zero-knowledge rollup
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EY plans to move the service to Ethereum mainnet and a layer-3 in the future, its blockchain head told Blockworks
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They may use different cryptographic techniques, but all privacy-centric L2s hope to be the first on Ethereum
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The thesis that more activity begets lower proving costs passes a real-world test
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Protocols continued to build in the blockchain space this past year despite a tumultuous 2022
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zkSharding, the =nil; Foundation’s entry into the layer-2 race, aims to help reduce liquidity fragmentation on-chain
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The Fairblock team has recently secured $2.5 million from investors to bring conditional encryption to blockchains
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Manta Pacific is built using OP stack and will rely on Celestia for data availability
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Moving one step closer further along the decentralization spectrum, StarkWare opens up what they call the “magic wand” of Starknet
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Celer Network releases benchmarking results pitting zero-knowledge provers head to head
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Version 12 is expected to solve the major problems of the current Alpha and meet surge in demand
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The leading rollup solutions are all in their early stages, despite the top 4 alone attracting over $9 billion in value
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From a push for real-world asset adoption to a continued focus on ZK rollups, here’s what you may be able to expect in the DeFi space in 2023
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Are ZK rollups the layer-2 scaling solution that will help blockchains deliver a new secure and decentralized digital economy?
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Blockworks exclusive: The layer-1 blockchain’s announcement comes amid a bevy of recent interest in zero-knowledge rollups
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