the past seven days, Aptos has increased 123.7% after reaching an all-time high of $19.92 per unit on Jan. 26, 2023. The Role of Decentralized Finance, Infrastructure Support, and NFTs...
Ava Labs Partners With Amazon Web Services to Accelerate Blockchain Adoption, AVAX Jumps 16%
11.1.2023
Ava Labs, the team behind the layer one (L1) smart contract platform network Avalanche, has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS), according to an announcement made on Jan. 11, 2023. Founder and CEO of Ava Labs, Emin Gün Sirer, said the collaboration was a “big deal” and,...
MEXC launches $20M ecosystem fund to support Sei Network
4.1.2023
Sei Network previously raised $5 million in funding in August 2022
Stats Show Ethereum Transaction Fees Have Remained Under $5 During the Last 175 Days
10.12.2022
Fees tied to the Ethereum network have been under the $5 region per transaction during the last 175 days, according to statistics. Metrics show that on Dec. 10, 2022, the average ethereum transfer is around 0.0023 ether or $2.87 while the median-sized gas fee is around 0.00097 ether or $1.23...
Proof-of-Stake L1 Blockchain Token Aptos Climbs Close to 20% Higher in 24 Hours
22.10.2022
Five days ago, the Aptos blockchain went live after the project received an influx of capital from venture capital (VC) firms and crypto exchanges like a16z, Binance, and FTX. During the past 24 hours, aptos (APT) is up more than 19% against the U.S. dollar and up 11.1% against bitcoin’s...
VC-Backed Blockchain Project Aptos Reveals Protocol’s ‘Mainnet Has Arrived’
18.10.2022
A new layer one blockchain network called Aptos announced the launch of its mainnet on Monday, following a slew of capital injections from a number of venture capital (VC) firms. The blockchain protocol, crafted with a Rust-centric programming language dubbed Move, is backed by VC companies such...
Ethereum’s Average Gas Fee Jumps More Than 80% Higher Nearing $5 per Transfer
11.10.2022
26 days ago, Ethereum transitioned from a proof-of-work (PoW) network to a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain and after the change, the network’s fees remained low. This week, however, Ethereum’s gas fees have increased as data from October 10 shows the average fee tapped a high of $4.75...