Layer 2s

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Bitcoin Project BOB Maps Out How the Original Blockchain Could Take Over DeFi

6 months ago bitnews

"If Bitcoin breaks, then so does our industry as a whole, so we might as well use Bitcoin security for...

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Ethereum’s Changing Landscape

7 months ago bitnews

For investors, ETH’s future depends on how Ethereum balances innovation with maintaining healthy economic policy, says Matthew Kimmel, digital asset...

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‘Only a Small Number Can Survive’ – Galaxy Digital Issues Warning to Bitcoin Layer-2s Amid Scarce Blockspace

9 months ago bitnews

Crypto investment firm Galaxy Digital is issuing a warning, saying that Bitcoin (BTC) layer-2s are in danger of potentially losing...

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It’s a Different Sort of Olympics as Cryptographers Face Off in Polyhedra’s ‘Proof Arena’

9 months ago bitnews

Source: CoinDesk

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Bitcoin Layer 2 Rootstock Verifies Zero-Knowledge SNARK

9 months ago bitnews

Rootstock verified the SNARK using BitVMX, which is Rootstock's modified version of BitVMSource: CoinDesk

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Bitcoin Layer-2 Chain Bitlayer Raises $11M Led by ETF Issuer Franklin Templeton

9 months ago bitnews

Bitlayer's layer 2 is based on the BitVM paradigm, which was unveiled last October and laid out a path for...

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Polygon’s New ZK Proving System, ‘Plonky3,’ Comes as Open-Source Toolkit

9 months ago bitnews

Proving systems are a crucial component at the heart of blockchain ecosystems, allowing secondary "rollup" networks to confirm transactions on...

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Ethereum’s future hinges on interoperable layer-2s

10 months ago bitnews

Ethereum layer-2 fragmentation may require a ZKP fix in the future, but interoperable L2s are the surest fix in the...

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Blockchain Startup Rome Raises $9M to Serve Ethereum Layer-2s Through Solana

10 months ago bitnews

Shared sequencers and data availability (DA) are services that Rome could provide, as blockchain builders increasingly rely on "modular" networks...

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Tezos, Smart-Contract Blockchain of ICO Fame, Reveals Roadmap to Rejuvenate

10 months ago bitnews

The decade-old blockchain's development plan, which goes out through 2026, calls for splitting off transaction execution into a separate "canonical...