Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #34

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

• Aave - Aave v3 is now LIVE on Base

• Arkham Intel - Have added Base support. Users can now see their Base activity displayed directly on their platform

• Team Unibot - Integrated with Base as the first L2 on Unibot

• Optimism - Announced that Farcaster will be moving to OP mainnet

• Kunji - A decentralized crypto asset management protocol, is now LIVE on Arbitrum

Protocol Updates

• Scroll ZKP - Have released a fresh new look with a brand new website and documentation site

• Starknet - Starknet v0.12.1 is LIVE on mainnet

• OP Labs - You can now use the Optimism bridge interface to bridge any arbitary standard ERC20 token to OP mainnet

• Arbitrum - Have announced their DAO garnts initiative that will be running alongside the Foundation grants

• StarkWare - Are open-sourcing the STARK prover, now named Stone, under Apache 2.0 with a code review session to occur on August 31st. This is a major step towards open-sourcing and decentralizaing the L2 ecosystem

• Starknet - Have released Cairo v2.2.0

Media - Twitter Spaces and Podcasts

• Argent Developer - Will be hosting an Argent Developer Workshop with Starknet to discuss their plug and play node

• Fuel Network - Hosted a Twitter Space to discuss Fuel’s hybrid proving system

• Optimism - Hosted a Twitter Space with Charmverse to discuss their collaboration, governance and the future of work

• Taiko - Hosted the third episode of ‘Taiko 'Talk’, where they discussed unraveling the bonds between Devrel and the Crypto community

• Optimism - Hosted a Twitter Space with Jesse Pollak from Base to discuss their collaboration and the superchain

• Fuel Network - Will be hosting a Twitter Space on August 29th to discuss order books and AMMs building on Fuel

• Polygon - Hosted a Twitter Space with the Polygon Devs to provide a Proof of Stake Q2 recap

• Taiko - Hosted the second episode of ‘Taiko Talk’, where they discuss private markets and Taiko’s strategy

• Taiko - Mamy Ratsimnazafy, Taiko’s ZK Engineering Lead, gave a presentation on how to ensure the quality of ZK code

Articles & Threads

• @BuildOnBase - Have released an article sharing an update on their commitment to decentralization with the superchain

• @protolambda - Dives into the topic of maximizing fault proof modularity

• @barretodavid - Have released a tutorial on how to write account contract on Starknet with insight on how Account Abstraction is implemented on Starknet

Events

• Build On Base - Announced that the second Prop House round, Build on Base, is closing soon

• Stark Net - You can still register for the first Starknet Summit ‘23 hosted in San Francisco on the 31st of August

• Taiko - Have partnered with ZK Hacker Camp, a 2 month ZK hackathon to build ZK apps and infra

• zkSync - Join zkSync for Encode Clubs 4 week digital identity hackathon beginning on the 12th of September

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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