Layer 2s


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Blockchain Startup Kinto Plans 'First KYC'd' Ethereum Layer-2 Network After Raising $5M

Ethereum layer 2 Kinto network features native know-your-customer (KYC) checks and investor accreditation mechanism to help onboard regulated financial institutions.

Ramon Recuero, Kinto CEO and co-founder (Kinto)

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Starknet Foundation Showers STRK Tokens on Contributors, Though They're Not Trading Yet

The foundation, formed in November 2022 after the initial developer StarkWare minted 10 billion STRK tokens, is now awarding early contributors to the Ethereum layer-2 network – even though they're locked for trading at least until next April.

Headshot of Starknet Foundation CEO Diego Oliva

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Ethereum's New Low-Fee Regime May Put Its 'Ultra Sound Money' Thesis to Test

The Ethereum network's revenue from fees dropped to its lowest level since April 2020 as speculative activity disappeared and users migrated to layer 2s, IntoTheBlock said.

Ethereum network fees (IntoTheBlock)

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Namesake of Ethereum's 'Danksharding' Says 'Data Availability' Too Confusing a Term

The Ethereum Foundation's Dankrad Feist says he thinks a lot of people are stumped by the term "data availability," even as the concept gains momentum in blockchain tech circles.

Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, namesake for "proto-danksharding," a major component of Ethereum's upcoming "Dencun" upgrade. (Bradley Keoun)

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Ethereum Handled Friend.tech Frenzy Without 'Gas Fee' Spike. Why That’s a Big Deal

Friend.tech, Crypto's latest fad, didn't drive up congestion and fees on Ethereum the way frenzies have in the past – possibly a sign that the blockchain's efforts to scale by fostering supplemental "layer-2" networks, like Coinbase's new Base, are bearing fruit.

Even as ETFs capture attention, Jan van Eck is focused on gas fees. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk.)

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The Protocol: Coinbase Blockchain's Viral Use Case Puts Focus on Optimism's Tech

The week in blockchain tech: Crypto-fueled social marketplace Friend.tech goes viral on Coinbase's new Base blockchain, Shiba Inu community's "Shibarium" network aims for fresh start, and Ethereum experts handicap the competition between leading technologies for layer-2 networks.

Chart shows surge in buyers on Base's Friend.tech app after the project announced it had received an investment earlier this year from the crypto-focused venture capital firm Paradigm. (Messari/Dune)

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The Protocol: Blockchains Keep Launching, From Sei to Shibarium

The week in blockchain tech: Two much-hyped networks debut, though the launches weren't quite as smooth as organizers might have hoped. ALSO: What is restaking? (Answer: it's the blockchain security trend you didn't know you needed to know about.)

Shiba Inu Doge dog (Getty Images)

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The Protocol: Coinbase Launches Own Blockchain as Sleuths Scour PayPal's Stablecoin Software

We're covering Coinbase's launch of "Base," a layer-2 network atop Ethereum, along with the crypto community's reaction to PayPal's new stablecoin and the brouhaha over Matter Labs' use of Polygon-crafted open-source software.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

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Coinbase Exec: ‘Não há manual’ para empresa pública lançar blockchain

Enquanto a Coinbase, a grande exchange de Cripto dos EUA, planeja lançar seu novo blockchain Base na quarta-feira, a CoinDesk entrevistou Jesse Pollak, chefe de protocolos da Coinbase, que está liderando o esforço. Aqui está uma versão extraída.

Jesse Pollak, head of protocols at Coinbase (CoinDesk TV)

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Coinbase Exec: «Немає ігор» для публічної компанії, що запускає блокчейн

Оскільки Coinbase, велика Крипто США, планує запустити свій новий блокчейн Base у середу, CoinDesk опитав Джессі Поллака, керівника відділу протоколів Coinbase, який керує цими зусиллями. Ось уривок версії.

Jesse Pollak, head of protocols at Coinbase (CoinDesk TV)