Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #18
Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #18
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
@muxprotocol - Is now live on the Scroll Pre-Alpha testnet. MUX is a decentralized self-custodial leverage trading platform that enables optimized trading costs and deep liquidity.
@elixir_launcher - Have now integrated with Arbitrum Nova to help identify and support the best quality Web3, fun first games.
@unstoppableweb - Integrated with a number of zkSync’s wallet and checkout applications in an effort to make payments and crypto transfers as efficient as possible.
@bubblemaps - Recently deployed onto the Arbitrum network to grant users and developers access to blockchain data across the entire Arbitrum ecosystem.
@fuellabs - Awarded PlayEstates with a $150,000 grant to help drive the adoption of tokenization for real world real estate assets using the Fuel modular execution layer.
@animeragame - Has integrated with Immutable X to help scale their Sci-Fi based MMORPG to the next generation of Web3 gamers.
L2 Protocol Highlights
@StarkWareLtd - Have announced the development of a new open-source sequencer that is being purpose built by the StarkWare team to improve overall performance and decentralization.
@jon_charb - Published a detailed functional Ethereum model that includes long term roadmap items including EIP-4844, Danksharding, and Rollup data compression.
@Scroll_ZKP - Published a detailed thread on “batching”, which is one of the many new performance optimizations that was introduced in their latest testnet upgrade.
@fuellabs - Breakdown the concept of stateless Account Abstraction, and explore how AA will drastically improve UX for the next wave of crypto adopters.
@OptimismFND - Only a few days left to submit nominations for RetroPGF round 2. 10M OP will be distributed to public goods that support the development and usage of the OP stack.
@OptimismGov - Introduced a new protocol delegation program inline with the third season of Token House Governance, allowing for a more streamlined and diversified governance process.
@taikoxyz - Published their final community update for 2022 which gave a recap of the most important protocol and community updates to close out the year.
@0xPolygonZK - Published their latest progress report to provide updates on a number of metrics across the Polygon ecosystem.
@StarkWareLtd - Announced the release of Cairo 1.0-Alpha.2 in a detailed blog post. This latest release features a number of new features such as dictionaries, events in contracts, mapping storage variables and many more.
Media - Twitter Spaces & Podcasts
@LoganJastremski - Hosted a podcast with Toghrul Maharramov from Scroll to discuss network security & decentralization, sharding, and Layer 2s.
@AnnaRRose - Hosted Justin Thaler from a16z to talk about interactive proofs and zkSNARKs.
@aritrum - Were joined by ChainlinkGod and DeFiEdge protocol to host an online workshop that teaches developers how to integrate Chainlink automation.
@UniswapFND - Hosted a Twitter Space in collaboration with StarkWare and Nethermind to talk about the recent proposal to deploy Uniswap V3 on StarkNet.
@0xMantle - Hosted a community AMA to explore the inner workings of their unique data availability layer.
Interesting Articles
@TrustlessState - Published an article that covers Ethereum’s economic engine. The article also covers how Ethereum’s L2 application layer fits into this model.
@0xPolygonZK - Published a refresher article that explores how and why they are integrating recursion with the Polygon zkEVM.
@camiinthisthang - Published a fantastic comprehensive guide that breaks down the concept of Account Abstraction.
@DrSpacemn - Published an article that uses a layered tech stack to create a conceptual model for StarkNet.
@argentHQ - Released a new blog post that aims to tech developers how to set up a Cairo development environment using Protostar, Argent X and Starkscan.
Interesting Tweets
Industry Thought Leaders
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