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Protocol Village: Cyber, Formerly CyberConnect, Unveils Social-Focused Layer 2 on OP Stack

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 9-15.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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Protocol Village: Omni Launches Open-Source EVM Framework 'Octane' With Sub-Second Finality

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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The Protocol: From 'Node Sales' to 'Address Poisoning,' the Money's in Crypto

In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, we dive into the crypto industry's fundraising method du jour – it's all about the decentralization! PLUS: Polyhedra says its ZK prover is 2x faster than anyone else's.

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The Protocol: EigenLayer's 'Intersubjective Forking' Is Objectively Not Done

Much-hyped restaking project EigenLayer's 43-page whitepaper about its now-revealed EIGEN token has raised lots of questions. They may not matter initially, because much of the promised functionality won't be ready when the token launches.

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Protocol Village: Chainlink CCIP to Power New 'FIX-Native Blockchain Adapter' With Rapid Addition

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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The Protocol: Analyzing Runes Impact as Bitcoin Fee Bonanza Fades

Last week's Bitcoin halving came and went – just as Satoshi Nakamoto programmed it. But the big surprise was the fast uptake of Casey Rodarmor's new Runes protocol, his second big hit on the original blockchain in two years.

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Protocol Village: Alchemy Launches 'Pipelines' to Streamline How Blockchain Engineers Extract Data

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 18-24.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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The Protocol: Bitcoin Halving Spectacular, With Runes, 'Epic Sat,' Stacks Nakamoto

Unlike the last Bitcoin halving, a ho-hum affair where Covid-locked-down gawkers had little choice but to tune into livestreamed watch parties, the upcoming Bitcoin halving comes with project launches, competitions and IRL celebrations in Denver and Costa Rica.

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Protocol Village: Lido Launches 'Simple DVT Module' With Distributed Validator Technology

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17.

Scene from Protocol Village at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas.

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The Protocol: How to Engineer Harder Money, or Just Make Your Own

Bitcoin's supply growth is set to automatically drop by 50% when next week's "halving" arrives, Ethereum is pondering a cut in ETH issuance, and meme coin issuers are just no-holds-barred spinning up new ones. Blockchain tech is enabling all sorts of monetary strategies.

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