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Tech

NEAR Blockchain Gets Major Upgrade to Add 'Stateless Validation'

The upgrade, known as "Nightshade 2.0," has been on the NEAR roadmap for years, with the first version introduced in 2022.

NEAR Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin (CoinDesk/The Protocol podcast)

Opinion

Bitcoin’s Lack of Layer 2s Is a Blessing in Disguise

The unscalable blockchain par excellence can help fix crypto's longstanding scalability problem. The solution is to build a network where base and scaling layers are indistinguishable.

Layer 2s with native tokens and blockchain bridges might introduce more problems than they fix as blockchain scaling solutions, Trust Machine's Rena Shah argues. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum’s Buterin Releases Roadmap Addressing Scaling, Privacy, Wallet Security

In his blog post, Buterin says the network needs to address these components simultaneously; otherwise the blockchain could fail.

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

Opinion

As Bitcoin Scales, We Need Better Custodial Solutions

If Bitcoin is going to scale through layer 2s, then we need more options and more clarity around the trade-offs between the different ways to use the cryptocurrency.

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Tech

Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction

The release of Polygon’s zkEVM comes just days after competitor Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era.

Sandeep Nailwal, cofundador de Polygon. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

Matter Labs Opens zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum

After zkSync Era was launched only for developers last month, the project took the additional step Friday of opening to general users. The latest push comes just days ahead of the rival Polygon system’s planned rollout Monday of its own “zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine.”

Citrea says its zero-knowledge rollup will help expand Bitcoin's ability to accommodate NFTs and DeFi. (Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Let’s Talk About Crypto Protocol Layers and Why Investors Must Examine Them

They’re the overflow rooms for the bustling Bitcoin and Ethereum ecosystems.

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Finance

StarkWare Partnering With Chainlink for StarkNet Growth

The provider of blockchain scaling products will integrate the data provider’s price feeds.

StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny (left) and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)

Opinion

Solana vs. Polygon: A Developer’s Perspective

A look at the scalability, security and performance of two of the most popular smart contract blockchains, written by someone who has built on both and chose Solana for an upcoming wallet app.

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Tech

Ethereum’s 2022 in Review: The Merge, MEV and Mayhem

Ethereum’s year was marked by reductions to energy costs and improved scalability, but it was also racked by hacks and “censorship.”

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