Section
Engineering, security and the networks underneath the market.
Protocols
Three of the largest layer-2 networks have published overlapping specifications, hinting at an interoperability standard emerging without a formal committee.
Rowan McCarthy · · 6 min read
Protocols
Hardware acceleration and better proof systems have cut the cost of proving a block by an order of magnitude in eighteen months.
Lena Tanaka · · 5 min read
Protocols
Minority implementations have gained share after a coordinated push, though one client still runs a large plurality of the network.
Rowan McCarthy · · 4 min read
Protocols
After years of multisig custody and repeated exploits, cross-chain messaging is moving to proofs that verify the source chain directly.
Theo Whitfield · · 5 min read
Protocols
Rollups now choose where to publish transaction data, and the decision has become a meaningful line item in network economics.
Amira Haddad · · 4 min read
