Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #39
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
Protocol Updates
@optimismFND - The OP Stack’s first fault proof system is live as an alpha on OP Goerli testnet. This system leverages the power of the OP Stack’s modular design to lay the foundation to build out a multi-proof dispute system that can include ZK proofs.
@0xPoygonDevs - Announced that as a result of community consultations, their POL contracts are live on Goerli testnet. This is a major step towards the team paving the way to bring Polygon 2.0 to life.
@0xPolygonLabs - CityPay announced that Tether will be integrated for payments on top of Polygon, delivering blockchain technology to thousands of potential new users across the CIS region.
@zksync - The zkSync Era competitive audit on Code4rena is now open with a total bounty of $1.1M USDC.
@arbitrum - Voting for 95 STIP applications for eligible protocols building on Arbitrum is live as part of their Short-Term Incentives Program.
@arbitrum - Round 2 of Arbitrum’s Security Council elections is now live on Tally. Users can now look through the nominees and cast their votes over the next few weeks.
@zksync - Uniswap v3 contracts are now live on zkSync Era. This collaboration allows traders to now make swaps, place limit orders, and create LP positions on zkSync directly through the Oku interface.
@fuel_network - Beta-4 testnet is live and Fuel will be sunsetting Beta-3 in two weeks as they start to gear up for mainnet launch.
Ecosystem Highlights
@optimismFND - Released their latest weekly recap, highlighting all of the important news and developments across the Optimism ecosystem.
@arbitrum - Released their latest edition of The Arbinaut Weekly highlighting their latest ecosystem developments, weekly news, and new projects launching on the protocol.
@taikoxyz - Released their v0.22.0 changelogs highlighting their latest updates from the past fortnight including community, protocol, node, product and community updates.
@GMX_IO - GMX V2 is now using Chainlink data streams on Arbitrum mainnet. with this integration, GMX can provide real-time pricing updates and quicker onchain transactions for users.
@PowerLoomHQ - Have expanded their incentivized testnet in collaboration with Polygon on their zkEVM following their testnet success. This drives the protocol’s aim to pioneer onchain data in Web3.
@FulcromFinance - Announced that their decentralised perpetual exchange is now live on zkSync era.
@CatalystAMM - Announced they will be moving to build on top of Abritrum and Arbitrum Orbit Chains, bringing unified liquidity to Arbitrum’s Universe of Chains.
@Calderaxyz - Now supports Arbitrum Stylus. Developers can now write smart contracts in any language supported by WASM, including Rust, C, and C++.
@mywebacy - Now supports Abitrum, providing Arbitrum users access to their ‘Wallet Watch’ tool.
@Bybit_Official - Have added support for $ETH deposits and withdrawals on Base Network.
@beam_cash - Is now live on Arbitrum. Beam helps simplify your crypto cash out by converting crypto to USD and sending funds directly to your bank or card.
@prtyDAO - Is now live on Base. Users can create onchain groups to use Ethereum together, with quick and smooth transaction times and low gas fees.
@optionblitz_co - Is now live on Arbitrum with gasless 1 click trading support.
@FueletWallet - Now supports Fuel Network’s Beta-4. Version 1.0.14 also has better speed with balance caching, cloud backup setup when you create a wallet and a separate transaction screen for a more convenient overview.
Media - Twitter Spaces and Podcasts
@Uniswap - Hosted a Twitter Live with Ian Lapham (Uniswap), Rowan (Base) and Nis (Mirror) to talk about crypto wallets and strategies to bring new users onchain.
@Scroll_ZKP - Published their latest ZK Symposium Session where they were joined by Wilson Nguyen from the Applied Cryptography Group for a deep dive into the Nova Proof System.
@Scroll_ZKP - Daniel Helm from Scroll’s Dev Rel team joined the ETHGlobal team on their latest Twitter Space to recap the best moments from this years ETHGlobal New York Hackathon.
@gitsmol - Released the latest episode of ‘Ready Layer 2’ where they were joined by Eli from Arbitrum Foundation and Hunter from Offchain Labs to discuss the Odyssey Reignited and other Arbitrum Foundation initiatives.
@StarkWareLtd - Have released the latest session from the Starknet Summit 2023 where Lior Goldberg and Gidi Kaempfer dive into the code of Stone Prover.
@optimismFND - Hosted their latest episode of OP Radio where they were joined by Optimism contributer, @karl_dot_tech, to discuss the OP Stack’s Fault Proof Alpha System.
@0xPolygonLabs - Hosted their latest Twitter Space with Xion Global, Ukheshe an MetaMask to chat about payments on Polygon.
@0xPolygonDevs - Hosted a Twitter Space with OKX Web3 and Alchemy Platform to unpack the topic of account abstraction.
@Starknet - Hosted their latest Stark Space with the Nethermind and Equilibrium teams to discuss full nodes on Starknet.
@BuildWithScroll - Hosted their latest Hackathon recap space where they hosted some of the teams that participated in and won Scroll’s latest bounty during Permissionless and ETHGlobal New York.
@taikoxyz - Released a recording from the ZK Day in Singapore earlier this month, where Taiko’s ZK Engineer, Cecilia, presented a talk on programming paradigm for plonkish frontend.
@arbitrum - Hosted a developer workshop with API3 exploring how to bring your offchain APIs onchain using ChainAPI and dAPI price feeds from API3.
@arbitrum - Hosted a number of Twitter Spaces this past week with several projects building and growing the ecosystem. You can out the recordings to the spaces in their latest AMA thread.
@StarkWareLtd - Liron Hayman, Head of Biz Dev at StarkWare joined the Zero Barriers podcast to discuss ZK-proofs, onchain accumulators and storage proofs.
@StarkWareLtd - Have released the recording from StarkNewYork where Omar from the Starknet Foundation discussed account abstraction in Starknet.
@taikoxyz - Hosted a Twitter Space with Ivy from ZKPool to discuss prover pools and how they can open ZKPs to a wider audience in the future.
@Immutable - Released their zkEVM Roadmap to Mainnet. This roadmap outlines what the protocol aims to achieve within Q4 2023 and Q1 2024 as they undergo technical upgrades in the coming months leading up to mainnet launch.
Articles & Threads
@OffchainLabs - Released their latest Prysm quarterly update that recaps their recent developments and explores what is still to come in 2023.
@StarkWareLtd - Have released a comprehensive deep dive analysing and exploring STARK security and what makes it safe.
@StarkWareLtd - Have released an article diving into the topic of storage proofs and how they can improve oracles.
@jiayaoqi - Released a comprehensive thread on scaling dApps using multiple rollups.
Events
@Scroll_ZKP - Will be supporting builders in Istanbul and India as part of two upcoming ETHGlobal hackathons. The team is giving away two round trips to two builders who are looking for the opportunity to hack at the event.
@StarknetFndn - Have opened registrations for Starknet Hacker House that will be held in Istanbul from the 9th to the 14th of November.
@Scroll_ZKP - Released their public events calendar for October to keep the community up to date on where they will be this month.
@StarknetCC - Have announced that StarknetCC tickets are now available. You can join the team for a comprehensive one day event where you can engage directly with industry experts, deep dive into the Starknet architecture, and more.
@fuel_network - Will be co-hosting and presenting at VM Day at ETHGlobal Istanbul and Devconnect.
Metrics and Stats
Sum of all value locked in the L2 ecosystem.
Transaction capacity of Ethereum including all Layer 2s under its security.
Number of unique addresses interacting with one or multiple Layer 2s weekly.
The number of daily transactions executed by users/smart contracts.
How much does it cost to transact on Layer 2?
This newsletter is for educational purposes only, and should never in any way be considered as financial or investment advice.
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