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ForkLog 106 27.01.2026

Bitcoin-Based ZK-Rollup Citrea Launches Mainnet

L2 project Citrea, aimed at scaling the first cryptocurrency, has launched its mainnet and native stablecoin.

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A quiet evolution: why whales are buying Ethereum ahead of Glamsterdam and Hegota

ForkLog 129 19.01.2026

The Silent Accumulation: Whales Bet on Ethereum Before Major Upgrades

This article examines developers’ plans and assesses Ethereum’s prospects ahead of forthcoming upgrades.

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ForkLog 152 22.12.2025

What is zkEVM?

A zkEVM is a smart-contract runtime that supports zero-knowledge proofs and is fully compatible with Ethereum.

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ForkLog 169 26.11.2025

Skale Network Utilises Base for AI-Focused L3 Launch on Ethereum

Skale Network is leveraging the infrastructure of Base to launch a third-layer (L3) solution on Ethereum, aimed at AI applications.

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ForkLog 112 29.09.2025

Firedancer Developers Advocate Removing Solana’s Compute Unit Limit

The team behind the high-performance Solana client Firedancer has proposed lifting the cap on compute units (CU) in blocks following the Alpenglow update.

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ForkLog 69 17.06.2025

Experts Highlight MEV as a Barrier to Blockchain Scaling

Maximal Extractable Value (MEV) has emerged as a “dominant constraint on blockchain scaling,” according to a report by the Flashbots research group. Experts have discovered that spam transactions generated by arbitrage bots consume block space faster than even high-performance networks can expand it. “This is not a theoretical or isolated issue. We can observe it […]

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ForkLog 119 19.05.2025

Fusaka upgrade: what it means for Ethereum’s future

The second-largest cryptocurrency has finally stirred after a prolonged slump, particularly visible in the ETH/BTC pair. Despite a recent outperformance rally, ether still trades nearly 50% below its all-time high of ~$4900 set in November 2021. Rising competition from DeFi ecosystems on Solana, BNB Chain and, paradoxically, Ethereum’s own layer-2 (L2) solutions is taking its […]

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ForkLog 94 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 39 14.04.2025

Ethereum Unveils Streamlined Development Plan Focused on Scalability

The simplified Ethereum roadmap emphasizes the scaling of BLOB objects and enhancing L1 performance, as revealed by Ethereum Foundation co-executive Tomasz Stańczak. yes, mostly this based on loads of convos other things are secondary mostly (not because less important but should naturally happen as the result of the above — existing culture and values in […]

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ForkLog 45 11.03.2025

Flashblocks, appchains and smart wallets: how Base takes on Solana

Launched in 2023 with backing from Coinbase, the Base platform has rapidly gained popularity. Despite lacking a native token, the ecosystem outperforms many L2 solutions by TVL and transaction activity.

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ForkLog 98 14.02.2025

Vitalik Buterin Advocates for Increasing Ethereum’s Gas Limit

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has articulated arguments in a new essay for further expanding transaction space in the network’s first-layer block. Reasons to have higher L1 gas limits even in an L2-heavy Ethereumhttps://t.co/BMFhzoO8bE — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) February 14, 2025 In early February, Ethereum validators supported increasing the gas limit from 30 million to 36 million, […]

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ForkLog 30 24.01.2025

Vitalik Buterin Confirms Ethereum’s Focus on L2 Scaling Solutions

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has stated in a new article that the ecosystem will primarily scale through L2 solutions. Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and beyondhttps://t.co/T36dnaEYXj — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) January 24, 2025 According to him, the main obstacles in this direction are: insufficient space for BLOB objects, which “meets the needs of existing […]

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