Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #37

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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Protocol Updates

• Polygon - Have released three Polygon improvement proposals to kick off their Polygon 2.0 implementation.

• Espresso Systems - Announced that they are partnering with OffChain Labs to improve transaction ordering and to being a shared sequencing option to Arbitrum technology chains.

• zkSync - Will be launching their first public zkEVM bootcamp from November 20th to early January 2024.

• Arbitrum - Nominee Selection (Phase 1) for the Security Council election has begun. You can now register as a nominee or vote for existing nominees.

• zkSync - Launched their new ecosystem portal where you can explore the universe of dApps including key metrics, ranking and more.

• Fuel Network - Have launched a new and enhanced documentation portal with an easy-to-use interface for developers.

• Aztec - Have unveiled their new smart contract framework for applications built on top of Aztec.

Ecosystem Highlights

• Immutable - Recently published a message to the web3 gaming community speaking on topics of building top tier plug and play solutions and the importance of true digital ownership.

• Safe - Have deployed on Polygon zkEVM allowing developers to interact, play, manage assets, and build dApps with seamless abstracted user experiences.

• Safe - Have deployed on zkSync Era making multisig asset management and coordination for onchain teams fast and secure.

• Arbitrum - You can now apply to be part of the ArbitrumDAO Grants funding round on Gitcoin.

• Arbitrum - Have launched their Ambassador program. They are inviting all university students and blockchain clubs that love Arbitrum to apply and join their University Fleet below.

• Polyhedra - Have announced their integration and strategic partnership with Taiko.

• Diesel - Are launching their first phygital experience, Metamorph, on Polygon to bridge fashion, music and technology.

• Astar Network - Japan’s leading blockchain, are launching a ZK powered L2 chain on Ethereum using Polygon CDK.

• LlamaNodes - Are now offering both free and premium tier RPCs on OP mainnet.

Media - Twitter Spaces and Podcasts

• Taiko - Will be hosting a Twitter Space on Wednesday the 20th of September to discuss based rollups and decentralised sequencing with Justin Drake, Ben Fisch, Tomas Stanczak and Daniel Wang.

• StarkWare - Hosted their latest Community Call session where they intro to SHARP Verifier SC.

• Uniswap - Were joined by Hamzah Khan from Polygon on their latest episode of their Scaling Summer campaign.

• Optimism - Hosted the latest episode of OP Radio where they discussed OP stack zero knowledge proof system.

• zkSync - Product/Security Engineer, Vlad B, joined the Proof of Podcast to discuss secure system design, zkSyncs in-depth security approach and embracing a security-first mindset.

• Taiko - Hosted their latest Tea with Taiko episode where they deep dive into multi-prover systems with @cryptobuilder_

• StarkWare - Have released the recordings from all of their talks at Starknet Summit 2023.

• Taiko - Have released the recording of Daniel Wang’s talk at ETHSingapore where he discussed progressively hybrid rollup designs.

Articles & Threads

• StarkWare - Have released a blog post deciphering Cario VM, CASM, Cairo Zero, Cairo and Sierra and explaining how these innovative components help scale Ethereum.

• ZKPool - Have released a comprehensive analysis of ZK proving tokenomics.

• DefiIgnas - Spoke with Alex, co-founder and CEO of Matter Labs, to discuss the relationship between L1s and L2s, the unique aspects of zkSync, and what the future holds.

• SwayLang - Has released a thread outlining the updates from Fuel Labs Beta-4 upgrade.

Events

• Base - Will be hosting a number of meetups and workshops for users building on Base in Africa. Registrations are open for the final two workshops taking place on September 19th and 22nd.

• Scroll - Have released their latest weekly update that includes recaps of the main panels they attended around the globe.

• StarkWare - Are kickstarting the ETHNewYork hackathon with the StarknetNYC event held on September 21st.

• Abitrum - Have released the prizewinners and summary from the ‘Future of Blockchain’ University Hackathon.

• StarkWare - Will be hosting their monthly meetup in Paris on September 20th.

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