Ethereum is entering a new phase of scaling, and its relationship with layer-2 networks like Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base must be rewritten. That’s the message from Vitalik Buterin, the $275 billion ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging Layer 2 networks to rethink their strategy. He points to a major decline in L2 users—from 58.4 million to about 30 million—even as Ethereum’s base network ...

For more than 20 years we have been using Layer 3 connectivity powered by dynamic routing protocols to route traffic between data centers, but adoption of virtualization and geo-clustering ...

Real-world assets (RWAs) are redefining the landscape of financial markets and challenging traditional norms. RWAs represent physical assets that are tokenized on the blockchain, and they can ...

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 ...

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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 ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been edited, specifically the second criteria for eligibility to be covered as an L2, to clarify the criteria’s originally intended meaning due to repeated ...