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Is Immutable Going to Zero? IMX Price Takes a Dive as Budding Mining Coin Surpasses $4,000,000 Milestone
15.11.2023
Promising layer-2 scaling solution ImmutableX has once again entered minor localized retracement following the latest rally push, with IMX price trading high, and a new Bitcoin cloud mining cryptocurrency has exploded to $4m raised in presale. The sudden downtick in price action has left...
Former Polygon Labs President Joins Rival Solution Optimism as Growth Chief
14.11.2023
Ryan Wyatt Source: LinkedIn Renowned Ethereum Layer 2 scaling protocol Optimism has snagged Ryan Wyatt, the former president of Polygon Labs, as its Chief Growth Officer. Let's keep it short & sweet My next chapter begins today as Chief Growth Officercontributing to the Optimism Collective!...
Polygon Labs Launches $85 Million Developer Fund to Attract Web3 Talent
9.11.2023
Polygon Labs launches major funding to draw blockchain developers. Image by akif, Adobe Stock. On Thursday, Ethereum scaling solution Polygon Labs announced the launch of an $85 million grant program with the goal of attracting top Web3 talent to build on its network. The initiative will provide...
Is ImmutableX Going to Zero? IMX Price Drops Suddenly as Rising Crypto Gem Secures $1.3 Million
7.11.2023
Leading layer-2 scaling solution ImmutableX (IMX) has entered major retracement, as IMX price drops suddenly following a skyrocketing price move yesterday, but with panicked IMX holders asking ‘Is ImmutableX Going to Zero?’ – could this emerging crypto gem offer better returns?...
Smart Contract Platform Tokens Command 26% of Crypto Economy Amidst Market Gains
5.11.2023
It’s been a strong week for smart contract platform tokens, with the top ten performers all notching growth against the U.S. dollar. The rise ranged from ethereum’s (ETH) 4.2% jump to solana’s (SOL) 32.5% surge. The smart contract coin sector witnessed 32 crypto assets...
Games Backed by Disney, Alibaba, Google, Square Enix Will Build on Immutable zkEVM, ‘Blockchain Gaming to Become Synonymous with Gaming’
2.11.2023
Three new upcoming games from Australia and Asia-based teams have committed to building on Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proof-based scaling rollup Immutable zkEVM. In an interview with Cryptonews, Michael Powell, Product Marketing Lead at Web3 gaming platform Immutable, discussed the relevance of ZK...
The ultimate Polygon CDK guide for Sovereign L2 Scaling
2.11.2023
Polygon Labs recently released a full-fledged guide on Polygon CDK sovereign L2 scaling. The guide was shared on the official X/Twitter channel of Polygon. The tweet stated how the Polygon Chain Development Kit allows developers to design and release Zk L2s on Ethereum. Now, Polygon is trying...
Vitalik Buterin Foresees Diverse Scaling Strategies for Ethereum L2 Solutions
31.10.2023
Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has released a comprehensive analysis that delves deep into the intricate world of Layer 2 (L2) solutions on the blockchain. Different types of layer 2shttps://t.co/ry4VTtWhJ1 — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) October 31, 2023 In a chain analysis...
Ethereum layer 2’s will continue to have diverse approaches to scaling - Vitalik Buterin
31.10.2023
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin pens an analysis of Ethereum’s layer 2 ecosystem, highlighting the diverse approaches to scaling the smart contract blockchain
L2 Scaling Solution Polygon Rolls Out POL Smart Contract on Ethereum Mainnet
26.10.2023
Polygon Labs, makers of the Polygon network, has announced the rollout of its much anticipated POL smart contract token on the Ethereum mainnet. The Polygon team shared this exciting development on X (formerly Twitter), explaining that the new token upgrade is intended to replace the age-old MATIC...
Lightning Network Developer States Disclosed Vulnerability Is Not an ‘Intentional Backdoor,’ Calls for Responsible Journalism
25.10.2023
Antoine Riard, a security researcher and developer who exposed a vulnerability in the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s scaling layer, has clarified this vulnerability is not an “intentional backdoor,” addressing statements made on social media. Riard stressed the problem had been...
Lightning Network Developer Warns About Major Vulnerability, Abandons Security Tasks
23.10.2023
Antoine Riard, a Lightning Network (LN) developer, recently disclosed a major vulnerability affecting Bitcoin’s scaling layer. This vulnerability, which was addressed with a series of mitigations, involves a “new transaction-relay jamming attack” that can affect shared funds...
Ethereum Layer-2 Scaling Solution Scroll Goes Live
17.10.2023
Scroll, an Ethereum layer 2 (L2), has announced the launch of its zkEVM mainnet, which allows developers to have increased speeds, latency, and lower fees to build decentralized applications (dApps).
According to the open letter by the L2 network blog on October 17, the launch of Scroll mainnet...
Bob Bodily, CEO of Toniq, on Scaling Bitcoin and Ordinals | Ep. 273
13.10.2023
In an exclusive interview with cryptonews.com, Bob Bodily, CEO and Co-Founder of Bioniq, talks about ways to scale Bitcoin, Ordinals marketplace wars, and Bitcoin side-chains like ICP....
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River Report: Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Grew by 1,212% in 2 Years
13.10.2023
A recent report published by River, a Bitcoin technology and financial services company, has revealed that the Lightning Network, a scaling layer for Bitcoin, has grown by 1,212% in two years. River’s estimation comes from examining operators of nodes comprising 52% of the public capacity...
BitVM’s goal is to scale Bitcoin, not be a pseudo-Ethereum, says dev
13.10.2023
Building a decentralized exchange on Bitcoin would be a “step backward,” for example, said Bitcoin developer Super Testnet
Circle Begins Native Minting of USDC Stablecoin on Layer-2 Scaling Solution Polygon
10.10.2023
Circle, the stablecoin issuer, has announced its plans to begin minting USD Coin (USDC) directly on the Polygon network.
According to a press release issued on Tuesday, USDC is now accessible to users and developers on the Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution.
This ends the bridged USDC from...
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...
Eclipse Announces Solana-Powered Ethereum Rollup
22.9.2023
Eclipse, an organization that allows for the construction of customizable rollups, has announced the architecture of its Eclipse mainnet, a Solana-powered Ethereum layer two (L2) scaling rollup. The rollup will benefit from using the Solana Virtual Machine as an execution layer, leveraging this...
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)....