Category: Scaling

Opera to integrate with Polygon, opening DApp ecosystem to 80M users

December 22, 2021

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Browser-crypto integrations have become a major theme as blockchain developers prioritize ease of use in onboarding new participants. 2183 Total views 8 Total shares On Wednesday, Opera, an internet browser with Web 3.0 application support and a built-in crypto wallet, announced an upcoming integration with Polygon (MATIC). The integration, which is scheduled to go live […]

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Ethereum must innovate beyond just DApps for DeFi degens: Vitalik Buterin

July 22, 2021

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During his keynote at the EthCC conference in Paris, Ethereum co-founder and lead developer Vitalik Buterin implored the Ethereum community to innovate beyond the confines of decentralized finance. Describing non-financial utilities as “the most interesting part of the vision of general-purpose blockchains,” Buterin lamented that financial applications currently “dominate the Ethereum space.” “Being defined by […]

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Hop Protocol launches USDC bridge between Ethereum, Polygon, and xDai

July 13, 2021

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Hop plans to roll out support for additional crypto assets and layer-two networks in the coming weeks. 2805 Total views 14 Total shares Hop Protocol, a team working on interoperability within Ethereum’s layer-two ecosystem, has launched its Hop bridge for the first time.  A July 12 blog post notes the bridge has been launched with […]

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Even Vitalik Buterin is surprised at just how long Eth2 is taking

June 2, 2021

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Ethereum co-founder cites people problems as one of the obstacles to progress. 12498 Total views 9 Total shares Ethereum’s visionary co-founder Vitalik Buterin has commented on the obstacles on the roadmap to Eth2 at a conference in Hong Kong. Speaking partly in Mandarin at the Virtual Fintech Forum at this week’s StartmeupHK Festival 2021, Buterin […]

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Uniswap v3 looks set for layer-two scaling on both Arbitrum and Optimism

May 27, 2021

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Uniswap is now planning layer-two deployments on both Arbitrum and Optimism. 5111 Total views 10 Total shares The Uniswap community has voted in favor of launching the leading decentralized exchange’s v3 iteration on layer-two scaling solution, Arbitrum. Uniswap’s creator, Hayden Adams, announced the vote on May 27, revealing the proposal’s governance vote received 41.35 million […]

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OKCoin to Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network in Q1

January 22, 2021

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The feature, added to alleviate fee pressure during Bitcoin’s bull market, could be live within a month’s time. Jan 22, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Jan 22, 2021 at 3:44 p.m. UTC OKCoin to Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network in Q1 OKCoin is the latest crypto exchange to support Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Per details shared with […]

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4 Bitcoin Lightning Network Vulnerabilities That Haven’t Been Exploited (Yet)

October 27, 2020

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4 Bitcoin Lightning Network Vulnerabilities That Haven’t Been Exploited (Yet) This is the first article in our two-part series on existing vulnerabilities in Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. Part one details the outstanding vulnerabilities and their risk factors. Part two will examine why these weak spots have never been exploited, what changes may be made to fix […]

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