Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #21
Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #21
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
@Coinbase - Eligible customers are now able to send and receive ETH, DAI and WBTC on Arbitrum.
@Clique2046 - Launched their newest feature on Optimism’s Attestation Station, allowing users to generate one-time zk proofs to verify their Discord roles without having to reveal their Discord ID.
@OpenLeverage - Successfully launched on Arbitrum, providing support for long-tail tokens using their cutting-edge permissionless margin trading and lending infrastructure.
@layerswap - Is now live on the Immutable core SDK, providing an on-ramp that offers users a seamless solution by enabling transfers from centralized exchanges directly to Immutable’s L2 platform.
@CruizeFinance - Launched their v2 testnet app allowing users to access and test their new architecture prior to their upcoming mainnet launch.
@OvertimeMarkets - Have launched the first decentralized sports market protocol on Arbitrum, granting users the ability to support teams and athletes entirely on-chain.
@steakhut_fi - Launched their liquidity vaults on Arbitrum, allowing users to automate popular liquidity book pairs.
@krakenpro - Now supports direct ETH deposits and withdrawals on Arbitrum.
@SonarPING - Adds support for Arbitrum, providing users and developers with access to their next-gen DeFi toolkit that can be used to identify early opportunities in crypto from one single interface.
@AlchemyPlatform - Released a developer guide outlining all of the required tools and resources needed to get started building on Arbitrum.
@RandomizerAi - Is now live on Arbitrum, enabling decentralized and trustless random number generation that can be used by smart contracts.
@Calderaxyz - Completed a $9M funding round to help drive Ethereum adoption by enabling anyone to spin up and run dedicated and performant Rollups, allowing more developers access to app-specific scalability.
@qx_app - Fully open-source their codebase, including both the frontend and backend code for their NFT marketplace.
L2 Protocol Highlights
@0xPolygon - zkEVM will launch on mainnet on March 27th with out of the box features including native EVM tooling, Ethereum opcodes and EVM-Equivalence.
@zksync - Recently began their mainnet onboarding process, allowing registered projects to be the first to deploy on zkSync Era, prior to their full alpha launch.
@optimismFND - Delay the upcoming Bedrock upgrade vote to allow more time for the developers to review/resolve bugs that were uncovered during their recent bug bounty contest.
@zksync - Released their latest zkSync 2.0 testnet data, providing an overview of the activity that has been conducted over the past four months.
@zksync - Will undergo a network regenesis on zkSync 2.0 mainnet. The system is currently available to zkSync team members, so users and developers will remain unaffected.
@OptimismGov - Executed on-chain protocol delegations, with 5M OP transferred to sub-wallets.
@taikoxyz - Released new changelogs to enable the tracking of the most recent updates made at the protocol level.
@StarkWareLtd - StarkEx settles $842bn in transaction volume since June 2020.
@fuellabs - Beta-2 testnet settles over 850,000 transactions since launch.
@0xPolygon - zkEVM testnet reaches 300k transactions since its inception.
Media - Twitter Spaces & Podcasts
@ETHKL1 - Hosted Daniel Helm from Scroll to give an informative talk that included a brief overview of Scroll’s zkEVM architecture, while also touching on Ethereum’s overall scalability roadmap.
@aztecnetwork - Hosted the team from @LiquityProtocol to discuss their recent protocol integration, covering topics such as how Liquity works, borrowing risk opportunities, and how Aztec protects the privacy of Liquity users.
@StarkWareLtd - Released their latest podcast episode, featuring special guests David Lavecky and Tim Moddel from Canvas to discuss the technology and infrastructure behind the Canvas protocol.
@3house_io - Hosted a Twitter Space alongside Anthony Rose (zkSync), Brendan Farmer (Polygon) and Anish Mohammed to explore and emphasise on the power of ZK solutions.
@LiquityProtocol - Hosted a collaborative Twitter Space with the Aztec team to unpack their recent integration.
@optimismFND - Hosted the latest episode of OP Radio to celebrate OP rewards going live on Rainbow.
@CoinPost_Global - Hosted Scroll co-founder Sandy Peng to discuss what sets Scroll’s unique zkEVM architecture apart from competing L2s.
@KrisMata - From Polygon hosted a Twitter Space to discuss a number of topics including EVM-Equivalence vs EVM-Compatibility, Ethereum test vectors and Polygon zkEVM smart contracts.
Interesting Articles
@SuccinctJT - From a16z wrote a detailed piece that measures SNARK performance across frontends, backends and the future.
@stonecoldpato - Published a short discussion that explains when the one honest party could be needed to step up and protect the Rollup system.
@stonecoldpato - Talks about what it means to truly decentralise a Rollup protocol, diving into what it means to take decision making powers away from validators as much as possible, and instead transferring the responsibility to a smart contract.
@venturesacademy - Published the transcript from their recent interview with Taiko Community Manager @odesium.
Events
@EthereumDenver - Applications for zkHacker house are still open, with limited capacity available. This is your opportunity to find teammates and learn and discuss with ZKP enthusiasts/researchers, as you work together to build infrastructure for bleeding-edge zk proof systems.
Interesting Tweets
Meme of the Week
Industry Thought Leaders (who to follow)
This newsletter is for educational purposes only, and should never in any way be considered as financial or investment advice.
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