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Ethereum layer 2 developer, Polygon Labs, commences Polygon 2.0 ecosystem aimed at establishing an interconnected Ethereum system with high throughput and low fee transactions. This ecosystem evolution highlights the adaptability of blockchain technology but raises questions about the impacts on established contracts and practices.

Anoma Foundation secures $25 million to develop its third-generation blockchain architecture offering increased composability and ease of use. Focusing on intent-centric design, Anoma aims to further decentralize existing blockchain-based applications and platforms, enhancing decentralized applications (DApps) and services, such as decentralized exchanges and rollup protocols.

“UBS bank launches a live pilot of a tokenized money market fund on Ethereum, aiming to democratize market liquidity. The project brings together traditional financial institutions and fintech providers. However, tokenization faces challenges such as asset valuation transparency and blockchain complexity.”

“Arbitrum Foundation, a supporter of the Ethereum Layer 2 network, is partnering with Fracton Ventures to tap into the Japanese market. The alliance will focus on ecosystem construction and furnish community education, promoting Arbitrum’s adoption by Japanese developers and investors.”

Ethereum’s anticipated test network, Holesky, faced a launch setback due to a misconfiguration, resulting in a two-week delay. Despite being intended to address Ethereum’s scaling issues and allow for increased validators, the event highlighted vulnerabilities. However, the existing Goerli testnet remains functional, supporting continued application testing. This incident does not affect Ethereum’s subsequent hard fork, Dencun.

A pivotal upgrade known as the Merge transitioned Ethereum from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism to a proof-of-stake (PoS), causing a net supply decrease of 299,922.50 ether. The PoS mechanism needs users to hold ether to validate transactions and earn rewards. This eliminated much miner supply and made Ethereum more eco-friendly. However, despite these changes, ether’s market values have stagnated.

“SSV.network, in partnership with the Ethereum Foundation, recently launched its mainnet aiming to decentralize Ethereum staking pools. Leveraging Distributed Validator Technology, it aims to increase validator resilience, enhance private key security, and minimize the risks of validator downtime.”

“ssv.network has introduced a blockchain solution emphasizing on liquid staking, aiming for a higher level of decentralization. Given the centralization concerns around Ethereum’s staking mechanism where top exchanges and selected entities hold majority of staked ETH, SSV’s mainnet proposes an approach to mitigate these problems. This new system, facilitated by SSV smart contracts, encourages multiple operators’ involvement without needing external coordination.”

Ethereum is set to unveil a new testnet, Holesky, which promises larger capacity than its existing networks, Sepolia and Goerli. The new testnet aims to address potential scaling issues and accommodate more extensive testing for Ethereum’s growing developer community. Named after a Prague train station, Holesky’s significant size would provide a realistic environment for infrastructure and core protocol upgrade testing, targeting to enhance Ethereum’s resilience against unexpected obstacles.

“Proto-danksharding, or EIP-4844, is a proposed Ethereum security feature set to significantly reduce fees for rollups. By introducing data blocks that are temporally attached and later erased, transaction costs are minimally affected. Despite promising advancements, rollup costs are largely dictated by data availability, challenging the thorough implementation of this crucial scaling solution in the Ethereum ecosystem.”

The Ethereum ecosystem could see a significant change in rollup costs, a key aspect of its scaling solution, with the potential implementation of proto-danksharding. Nicolas Liochon, head of Consensys’ zkEVM Linea, anticipates this could decrease rollup costs tenfold. The technology, yet to be launched, could unleash untapped rollup potential.

To combat increasing transaction times and fees, Ethereum is utilizing layer 2 scaling solutions, resulting in faster transaction speeds, lower costs, and maintaining security. These networks enhance throughput and transaction rates, drawing significant attention. However, layer 2 chains also face criticism, largely from crypto users maximizing profitability through airdrop farming.

Anoma Foundation is advancing with privacy-focused blockchains by creating a standalone blockchain for Namada protocol. Namada, founded by Awa Sun Yin, features zero-knowledge cryptography, facilitating private transactions across Ethereum or Cosmos networks. It can embed privacy features in any digital asset and decentralized apps without altering their original code.

“dYdX is introducing decentralized order books to their platform and is shifting from the Ethereum network to the Cosmos network. CEO Charles d’Haussy proposes an innovative blend of decentralization and speed, hosting order books within the validators. This ambitious transition seeks to achieve a ‘purely decentralized’ order book exchange while ensuring high-speed crypto derivative responses.”

Ethereum is battling with the issue of node centralization, with much of its network activity verification reliant on centralized services like AWS. Ethereum’s co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has indicated that true decentralization, achievable through “statelessness” and operability on affordable hardware, is a key part of Ethereum’s long-term roadmap, despite the technical challenges anticipated.

“Interlay recently unveiled its Minimum Viable Product (MVP), the Build on Bitcoin (BOB) solution, designed to link Ethereum blockchain advancements with Bitcoin’s user community. BOB will enable decentralized application development, leveraging Rust smart contracts compatible with Bitcoin legacy libraries, while also supporting Ethereum Virtual Machine. Despite concerns from some Bitcoin advocates, the Interlay team remains optimistic about broadening Bitcoin’s applicability.”

Coinbase’s open-source, permissionless Ethereum layer-2 protocol, Base, is focusing on decentralization and interoperability among varied blockchain chains. The company has designed unique “Base Neutrality Principles” to protect against excessive influence and maintain the merits of decentralization. These principles include not controlling bridged crypto, avoiding transaction favouritism, and not using private data for marketing.

“Data from Glassnode shows a significant drop in Ethereum gas consumption by NFT marketplaces, indicating a possible shift in NFT usage with more individuals choosing to hold their assets. However, this reflects market maturation and growing understanding of technology, rather than decline.”

“Ethereum’s shift from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, known as the “Merge”, is viewed differently by stakeholders. While the move reduced Ethereum’s energy demands and is hailed as a ‘green’ shift, it overlooks the ongoing significant energy consumption from graphics processing units previously used in mining. Moreover, perspectives on security and profitability under the new system remain contentious.”

Palm Foundation, with support from Polygon Labs and Consensys, is developing a Polygon Zero Knowledge Supernet to simplify onboarding and expand its NFT infrastructure. The plan includes addressing governance through Decentralized Autonomous Organizations and enhancing transaction speed while maintaining low gas fees. The initiative, targeting broader Web3 user-base, will complete its migration to a ZK Supernet by 2024.

Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin responds to Worldcoin’s launch of a decentralized human identity verification system, viewing it as integral in tackling online spam and power centralization. Buterin also stresses the need for privacy, accessibility, transparency, and security in such identity solutions to prevent wealth concentration in potentially hostile hands. Despite potential threats to privacy and system security, Buterin promotes hybrid approaches to proof of personhood, warning of a future intertwined with AI and the need for careful blockchain navigation.

“Aurora Labs, building the largest L2 protocol on NEAR Foundation, commands significant influence, housing nearly half of NEAR’s Total Value Locked. Their compatibility with MetaMask, simplified transaction process and inherent interoperability position them favorably within the blockchain industry. However, areas of improvement include crypto onboarding and public image enhancement.”

Shinhan Bank in South Korea successfully carried out a feasibility test for stablecoin remittance payments using Hedera’s distributed ledger technology. Meanwhile, US crypto mining firm Marathon Digital faces legal action for alleged regulatory infringements. Cronos partners with gaming giant Ubisoft, while the NEAR Foundation pledges commitment to the Ethereum Climate Platform. Also, crypto exchange Bitget reports strong growth and Crucible offers a blockchain-based SDK for game developers.