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ForkLog 20 02.05.2025

Ethereum to Introduce ‘Neutral Rollup’ Without Tokens or Centralised Control

An independent team of developers has announced the launch of the Ethereum R1 ‘neutral rollup’, which will operate without its own token and without centralised oversight. Introducing Ethereum R1 — The neutral rollup built for Ethereum No token. No private sales. No governance cult. Just Ethereum values, public funding, and community control. ? Why R1 […]

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ForkLog 60 01.05.2025

Ethereum to Introduce Address Standard Indicating L2 Network

Developers from Wonderland have proposed adopting a universal address format in Ethereum that clearly indicates the corresponding L2 network, aimed at preventing errors in cross-chain operations. Experts have drafted preliminary versions of complementary standards ERC-7930 and ERC-7828, covering the necessary changes. ERC-7930 defines a binary format for displaying the “network+address” pair and is intended for […]

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ForkLog 14 30.04.2025

Base Achieves Initial Decentralization Stage Following Buterin’s Framework

Developers of the L2 solution Base for Ethereum have announced that the network has reached the first stage (Stage 1) of decentralization as a step towards building an open on-chain economy. Base has reached Stage 1 Decentralization We’re building the foundation for a truly open, global onchain economy pic.twitter.com/3P63m7IqwT — Base (@base) April 29, 2025 […]

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ForkLog 137 24.04.2025

ZKsync Reaches Agreement with Hacker for Return of $5 Million

The perpetrator who stole ZK tokens valued at approximately $5 million from the ZKsync airdrop smart contract has returned the funds within the deadline set by the project’s team. We’re pleased to share that the hacker has returned the funds within the safe harbor deadline. https://t.co/RarXl1ALVv — ZKsync (∎, ∆) (@zksync) April 23, 2025 On […]

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ForkLog 23 20.04.2025

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Shifting Ethereum’s Architecture to RISC-V

Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin, shared his thoughts on transitioning the Ethereum Virtual Machine to the open RISC-V architecture. According to him, this proposal is as ambitious as Beam Chain and might be the only way to significantly enhance the network’s execution layer efficiency. RISC-V is a processor and software architecture, an alternative to ARM and […]

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ForkLog 87 20.04.2025

Uniswap CEO Advocates for Prioritizing L2 in Ethereum Scaling

Ethereum’s blockchain lags behind Solana in terms of building DeFi, prompting developers to focus on second-layer (L2) solutions. This perspective was shared by Uniswap’s CEO, Hayden Adams, during a discussion with Bankless co-founder David Hoffman. Solana has a better roadmap, team, and and approach if the plan is to do defi on L1 /vertical scaling […]

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ForkLog 94 18.04.2025

Not a full stop: Polkadot readies upgrades and broadens its product suite

Polkadot, the so-called zero-layer network devised by Ethereum co-founder Gavin Wood, once ranked among the ten largest crypto projects by market value, peaking at $50bn. Since mid-2022, however, it has languished in a prolonged bear market. Throughout 2024 the project’s leadership faced a barrage of criticism from industry figures over DAO treasury spending, a toxic […]

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ForkLog 114 02.04.2025

Native rollups: what they are and how they could bring money back to Ethereum

Layer-2 (L2) solutions offer relatively fast and cheap Web3 interactions and remain a cornerstone of Ethereum’s scaling. Yet they raise UX demands, strain the economics of the second-largest cryptocurrency and complicate life for developers. The latter must build and maintain their own proof systems, rely on a rollup security council and manually apply changes after […]

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ForkLog 25 28.03.2025

Dolomite DeFi Protocol Expands into Bitcoin Ecosystem

The decentralized lending platform Dolomite is launching within the Bitcoin ecosystem through the integration of the EVM-compatible Layer 2 solution Spiderchain from Botanix Labs. We’re excited to announce that Dolomite is expanding to @BotanixLabs! ?️ The first decentralized EVM L2 on Bitcoin will be the newest home for our next-gen money market protocol, bringing DeFi-native […]

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ForkLog 14 26.03.2025

Celo Team Completes Blockchain Migration to Ethereum’s Layer 2

Following a successful “hard hard fork,” Celo’s core developers from cLabs have officially relaunched the network as an L2 solution on Ethereum. ? @Ethereum, we’re home! Following a successful “hard hard fork” led by core contributors at @cLabs & L1 validators, Celo is officially an Ethereum Layer 2 ? ? ? What does that mean […]

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ForkLog 64 24.03.2025

Will BTCFi fuel bitcoin’s next leg up?

Decentralised finance on bitcoin (BTCFi) no longer looks like an enthusiasts’ fantasy — it is a fast-developing, promising segment. Over the past year the segment’s TVL has surged by roughly 2,400%, from $0.3bn to a peak of $7.47bn (December 2024), putting the nascent ecosystem in the top five on DeFi Llama rankings. BTCFi signals a […]

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ForkLog 29 23.03.2025

Tornado Cash Ported to MegaETH Testnet

A developer known as Gunboats has ported the recently unsanctioned mixer Tornado Cash to the test network of the L2 project MegaETH. The new version of the protocol, named ETHTornado, has sparked concerns within the community. putting tornado cash on fastest chain ever @megaeth_labs pic.twitter.com/NoxUsX3Mbf — GUNBOATs ?? (@0xgunboats) March 21, 2025 “I thought maybe […]

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