Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #28
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
@symbiosis_fi - Is hosting a Galaxe campaign on the Scroll Alpha testnet. Participants can complete the required tasks to mint three unique NFTs.
@otterspace_xyz - Launched the Otterspace Score on the Optimism Attestation Station. This score measures an address badge ownership across multiple communities.
@Clique2046 - Announced the Optimism Army Program to reissue grant funding to the OP community based on their participation on the program.
@Dggnetwork - Will soon be bringing their multi-chain wallet to Arbitrum.
@vertex_protocol - Is now live on the Arbitrum network. Vertex specializes in lightening fast speed and universal cross-margin trading.
@Rodeo_Finance - Is a leverage yield farming protocol that will soon be migrating from the Arbitrum testnet, to mainnet.
@BrineFinance - Have launched their order book DEX on StarkEx to bring superior and permissionless trading to the StarkWare ecosystem.
@FueletWallet - Launched their wallet connect API on the Fuel network.
@beefyfinance - Launched a variety of new vaults on zkSync Era through Velocore.
@_woofi - Is now live on zkSync Era, enabling swaps between ETH and USDC with CeFi grade pricing.
@tevaera - Has launched on zkSync to build out a native gaming ecosystem that enables Web2 UX.
L2 Protocol Highlights
@OPLabsPBC - Published the latest upgrade criteria for the Optimism Bedrock upgrade.
@OPLabsPBC - Launched the Superchain Token List to make bridging between Ethereum and other OP chains significantly easier.
@karl_dot_tech - Has transitioned into the position of CEO at OP Labs.
@arbitrum - Opened an ecosystem jobs page that houses job listings from various protocols across the Arbitrum ecosystem.
@arbitrum - Announced that the snapshot temperature check for AIP 1.1 & 1.2 has reached consensus.
@alt_layer - Announced the first ‘Rollup as a service’ provider to support Arbitrum Orbit.
@OmiFDN - Unveiled the first interoperability layer for Rollups on Ethereum.
@Starknet - Published an updated version of the StarkNet timeline.
@l2beat - Introduced the new StarkEx explorer for dydx making for a faster and more user-friendly experience.
@0xPolygon - Introduce new bridge for zkEVM which carries the same UX and functionality as the Polygon PoS bridge.
Info for Developers
@StarkWareLtd- Released a guide to help guide developers using Cairo on StarkNet.
@0xPolygon - Integrate major UX changes for the zkEVM bridge.
Media - Twitter Spaces & Podcasts
@EliBenSasson - Discusses the Cambrian Explosion of cryptographic proofs.
@EliBenSasson - Talks about arithmetization, polynomial commitment schemes and FRI.
@optimismFND - Hosted the 28th episode of OP Radio to discuss the current state and future of Perpetual Protocol.
@arbitrum - Hosted their ‘Players gonna Play’ series in collaboration with Zeeverse.
@arbitrum - Will be hosting a twitter space in collaboration with Chainlink and Radiant Capital to learn more about Radiant and the infrastructure that supports it.
@StarkWareLtd - Hosted the latest StarkNet basecamp, covering Account Abstraction, Universal deployer contract and SDKs.
@IAmNickDodson - From Fuel will be hosting a twitter space to discuss scaling Ethereum with modular execution.
@fuel-network - Will be hosting an AMA alongside Fuel Wallet to talk about Account Abstraction, multiple native assets and an improved UX.
@zksync - Will soon host a panel discussion to discuss new use-cases enabled through DeFi on zkSync Era.
@AlchemyPlatform - Is hosting a panel discussion alongside Jordi Baylina, Rito Rivabella, Rob Boyle and Kunal Roy to discuss why zkEVMs are the new frontier of zkRollups.
@0xPolygon - Hosted an AMA to discuss the security, performance and roadmap of the Polygon zkEVM.
Events
@BuildWithScroll - Published a recap thread highlighting their week at the Hong Kong Web3 festival.
@BuildWithScroll - Will be sponsoring ETH Lisbon as well as committing $5000 in bounty prizes to support the participating hackers.
@fuel-network - Will be sponsoring ETH Lisbon with $7,000 in bounty prizes for the upcoming hackathon.
@StarkWareLtd - Published a recap thread that provides an overview of their time at Consensus week in Austin.
@StarkWareLtd - Will be hosting a meetup in San Francisco to talk about the StarkNet ecosystem.
Interesting Articles
@andyrdt - From Scroll discusses the proof overflow problem. A problem which results from the separation of execution and proof generation in zkRollups.
@testinprod_io - Talks about how the Bedrock upgrade will modularize the OP stack.
@milancermak - Explores advanced concepts such as development, security and patterns across different StarkNet tools.
Interesting Tweets
https://twitter.com/arbitrum/status/1652070346919493632?s=20
https://twitter.com/liamzebedee/status/1651765005434642433?s=20
https://twitter.com/stonecoldpat0/status/1652321280903749634?s=20
https://twitter.com/Starknet/status/1651496648357429248?s=20
https://twitter.com/fuel_network/status/1651506154164584448?s=20
https://twitter.com/zksync/status/1651275717508993024?s=20
https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1651955956513660928?s=20
https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1651609978568941568?s=20
This newsletter is for educational purposes only, and should never in any way be considered as financial or investment advice.
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