scalability

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Polygon zkEVM Mainnet Beta Goes Live; Ethereum’s Buterin Sends First Transaction
The release of Polygon’s zkEVM comes just days after competitor Matter Labs released its own zkEVM, zkSync Era.
Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Matter Labs Opens zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum
After zkSync Era was launched only for developers last month, the project took the additional step Friday of opening to general users. The latest push comes just days ahead of the rival Polygon system’s planned rollout Monday of its own “zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine.”
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StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)
StarkWare Partnering With Chainlink for StarkNet Growth
The provider of blockchain scaling products will integrate the data provider’s price feeds.
StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)

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Solana vs. Polygon: A Developer’s Perspective
A look at the scalability, security and performance of two of the most popular smart contract blockchains, written by someone who has built on both and chose Solana for an upcoming wallet app.
CDCROP: Tightrope walker balancing act (Sean Benesh/Unsplash)

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Ethereum’s 2022 in Review: The Merge, MEV and Mayhem
Ethereum’s year was marked by reductions to energy costs and improved scalability, but it was also racked by hacks and “censorship.”
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CDCROP: Metis co-founders Yuan Su, Elena Sinelnikova and Kevin Liu (Metis)
New Metis Rollup Tech Addressees Ethereum Scalability for Businesses
The layer 2 platform’s team includes the mother of Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin.
CDCROP: Metis co-founders Yuan Su, Elena Sinelnikova and Kevin Liu (Metis)

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Bernstein Says Polygon Blockchain Is Bringing Crypto to Consumers
The blockchain’s success has come from its ability to build a more mainstream customer gateway, the report said.
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Uri Kolodny StarkWare
Blockchain Scalability Firm StarkWare Launches Recursion to Streamline Ethereum
Recursive proofs could bundle tens of millions of NFTs off-chain to help streamline Ethereum.
Uri Kolodny StarkWare

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Ethereum Gets an Upgraded Scaling Testnet – And It's Actually Years Ahead of Schedule
The zkEVM test network will be the first of its kind and could change the Ethereum scaling landscape in the near future.
CDCROP: Neon Circles (Andrew Haimerl/Unsplash)