Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #11
Welcome to the latest edition of the Layer 2 Weekly Roundup. Every week, this newsletter covers the latest and most important updates from across Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem.
Catch up on the previous edition HERE
Ecosystem Highlights
@0xPolygon - Have launched the beta version of the Starbucks Odyssey campaign, which is now accessible to early campaign participants.
@EspressoSys - Recently launched their latest product “CAPE”, which is a smart contract application that enables digital asset creators to configure who can see data regarding their own asset transfers.
@blockworksres - Published a new Dune Analytics dashboard that compares both Optimism and Arbitrum across multiple KPIs.
@illuviumio - Will be launching their Overworld Beta on December 12th, which will be accessible to whitelisted community members, live on Immutable X.
@Immutable - Have partnered with MoonPay to make it possible for users to mint and own their own digital assets using their credit card, by utilising the new NFT checkout feature.
@RampNetwork - Have integrated their off-ramp with Arbitrum, which enables developers to implement the Ramp Network features with their own DApps.
@Orbiter_Finance - Have enabled bridging functionality between multiple Layer 2 scaling solutions, such as Arbitrum, Optimism, zkSync, and Polygon PoS.
@rainbowdotme - Have announced the introduction of cross-Rollup bridging for their popular mobile wallet, starting with Optimism, Arbitrum, and Polygon PoS.
L2 Protocol Highlights
@0xPolygon - Introduce their plans to roll out a new parallel EVM engine in 2023 that aims to drastically increase gas throughput on the PoS chain.
@OptimismFND - Officially announce their latest round of Retroactive Public Goods Funding, which means that they will be distributing 10 million OP tokens in February to projects that provide valuable public goods on the Optimism network.
@arbitrum - Have released a new Nitro node version v2.0.9, which includes support for consensus v10, and also adds support for running a validator without archive mode.
@aztecnetwork - Will soon deploy a new upgrade for Aztec Connect, that will improve the security and efficiency of their Rollup contract significantly.
@taikoxyz - Published their latest community update in blog format, which sheds some light on what they have been working on over the past few weeks.
@aztecnetwork - Have introduced three new grant proposals that aim to introduce new infrastructure to help bring privacy to NFTs on Ethereum.
@StarkWareLtd - Have upgraded the StarkNet testnet to v0.10.3, which includes a variety of performance upgrades, as well as the removal of the deprecated deploy transactions.
Media - Twitter Spaces & Podcasts
@fuellabs - Co-Founder John Adler recently appeared on the Bankless podcast to discuss why modular blockchains will play a key role in the future of Ethereum’s scalability roadmap.
@zkSync - Head of Engineering, Anthony Rose, was recently interviewed by the DAO times to unpack how zkSync is advancing Ethereum scalability.
@zkSync - Core team members, Anthony Rose and Ramon, hosted their most recent community Q&A to discuss everything going on around the zkSync ecosystem.
@arbitrum - Recently hosted a Twitter Spaces with Trader Joe to discuss their recent migration into the Arbitrum ecosystem.
@SwayLang - Have published their second podcast episode, this week hosting Poolshark Labs, and discussing how users can use and interact with the project.
Layer 2 Focused Events
@StarkNetCC - Have published the full list of the 27 submissions that were entered in this years StarkNetCC Hackathon during ETHIndia.
@z_prize - Recently announced the winning submissions from their inaugural ZPrize competition.
Interesting Articles
@1729entropy - Breaks down the core differences between Zero Knowledge Proofs, Fully Homomorphic Encryption and Multi Part Computation.
@fuellabs - Published a new article that explores their updated vision for scaling Ethereum using a modular execution layer.
@barnabemonnot - Published a fantastic article that focuses primarily on Rollup economics, and highlights how best to capture “Rollup exhaust” which is set to be a major topic in 2023.
Interesting Tweets
Industry Thought Leaders
This newsletter is for educational purposes only, and should never in any way be considered as financial or investment advice.
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