Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #43
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
@Scroll_ZKP - Chainlink Data Feeds are now live on Scroll. Scroll developers now have access to the high-quality, accurate, and decentralized data needed to build secure, scalable, and advanced applications.
@OPLabsPBC - Introducing ‘Canyon’ - the first post-Bedrock network upgrade for the Optimism ecosystem. Built and implemented in collaboration with
Base, this upgrade will hit Superchain testnets on Nov. 14th at 17:00 UTC.
@0xPolygonLabs - Are teaming up with NEAR Foundation to develop a zero-knowledge (ZK) prover for Wasm blockchains in order to bridge the gap between Wasm-based chains and the Ethereum ecosystem.
@0xPolygonLabs - Announced the return of Polygon Village, a unified grants program to help founders and teams by offering support and resources they need to thrive.
@Scroll_ZKP - Announced their latest community initiative ‘Scroll Community Meetups’. The team will be sponsoring local initiatives that help propel the growth of their early community of supporters.
@Immutable - Have joined forces with Ubisoft’s Strategic Innovation Lab to create a new gaming experience to further unlock benefits for players through the power of Web3.
Ecosystem Highlights
@optimismFND - Launch ‘We ❤️ the Art - a five week contest celebrating onchain creators that deploy their collection of onchain artwork to OP mainnet.
@LidoFinance - Is live on Base, allowing users to bridge their staked ETH to Base
@NotionalFinance - Notional V3 is now live on Arbitrum, enabling fixed rate and variable rate lending and borrowing, and leveraged yield strategies on Ethereum.
@HallidayHQ - Announced that Halliday Smart Contracts are now live on Base.
@0xStackr - Announced their $5.5M seed round led by Archetype. Stackr is a comprehensive and modular framework designed to enable developers to seamlessly build micro-rollups using general-purpose programming languages.
@rhinofi - Have deployed their bridge on Starknet, connecting users from 14 different EVM networks. Enjoy fee-free bridging until the 23rd of November.
@0xCoinShift - Announced their launch on Base. Users can now turbo-boost your treasury operations with the ultimate Safe UI.
@SlashWeb3 - Announced that Slash Payment now supports Arbitrum One, allowing users to make payments with various tokens on Arbitrum.
@AragonProject - Is bringing multichain governance to DAOs with zksync
@XenaFinance - Are now live on Base, bringing lightning-fast transactions and minimal fees with their decentralized perpetuals platform.
@StarkWareLtd - Published their latest roundup, highlighting the important dates happening on Starknet over the past month.
@Scroll_ZKP - Published their weekly recap, diving into new additions to the Scroll ecosystem, and covering their latest technical advancements.
@optimismFND - Published their weekly roundup, recapping the most important updates in the ecosystem this past week.
@arbitrum - Published the latest edition of Arbinaut Weekly, highlighting ecosystem developments, community news and opportunities, as well as welcoming new projects launching on Arbitrum over the past week.
@arbitrumcore - Published the second edition of the Arbitrum Ambassador Weekly, recapping the latest content, events, and accomplishments from the past week.
@zksync - Published their latest weekly roundup, highlighting the most recent news and updates from the zkSync ecosystem.
Media - Twitter Spaces and Podcasts
@Covalent_HQ - Were joined by Rowan Stone, Director of Onchain BD at Coinbase, to discuss the growth of consumer use cases like Friendtech and BasePaint, the vision of Superchain, and why onchain is the next online.
@StarkNetAfrica - Posted their Session 4 Highlights from their Cairo Bootcamp where Ademola Kelvin delves into testing in web3, exploring various test types and demonstrating the Starknet Foundry framework in a practical session.
@Scroll_ZKP - Hosted their latest ETHGlobal Online Hackathon Recap where Swagtimus and Juan chat with some amazing teams building on Scroll and presented live demos of their deployments.
@QuickswapDEX - Hosted their latest Twitter Space with Polygon to discuss web3 conference and how to network and learn.
@optimismFND - Hosted their latest episode of OP Radio, where they were joined by @modenetwork to discuss the Mode OP Chain.
@optimismFND - Hosted a Twitter Space with some of their marketplace partners to talk about their latest We ❤️ the Art creator contest.
@arbitrum - Hosted a number of Twitter Spaces this week with several projects building and growing the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Articles & Threads
@BuildOnBase - Have released a new guide showing you how different plugins let you test and debug smart contracts, monitor and improve gas usage for your end users, and manage your smart contract’s size with HardHat.
@StarkWareLtd - Published a blog post on Native Account Abstraction, discussing how it opens the blockchain to new possibilities and how account abstraction on Starknet is different from other L2s.
@Sprkfi - Published a thread diving into how predicates in Sway and how Fuel and Composability Labs utilize them in product architecture.
Events
@Scroll_ZKP - Released their Devconnect schedule, highlighting where the team will be throughout the event.
@0xPolygonLabs - Will be in Türkiye from November 10th to 20th, taking part in a number of hackathons, talks and panels.
@taikoxyz - Released their event calendar, highlighting where you can find the team at Devconnect from November 13th to 18th.
@zksync - Released their event calendar, highlighting the 35+ opportunities you have to connect with the zkSync community during Devconnect.
@zksync - Are hosting ‘zkSync Huddle’, an all day co-working gathering between November 14th to 17th at Devconnect, featuring interactive workshops, brainstorming sessions and coding challenges.
@fuel_network - Published their event calendar for Devconnect, highlighting where you can find the team in Istanbul.
@StarkWareAfrica - Will be hosting a Starknet meetup in Lagos on December 9th. Register today for a day of innovation, knowledge sharing, and networking.
@odosprotocol - Are co-hosting a meetup with Base on November 15th in Istanbul. Register for a spot to hang out and learn more about bringing the masses onchain, and how tokenized assets will move seamlessly across this ecosystem.
@0xPolygonLabs - Will be in Bengaluru for Polygon Connect on December 7th. Reserve your spot to take part in a day of panels, discussions, demos and more.
@taikoxyz - Announced the winners of their Community Grants Program which focused on discovering and supporting innovative community members who build up and build on the Taiko ecosystem.
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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