Layer 2 Weekly Roundup #46
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
@base - Released their 2024 roadmap, highlighting what initiatives they’ll be executing in the year ahead.
@0xPolygonLabs - Introduce their new Sepolia-anchored testnet for Polygon PoS - Amoy testnet, launched as a low-stakes environment to build, test and more.
@Optimism - RetroPGF Round 3 results have been released - 30M OP was granted to contributors building and powering the Optimism Collective.
@0xPolygonLabs - Launched their ‘Infra on Polygon #1’ grant round in collaboration with Gitcoin.
@zksync - zkSync transactions are now available on Etherscan.
@0xPolygonLabs - Introduce ‘Verify’, an open protocol for content and image verification that allows media companies to register content and grant usage rights to AI platforms.
@0xPolygonLabs - Introduce ‘Livre’, an institutional web3 infrastructure for the distribution of alternative asset funds, launched by WebN and Laser Digital.
@Scroll_ZKP - Will be deprecating the Scroll Alpha (Goerli) testnet on January 25th. Users are encouraged to withdraw their testnet funds and make the move to Scroll Sepolia before then.
@base - Provided an update on important dates and information relating to their move from Goerli to Sepolia.
@grantsstack - Announced zkSync Era is now live on Gitcoin’s Grants Stack - developments coming soon!
Ecosystem Highlights
@Scroll_ZKP - Released their end of week update, where they provided an overview of everything that’s been happening across the Scroll ecosystem.
@Optimism - Released their end of week update, highlighting community participation, collaboration, and collective ownership in the OP ecosytem.
@arbitrum - Released their latest edition of the Arbinaut Weekly, highlighting ecosystem developments, community news, opportunities and welcome exciting projects launching on Arbitrum.
@zksync - Released their latest weekly update diving into all of the news you may have missed from the zkSync ecosystem this week.
@arbitrum - Is now supported by the Parsec Explorer. Users can now traverse transactions, addresses, transfers and blocks as you would with a block explorer.
@Nifty_Island - Will support Base and Coinbase wallet allowing Islanders to integrate with Nifty Island and compete for exclusive on-chain prizes.
@Scroll_ZKP - Released their latest ecosystem highlight, covering four projects currently building within the Scroll ecosystem.
@arbitrumcore - Released the ninth edition of the Arbitrum Ambassador Weekly, highlighting the latest contests, events, and accomplishments.
@SumerMoney - Is now live on Arbitrum, enabling easy asset transfers across chains without the traditional bridging methods.
@chainvine_xyz - Dapps on Base can now setup referral / affiliate programs that reward tokens or points with ChainVine.
@joinmirrorworld - Is now live on Base allowing users an easy way to buy any token or NFT from any currency to any asset on Base.
@SenecaUSD - Is now live on Arbitrum. Users can now lend liquidity to earn incentives and unlock capital efficiency.
@3dns_inc - Are transforming traditional domain names into digital, onchain assets with the first true onchain RWA built on Optimism.
@BrahmaFi - Are now live on Arbitrum. Users now have access to Console and can use the interface to create Sub-Accounts to delegate specific operations.
@Ancient8_gg - Announced the upgrade of Ancient8 Chain with Celstia. Data availability costs are expected to be reduced by a minimum of 100x times, making gas fees near invisible for game developers and gamers.
Media - Twitter Spaces and Podcasts
@arbitrum - Hosted a number of Twitter Spaces this past week with projects building and growing the Arbitrum ecosystem.
@Scroll_ZKP - Hosted a Twitter Space to discuss the impactful role that Uniswap will play within the Scroll ecosystem.
@StarkWareLtd - StarkWare’s Co-Founder Eli, Head of Product Avihu and Head of Business Development Liron, share their thoughts on what’s to come in 2024, what they’re looking forward to in the decentralization of Starknet and more.
@Scroll_ZKP - Hosted a live coding session on how you can build and deploy your own interchain Dapp on Scroll’s zkEVM.
@BTLayersPod - Hosted their latest episode with Eli from StarkWare to discuss cryptography’s place in society, ZK systems and privacy and how StarkWare scales Ethereum.
@immunefi - Hosted a Twitter Space with Ollie from Zellic and Ryan from Scroll to discuss cybersecurity trends for Web3 projects in 2024.
@PolygonCommons - Hosted a Twitter Space where users pitched their project building within the Polygon ecosystem.
@0xPolygonLabs - Hosted a Twitter Space discussing parallel execution in blockchains and where Polygon stands in this race.
@zksync - Hosted their latest ZK Den Twitter Space where dapps Mute, Maverick and CryptoMaze pitch their projects in a shark tank style session.
Articles & Threads
@CryptoIsCute - Walks you through the new version of Stylus SDK, where users can deploy deploy complex workloads such as cryptography and generative art even cheaper!
@0xRJ_eth - Shared their thoughts on what a potential ETH ETF would mean for Ethereum and the wider crypto community in a recent interview with CoinDesk.
Events
@Starknet - Cairo is coming to Code4rena with their first Cairo contest running from Jan 9th to Feb 6th.
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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