Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #27

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

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Ecosystem Highlights

• @AlchemyPlatform has added support for NFT tracking on Arbitrum.

• DIAdata_org has integrated their oracle infrastructure with zkSync Era.

• @WombexFinance is now live on Arbitrum, supporting all pools from day one.

• @ChangeXapp, a non-custodial multi-chain wallet has added support for the Arbitrum network.

• @magpiexyz_io, a multi-chain DeFi platform that specialises in providing yield and veTokenomics boosting services is now live on Arbitrum.

• Phase 1 of @CryptexFinance v2 is now live on Arbitrum, bringing access to total crypto market cap perpetuals.

• @AlchemyPlatform have enabled custom webhooks for all Arbitrum developers.

• @LodestarFinance, a money market for yield-bearing assets is now live on Arbitrum.

L2 Protocol Highlights

• @StarkWareLtd announced that StarkEx v5.0 is now live with the ability to facilitate complex trading orders in one single transaction.

• @intmaxIO closed a $5 million funding round to build a stateless zkRollup that offers customisable privacy.

• @0xStackr Labs have introduced the Stackr SDK, a a framework to build app-specific micro-rollups in web2 programming languages.

• @Scroll_ZKP have launched an ecosystem page for the community to track projects building on the Scroll network.

• The @taikoxyz Alpha-2 testnet has been deprecated after a successful round of community testing.

• @taikoxyz have released their bi-weekly changelogs (v0.9.0).

• The @OptimismGov Collective published a complete guide to season 4 governance.

• @HalbornSecurity recently completed a zero-knowledge security audit for zkSync Era.

Information for Developers

• @nethermindeth deployed a project that implements the verification of state/storage proofs for Starknet on L1 to enable ENS name resolution.

• @_emigin created a walkthrough that teaches developers how to deploy smart contracts on Linea using Truffle, HardHat and Foundry.

• Shard Labs released the latest release of the StarkNet-devnet (v0.5.0).

• @jajakobyly announced the first preview of Scarb v0.2 which includes profiles and StarkNet DX improvements.

Media - Twitter Spaces & Podcasts

• OP Radio #26 is now live, featuring team members from Kwenta, Lyra, Dhedge and Polynomial.

• @LineaBuild held their first community call to discuss topics such as building a type-2 zkEVM and how Linea differs from other scaling solutions.

• @l2beat hosted a Twitter Space to educate beginners in the space on the basics of different Layer 2 scaling solutions.

• @arbitrum x Open Leverage community call.

• @arbitrum x The Graph community call.

• @arbitrum X Dolomite community call.

• @Scroll_ZKP co-founder Ye Zhang gave a presentation on zkEVM design, optimization, and applications as part of the ZK MOOC.

• @Karl_Dot-Tech from OP Labs talks through the architecture and vision of the Optimism Superchain.

• @adr1nh from Aztec hosted a discussion to talk about custom gates in PLONK.

Events

• @StarkWareLtd will be hosting a StarkNet meetup in Austin, Texas to educate the Ethereum community and expand the knowledge of STARKs, Cairo and Ethereum scalability.

Interesting Articles

• @Meckerrr published that explores the 7 common vulnerabilities and their applicability to Cairo.

• @criteshjosh_ shared a refresher article that explains how Aztec handles communication between the private L2 domain, the public L2 domain and the public L1 domain.

• @fede_intern from LambdaClass published an article on transforming the zero-knowledge proofs, fully homomorphic encryption and new distributed systems.

• @umededoteth chats with Taiko founder Matt Finestone about the history of Ethereum and the Rollup evolutio

Interesting Tweets

https://twitter.com/dimahledba/status/1647865217085239296?s=20

https://twitter.com/LineaBuild/status/1647576027764326405?s=20

https://twitter.com/fuel_network/status/1645802638318145541?s=20

This newsletter is for educational purposes only, and should never in any way be considered as financial or investment advice.

Thanks for reading!

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