Ethereum scaling solution Polygon plans to continue hiring despite the bear market and choppy macro conditions, it said this week. This will include plans to increase its overall headcount by over 40...
Tag: Layer 2s and Scaling
Why The Merge won’t solve Ethereum’s scaling challenges
Ethereum’s pivot from proof of work to proof of stake is imminent. But despite common belief, the event, known as The Merge, will not solve the network’s scalability challenges. This pivot, schedule...
How The Merge Impacts Rollups and Bridges
September 1, 2022, 1:20PM EDT • 8 min read Quick Take In this bi-weekly series, we look into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 2 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and b...
1inch announces 300,000 OP token airdrop for users on Optimism
Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch has announced it will give out a retrospective airdrop of 300,000 OP tokens to 1inch wallet users on the Optimism network — an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution...
State of Scaling Issue 3: Polygon, Scroll and zkEVM
August 23, 2022, 10:23AM EDT • 15 min read Quick Take In this bi-weekly series, we look into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 2 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and b...
Scaling Bitcoin: Liquid
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State of Scaling Issue 2: StarkEx and StarkNet
August 4, 2022, 12:31PM EDT • 19 min read Quick Take In this bi-weekly series, we look into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 2 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and br...
Scaling Bitcoin: Stacks
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State of Scaling Issue 1: dYdX, Arbitrum, Optimism
July 21, 2022, 1:19PM EDT • 15 min read Quick Take In this new bi-weekly series, we look into some of the most interesting data and developments across the Layer 2 blockchain landscape, from DeFi and ...
Scaling Bitcoin: RSK
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