Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #20
Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #20
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
@LiquityProtocol - Integrated with Aztec in an effort to bring privacy to on-chain decentralized lending. Users can start by depositing ETH to borrow LUSD.
@StarkScanCo - Have integrated with @Starknet_id to introduce a number of new features to help make navigating Starkscan a near seamless experience.
@SiloFinance - Has launched onto the Arbitrum network. This deployment allows for risk-isolated lending markets for any token, starting with UMAMI, MAGIC and DPX.
@SwayLang - Recently deployed Sway v0.34.0 which added optimisations such as a compiler performance boost and updated storage operations.
@RAILGUN_Project - Will soon migrate to the Arbitrum network to help pioneer private and anonymous DeFi transactions on Ethereum’s Layer 2 ecosystem.
@swaylend - Is now live on the Fuel-Beta 2 testnet bringing forth the very first decentralized lending platform built on top of Fuel’s modular execution Layer.
@POKTnetwork - Has added support for Arbitrum enabling developers to mint an RPC endpoint to have their DApps connected to the network within minutes.
@Unicrow - Successfully deployed onto the Arbitrum network which introduces a permissionless and censorship-resistant escrow protocol.
L2 Protocol Highlights
@OptimismFND - Announced the 2nd official OP Airdrop. A total of 11.7M OP will be distributed to over 300k unique addresses across the Optimism network.
@OptimismGov - Introduced the new Optimism Governance Portal built by Agora. This is Optimism’s first step towards transitioning to fully on-chain voting that will also serve as a delegate registry.
@arbitrum - Announces the Stylus upgrade which enables developers to deploy programming languages starting with Rust, C and C++.
@taikoxyz - Will be deprecating the Alpha-1 testnet on February 15th following a successful initial testing period. Efforts will now be focused on the development of the Alpha-2 testnet which is estimated to go live approximately one month following the initial deprecation.
@PrivacyScaling - Announces Semaphore v3. Semaphore is a ZK-based protocol that grants Ethereum users the ability to prove membership of a group and send signals without revealing their identity.
@ArbitrumDevs - Published the Prysm quarterly update from Q1 2023. The report includes key updates including ETH Withdrawals/Capella and EIP-4844.
@OptimismFND - Have now closed the nomination window for RetroPGF round 2, with over 260 unique projects having been nominated.
@zksync - Have completed their regenesis of zkSync 2.0 which introduced improvements such as libraries/dependancies and refreshed documentation in line with the latest developments.
Media - Twitter Spaces & Podcasts
@WenTokenPodcast - @pseudotheos and @toghrulmaharram from @Scroll_ZKP will be launching their own brand new podcast. Details to be announced in the coming weeks.
@CoinPost_Global - Have invited Scroll Co-Founder Sandy Peng onto the next episode of #GMRadio to talk about Scroll, and dive into what makes this flavour of EVM-Equivalence different from the rest.
@TrustlessState - From Bankless put together a variety of informed videos to help get you caught up on all the latest action from StarkWare Sessions in Tel Aviv.
@Immutable - Co-Founder Robbie Ferguson was joined by Carly Reilly and Brycent for an in-depth conversation to unpack and analyse some of the biggest challenges facing the Web3 gaming ecosystem.
Interesting Articles
@fuellabs - Published an article authored by @camiinthisthang that takes you on an in-depth journey into the world of Account Abstraction.
Events
@fuellabs - Announced that they will be hosting Layer 2 this year at ETH Denver. The event will gather researchers, developers and enthusiasts to discuss new themes and patterns across the Layer 2 ecosystem.
@developer_dao - Hosted a workshop to help provide some insight in teaching developers how to build on Fuel using Sway.
@StarkWareLtd - Ecosystem partners Argent and Nethermind will be hosting a StarkNet meetup in London for both users and developers of the StarkNet ecosystem.
ETH Global Türkiye & Syria Relief Effort (DYOR)
Interesting Tweets
Industry Thought Leaders
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