Optimistic Rollups
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What’s Governance Worth? Ethereum Scaling Tokens Say Billions
Some investors question whether rollup tokens use-cases justify their valuations
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Coinbase Jumps Into Ethereum Scaling Race With New Rollup
Exchange Giant Challenges Arbitrum and Other Layer 2s With Own Blockchain
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zkSync Counters Polygon With 'Mainnet' Rollup
Layer 2s Escalate Battle to Rule Ethereum Scaling Solutions
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Layer 2 Gas Usage Up 170% in 2022 as Adoption Surges
Arbitrum Continues to Lead Sector After Nitro Upgrade and OpenSea Integration
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Arbitrum Co-Founder Says Ability to Process Transactions is Finite
Ethereum is Congested – What Happens When the Release Valve Gets Clogged as Well?
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Optimism and Arbitrum Storm DeFi Rankings
Layer 2s Rank No. 4 and No. 6 by Total Value Locked
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Arbitrum To Launch Nitro Upgrade on August 31
Nitro is a major upgrade for Arbitrum expected to enable faster transactions and lower fees.
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Synapse to Roll Out Blockchain as Part of Major Upgrade
Synapse plans to launch an optimistic rollup network that will serve as an execution layer for smart contract-enabled transactions
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Optimism Targets ‘Ethereum Equivalence’ With New L2 Upgrade
Ethereum scaling solution Optimism today announced Bedrock, an upgrade that improves speeds and cuts costs for those that trade on the L2. Optimism is a rollup: a Layer 2 scaling solution that batches transactions on another blockchain, then feeds them back to Ethereum as a single transaction. Rollups enjoy the security of Ethereum’s mainnet while…
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EY And Polygon Unveil ZK and Optimistic Rollup Hybrid
Accounting firm Ernst & Young and Ethereum scaling company Polygon has launched the mainnet beta of its rollup for businesses, Nightfall. Ernst & Young (EY), one of the ‘Big Four’ financial services behemoths, started work on Nightfall in 2019 to make its customers’ Ethereum transactions private. But the company was so swamped by Ethereum’s high…
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Metis Joins Ethereum Layer 2 Race With $100M Ecosystem Fund
Metis is joining the fray, where Arbitrum and Optimism have so far ruled. The project is set to launch its mainnet the week of Nov. 15 and is also launching a $100M fund, which Metis describes as a “decentralized autonomous company” (DAC), called Genesi, to support projects which join its ecosystem.