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The Protocol: Blockchain Tech Predictions for 2024, Er… Best Guesses
20.12.2023
Why not try? At least? Check out The Protocol's FIRST ANNUAL list of blockchain tech predictions for the coming year. ALSO: Ledger hack sows DeFi discord while Ordinals "NFTs on Bitcoin" activity produces Bitcoin fee spike and a lucrative surprise at Sotheby's
Celestia Rival Avail Inks Agreement With Starkware as Blockchain Data Race Heats Up
20.12.2023
Avail's new "data availability" solution, currently in testing, and Madara, which is Starkware's sequencer, are both expected to go live in early 2024. They might be used in conjunction to create new application chains or "appchains."
Lido Tests of 'Distributed Validator Technology' Portend 2024 Decentralization Push
20.12.2023
A big selling point of blockchain networks is that they are "decentralized." But just a few validators, including those run by Lido, have gradually amassed a lion's share of the power over the dominant smat-contracts blockchain, Ethereum. One idea is to decentralize the validators themselves
Shiba Inu Could Soon Offer SHIB Holders a '.shib' Internet Domain
19.12.2023
The team is working with Web3 domains player D3 to apply for and win the “.shib” internet domain as part of a broader push toward a decentralized identity project
Elastos Looks to Capture BTC Staking Demand With Bitcoin Layer 2 Offering
19.12.2023
The platform is developing Bitcoin tools as the applications built on the network catch favor with investors
Zcash Creator Zooko Wilcox to Step Down as CEO of Electric Coin
19.12.2023
  Zooko Wilcox, the creator of the privacy-oriented blockchain network Zcash, is stepping down as CEO of Electric Coin Co., the primary developer behind Zcash. Wilcox has served as the project’s leader since its creation in 2015. The decision was made by the Board of Directors, which...
Access to Binance's Law Enforcement Request Panel Is for Sale for $10K
19.12.2023
Binance uses a third-party service called Kodex to validate law enforcement requests
Zcash Developer Electric Coin CEO Zooko Wilcox Steps Down, Swihart Named to Role
18.12.2023
Ethereum Smart Contract Framework Updated to Combat Security Concerns
18.12.2023
Ethereum sees significant exchange outflows as investors potentially eye long-term holds. Image by Dennis, Adobe Stock. Ethereum is one of the most widely used blockchain networks globally. Recent findings from CoinMarketCap show that Ethereum has the highest number of total developers, accounting...
Metis, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Creates $100M Fund as Decentralized Sequencer Launch Nears
18.12.2023
The distribution of funds is planned for the first quarter of 2024, and supposed to occur a week after Metis' decentralized sequencer will go live
Polygon Stops Work on 'Edge,' Used to Build Dogechain, as Focus Turns to ZK
15.12.2023
Polygon Labs, a developer of scaling networks for Ethereum, has shifted toward "Polygon CDK," a blockchain-development kit powered by zero-knowledge cryptography. The older "Polygon Edge" was used by Dogechain, in an unofficial effort to build a Dogecoin-oriented smart-contracts network
Arbitrum Hit by 'Partial Outage' Due to Traffic Surge
15.12.2023
The layer-2 blockchain stopped working as intended Friday morning
'Bitcoin NFT' Hysteria Comes to Sotheby's as Super-Mario-Style Mushroom Character Tops $200K
14.12.2023
In the historic auction house's first-ever sale of the Ordinals inscriptions known as "NFTs on Bitcoin," a batch of three pixelated images from a mushroom-themed collection drew about $450,000, or roughly five times the highest estimates
Chainlink Data Feeds Available on Polygon zkEVM
14.12.2023
Developers building on Polygon’s zkEVM will be able to incorporate these data feeds into their on-chain applications
Arbitrum Throws Hat In Ring for Celo's Migration to Layer-2 Blockchain
14.12.2023
Celo originally planned to build its Ethereum layer-2 network with Optimism's OP Stack. Then Polygon and Matter Labs pitched their stacks. Now, Arbitrum, the biggest layer-2, wants in on the bake-off
Cronos, Partner of Crypto.com, to Start Layer 2 Network With Matter Labs
14.12.2023
The new "Cronos zkEVM chain" is launching initially as a test network, based on Matter Labs’ software tools, which can be used to spin up new layer 2 and layer 3 “hyperchains” atop Ethereum
Protocol Village: Immutable zkEVM Will Allow Developers to 'Abstract' Transaction Fees
13.12.2023
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Dec 14-Dec. 20, with live updates throughout
Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
13.12.2023
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain
The Protocol: Crypto Spring Is Airdrop Season With Tokens From Starknet, LayerZero
13.12.2023
In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we're covering Worldcoin's latest update, airdrop season, the new Bitcoin wallet from Jack Dorsey's company and the "data availability" network Celestia's market-moving plan to plug into Polygon's blockchain development kit
Sam Altman's Retina-Scanning Orb to Become More Useful with World ID 2.0
13.12.2023
Shopify, Minecraft, and Reddit will begin using World ID to identify some users