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L2 Scaling Challenges May Undermine Ethereum and Bitcoin’s Long-Term Security

Ethereum and Bitcoin, two of the world’s largest blockchains, are facing significant challenges in scaling their networks. As more users and transactions move to layer two (L2) solutions, these systems…

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Bitcoin L2 and Sidechain Networks Surge to $1.31 Billion in Locked Value

This year, Bitcoin layer two (L2) solutions and sidechains have gained incredible traction, with the top ten Bitcoin-based sidechains or L2 protocols now controlling a combined $1.31 billion in total…

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Lightning Network Protocol Stacks Completes Nakamoto Upgrade With Defi Features

The Bitcoin Lightning Network’s Stacks protocol has completed its Nakamoto upgrade, finalizing a series of enhancements that began in April 2024. This latest phase, delivered on August 28, 2024, introduces…

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Predicts Payments Will Be Crypto’s Next Big Boom

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong reflects on the past decade of the cryptocurrency industry, highlighting his initial expectation that payments would be the primary application for crypto. Instead, trading became the…

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Vitalik Buterin Outlines Improvements for Ethereum’s Decentralized Future

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed several enhancements aimed at improving the network’s permissionlessness and decentralization. The proposed changes focus on tackling issues such as miner extractable value (MEV), hardware…

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Hybrid L2 Build on Bitcoin Launches Mainnet; US Users Face Geo-Blocking

The layer-two initiative known as BOB, short for ‘Build on Bitcoin,’ has declared its mainnet operational with over 40 apps launching in the initial phase. Notably, the BOB application that…

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Stacks Launches Nakamoto Upgrade to Enhance Bitcoin L2 Functionality

Stacks has initiated the rollout of its Nakamoto upgrade introducing improvements to its Bitcoin layer two (L2) solution. The upgrade aims to bolster transaction speed and security, potentially revitalizing interest…

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Vitalik Buterin Explores Blobs and Parallelization in L2 Rollup Analysis

In a recent deep dive into Ethereum’s future scalability and infrastructure, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin discusses the latest introduction of blobs and their significant role in the evolution of layer…

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