StarkWare Feb 23 · 2 min read TL;DR Cairo 1.0-alpha.3 was just released. Added new language features that will be supported in Starknet alpha v0.11.0, expected in two weeks. New Features Cairo 1.0 continues to move forward, providing developers with the ability to write richer applications and taking another step towards feature compatibility with Cairo … Read more
Raiden Network Sep 29 · 3 min read The Raiden Forum is now live! Everyone in the Raiden community is welcome to make proposals and engage in thoughtful discussions. Raiden Forum Two weeks ago, we introduced a path to robust Raiden Community Governance, including new processes and tools to help the community discuss and vote … Read more
Scaling, or the lack of it, has been a grave problem with the Ethereum network. While several plans to increase the platform’s throughput are in the pipeline, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has not been shying away from highlighting its limitations. In an answer to a Reddit thread, Buterin highlighted that decreasing the block time could … Read more
What’s better than paying less fees? Paying $100 million less! That’s how much the users of Unstoppable Domains have saved in gas since the leading provider of domain names for Web 3.0 launched on Polygon. Before the integration on the Polygon network in November 2021 had all but eliminated transaction fees on Unstoppable Domains, users … Read more
Layer 2 protocols aimed at bringing scalability to the ever-congested Ethereum network have been stealing the crypto show ever since the DeFi summer last year. One platform that especially stood out was Polygon, which has become a go-to for many to for many DeFi proponents looking for low fees and high speed on their transactions. … Read more
Offchain Labs Dec 17 · 14 min read We’re hearing a lot of talk about how ZK rollups are supposedly the future of general smart contract systems. We disagree — and this post explains why. It draws on the practical lessons we have learned from running an open, secure, EVM-compatible L2 chain with hundreds of … Read more
Arbitrum One core network has now been fully integrated by Binance, the cryptocurrency firm announced earlier today. This has paved the way for Ether withdrawals on Arbitrum One Layer 2, which is a scaling solution for the Ethereum network. Arbitrum One is the beta mainnet of a layer-2 optimistic rollup protocol that enables off-chain Ethereum … Read more
Infura Transactions (ITX) have come to Polygon! Leveraging the Polygon network to support ITX provides applications with a seamless scaling experience. Specifically, ITX allows end users to send transactions without necessarily holding Ether (ETH). ITX ensures that your transactions are safely submitted and not dropped, while abstracting away the complexities with gas management for developers. … Read more
