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StarkWare Unveils New 'Stwo' Cryptographic Prover That's 'Blazingly Fast'

The upgraded prover should lead to faster and cheaper transactions, according to StarkWare. The news comes just a week after StarkWare and Polygon announced Circle STARKS, a new type of cryptographic proof.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson, speaking at ETHDenver on Thursday. (Danny Nelson)

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Trading Platform Robinhood, Layer-2 Arbitrum Team Up To Offer Swaps To Users

Users of Robinhood’s self-custody wallet will have access to Arbitrum swaps in the next coming months. Arbitrum's ARB surged on the news.

Steven Goldfeder, CEO of Offchain Labs, the primary developer behind Arbitrum, speaks Thursday at ETHDenver. (Danny Nelson)

Технологии

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade

The beginning of "The Surge" era in Ethereum's roadmap sees a range of enhancements to scalability, efficiency and security. Here’s a breakdown.

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Технологии

Polygon, StarkWare Tout New 'Circle STARKs' as Breakthrough for Zero-Knowledge Proofs

Circle STARKs are supposed to accelerate the proving process for zero-knowledge rollups, according to a white paper published by Polygon Labs and StarkWare.

Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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STRK Tokens Claimed Hit 420M in a Day as On-Chain Metrics Soar

The Starknet blockchain hit a record-high 1.06 million transactions on Tuesday, with a peak of 45.2 transactions per second.

Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva

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Layer-2 Blockchain Developer StarkWare Plans ‘Cairo’ to Verify Layer-3s

The Cairo Verifier, which the StarkWare and the Herodotus developer team worked on together, is a key piece of technology that verifies proofs and posts them back to the layer-2 blockchain, instead of Ethereum’s mainnet.

Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)

Технологии

Ethereum Developers Target March 13 for Milestone 'Dencun' Upgrade on Mainnet

The timing for the long-awaited Dencun upgrade, with its much-touted "proto-danksharding" feature, was announced Thursday on a call with top developers for the Ethereum blockchain.

Ethereum (Unsplash)

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Polygon Labs Cuts 19% of Staff, 60 Roles, for 'Enhanced Performance'

The Ethereum-focused developer firm attributes the layoffs to working more effectively, rather than financial reasons.

Polygon Labs CEO Marc Boiron (Polygon Labs)

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SatoshiVM Marred by Controversy Days After SAVM Issuance

SAVM jumped several thousand percent to a market capitalization of as high as $90 million a few hours after issuance.

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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ENS Token Jumps 50% as Vitalik Buterin Hails It as 'Super Important'

The token touched the highest level since April and volume increased more than 600%.

Vitalik Buterin shares a new blog post on Ethereum's roadmap to address scaling, privacy, and wallet security. (CoinDesk)