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Layer 2 is an umbrella term to describe solutions that build on top of Ethereum mainnet (layer 1) to improve the scalability of the Ethereum network. There are a number of layer 2 solutions on ...

Ethereum ecosystem scaling has moved from theory to actual production-grade infrastructure. Optimistic Rollups, ZK Rollups, major Layer 1 upgrades like The Merge and The Dencun upgrade (EIP-4844), and ...

For years, Ethereum’s layer-2 networks have marketed themselves as extensions of Ethereum itself. “Arbitrum is Ethereum,” Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder wrote on X in March 2024. “Base is ...

Ethereum (ETH) fell from $4,953 in August to around $3,446 by November as Layer 2 networks reduced mainnet fee revenue and token burns. Ethereum’s daily gas fee revenue dropped from over $30M to ...

As Bitcoin continues to grow in popularity, its original design, which supports only seven transactions per second, often struggles with scalability. This leads to higher fees and slower transaction ...

Uniswap Labs, the developer behind top-ranked decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap, disclosed that it has built a new layer-2 network, which was set to launch on testnet Thursday. The new project was ...