This guide will provide an overview of Base, one of the leading Layer 2 chains, which is compatible with the Ethereum ecosystem. The network uses the Optimistic Rollups technology, which bundles ...
Leaders across the layer-2 space don't see this moment as an existential threat, but rather that Ethereum’s progress is forcing them to clarify their purpose.
Ethereum Name Service (ENS), the decentralized naming protocol that maps human-readable identifiers to blockchain addresses, has decided to discontinue ...
Fragmentation in Ethereum’s ecosystem leads to value capture by individual Layer 2s. Layer twos explore diverse trade-offs while anchoring security to Ethereum’s layer one. Composability is key to ...
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 ...
The network will transition to proof-of-stake and coincides with the rollout of the ESP token, which is used for staking, ...
In an effort to enhance data accessibility within the Ethereum Layer-2 ecosystem, blockchain analytics platform Nansen has announced a partnership with Metis Andromeda, a permissionless Ethereum Layer ...
An explosion in transaction activity on Ethereum layer 2 Lighter since launching last month has pushed Ethereum’s transaction per second count to a record of 24,192. The Ethereum ecosystem has just ...
Ethereum's spot (CRYPTO: ETH) ETFs, which began trading July 23, 2024, have drawn significant institutional capital and opened a new avenue of regulated exposure to ETH. By Q3 2025, combined inflows ...
Base is an Ethereum Layer 2 network developed by Coinbase that uses optimistic rollups to execute transactions off-chain while settling and securing them on Ethereum. As Ethereum activity increasingly ...