The numbers are impressive: Ethereum hovering above $2,600, analysts eyeing $3,200, Layer 2 TVL surpassing $20 billion. Let’s be real, charts and figures aren’t the things that are going to catch people’s attention. What does resonate is impact. That, in reality, is where the real Ethereum story is happening —...
DeFi gets all the glory. NFTs grab the headlines. Everyone's chasing the next shiny decentralized app. Let's be brutally honest: all of that rests on a foundation that's quietly groaning under the weight. We're talking about data availability. It’s Ethereum’s Achilles’ heel if we allow it to fester, much too...
Airbender an authentic paradigm shift, or merely another incremental enhancement in the rapidly-changing Ethereum ecosystem? Matter Labs recently announced the launch of its new zkVM prover, Airbender, and damn is it sweet. It takes only 35 seconds to prove Ethereum blocks now with one GPU! The promise of fraction-of-a-cent transaction...
Ethereum has shown a robust performance with a 25% increase over a specific period, sustaining gains after the successful Pectra upgrade last month. Despite this, a notable trend has emerged: ETH balances across Layer 2 (L2) networks have declined by approximately 25% in recent months. This change marks a new...
The whispers are turning into shouts. Ethereum's Layer 2s (L2s) are bleeding ETH. Optimism, Arbitrum, Base – they’re all experiencing huge net outflows. We were all so scared of a “vampire attack” on mainnet. Now the tables have turned, and L2s are the ones who look anemic. What changed? And...
The hype around Ethereum’s Layer 2 (L2) scaling solutions is overwhelming. We’re misled into thinking they are the only means to attain mass adoption. Their hype has some people questioning if they’re really Ethereum’s salvation, or if they’re unwittingly draining the main chain’s lifeblood. Have we become so entranced by...
