The Graph’s hosted service is about to be integrated into the Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution built on optimistic roll-up technology, according to a press release from Boba Network. The Graph is an indexing and query layer for web3, sometimes referred to as the “Google of Web3.” The beta integration means Boba developers can leverage the indexing … Read more
Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solutions are seeing more and more protocols building on them as the technology becomes increasingly mature. A month ago Yearn Finance launched its first layer-2 powered service on optimistic rollup protocol Arbitrum, and three weeks ago StarkWare themselves raised $100 million at a $6 billion valuation. The latest protocol to jump on … Read more
Just three months after the last series C funding round, the Israeli company StarkWare is raising another $100 million at a $6 billion valuation, according to a report by the Israeli tech outlet Calcalist. The last series C round closed in November, brought in $50 million at a $2 billion valuation, thus tripling the company … Read more
Arbitrum recently released a great post arguing that Optimistic Rollups (OR) represent the future of Ethereum, since they offer inherent scalability and cost advantages over ZK Rollups (ZKR). Their piece is well-written and worth reading. In the spirit of friendly debate, we’d like to present a different perspective. Polygon has committed $1 billion to ZK … Read more
