Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #17
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
@graphprotocol - Announced that they are expanding the MIPs program to support both the Arbitrum and Optimism networks.
@parasiq_net - Has added support for the Arbitrum network, enabling both users and developers to access real-time and historical blockchain data.
@QuickNode - Published a detailed guide that teaches developers how to deploy smart contracts on Arbitrum Nova.
@OptimismFND - Have announced the opening of RetroPGF Round 2, enabling community members to put forward projects that have provided a public good to the Optimism Collective.
L2 Protocol Highlights
@StarkWareLtd - Published a new blog post that explores how StarkWare uses STARKs to help boost blockchain adoption.
@PrivacyScaling - Have announced the upgraded version of MACI (V1.1.1), which introduces a number of new upgrades including topping up credits and pairwise subsidy.
@zksync - Have released a new SDK in Swift that aims to bring more developers to zkSync 2.0 by supporting a wider set of platforms and use cases.
@aztecnetwork - Have launched a new local dev environment for developers building on Aztec Connect. This developer testnet allows builders to run their own fork of Ethereum mainnet on their own machine, granting more control, higher configurability, and much faster testing cycles.
Media - Twitter Spaces & Podcasts
@OptimismFND - Hosted another episode of OP Radio, this time hosting the Tally Ho team to talk about their community owned Web3 wallet.
@SuperteamDAO - Hosted a friendly debate between Toghrul Maharramov (Scroll) and Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana) to discuss a number of topics such as decentralization, economic security, trustless bridges, and L3s.
@arbitrum - Hosted a Twitter Spaces with Celer Network to explore cross-layer communications.
@BanklessHQ - Hosted Karel Vuong (Treasure DAO), Diego Vidaurre (The Beacon), and @coinflipcanada (GMX) to discuss L2s, gaming, and NFTs on Arbitrum.
Layer 2 Events
@zeroknowledgefm - Announced that the 9th zkSummit will take place on April 4th in Lisbon.
@easya_app - Are hosting a 36 hour hackathon in collaboration with Immutable X to help provide in-person support to developers looking to build on Immutable.
@matchbxdao - Will be co-hosting a hackathon alongside the Mask Network to help build out the next generation of creator collaboration networks.
@StarkWareLtd - Have released the official agenda for the upcoming StarkWare Session held in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Interesting Articles
@ConsenSys - Launch the gnark guide to help Ethereum developers write zkSNARKS in Go.
@AndyGuzmanEth - From the Privacy Scaling Explorations group published a blog post that explores the current state of zero-knowledge applications in Ethereum.
Interesting Tweets
Industry Thought Leaders
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