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Manta Pacific: A Hidden Gem with Hidden Rewards?

30 Dec 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Bfab

In the world of Ethereum Layer-2 networks, Manta Pacific stands out as an innovative solution to the scalability challenges that plague the Ethereum blockchain. This Layer-2 chain built on Manta's modular execution layer leverages OP-Stack technology...

Arbitrum Outage: Is It Time to Question the Decentralization of Layer-2 Chains?

17 Dec 2023 1 minute read 4 comments Bfab

As a long-time proponent of Ethereum's decentralized ecosystem, I was deeply disturbed by the recent outage on the Arbitrum network. This incident, which left users unable to transact for several hours, raises serious concerns about the true level of...

Friend.Tech: How To Get Invite Codes

21 Aug 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Bfab

Further to my previous posts on Friend.Tech, the new social media app on Ethereum's layer-2 Base, some of you asked me how to get invite codes. Among the invite codes that I had shared, there is only one left as shown hereafter: You can get this rem...

Fantom, A New Ethereum Optimistic Layer-2 Rollup?

12 Aug 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Bfab

This article was first published on Medium. Fantom Foundation co-founder and architect Andre Cronje has been making some ambiguous declarations about the project's plans to add optimistic rollups to connect to Ethereum. In an interview on The Scoop,...

BALD: A New Memecoin Soars 30,000X Since Launch

31 Jul 2023 1 minute read 0 comments bitbucket

Coinbase introduced their own Layer-2 called “Base” and their mainnet went live just recently. Developers have already started launching tokens on this layer-2 and a meme-token “BALD” was also launched mimicking Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong. Massiv...

Why I'm Bullish on Optimism OP Token

24 Jul 2023 1 minute read 4 comments Bfab

The recent news that Sam Altman's Worldcoin protocol has launched on Optimism Mainnet has me very bullish on the OP token. Worldcoin is a project that aims to provide everyone on Earth with a unique digital identity, and Optimism is a layer-2 scaling...

Optimistic vs ZK Rollups: A Deep Dive into Ethereum's Layer-2 Scaling Solutions

21 Mar 2023 4 minute read 2 comments ulriklykke

The Ethereum blockchain is undoubtedly a game-changer in the decentralized economy, but despite being around since 2015 it is still plagued by several challenges such as scalability, speed limitations and high network costs. Fortunately, the rise of...

$MATIC powers through the week (and weak hands)

30 Apr 2021 1 minute read 0 comments JCRoemer

The Polygon MATIC rally pushed in the last day of April with the token slowly pushing to a new ATH of $0.9457.  Note the higher lows and higher high's throughout the last few days as price discovery continues. (Also, our favorite phrase in this world...

The rise of DeFi 2.0

5 Feb 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Pasucaru

From last summer (2020) the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) with the tokens associated was a success but in the same time gas fees increase a lot. In my case I was more familiar with the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) thanks to the Binance ecosystem which he...

Trying Synthetix over Optimistic Ethereum (Layer 2 scaling)

4 Oct 2020 4 minute read 2 comments bengy

  Ethereum is the first and most used of the smart contract blockchains. However, due to the way that it achieves consensus via Proof of Work (PoW), it does suffer from network congestion at times when the network is being stressed by usage. User...