Margaux Nijkerk

Posted by | January 9, 2024
Fox, Polygon Release Blockchain-Powered Tool ‘Verify’ to Weed Out Deepfakes

Media empire Fox Corp., the parent of Fox News, has tapped the blockchain project Polygon to combat AI-generated media stories or deepfakes – with an automated tool that helps to...

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Posted by | January 5, 2024
Ethereum Validators Forced to Wait Days to Unstake Amid Celsius Withdraws

Ethereum's validators are stuck waiting several days to withdraw their staked ether (ETH), and the defunct crypto lender Celsius may be partially to blame for the backlog. Validators stake ETH...

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Posted by | December 21, 2023
Ethereum Developers Target January for First Testnet Deployment of Next Big Upgrade, ‘Dencun’

Ethereum developers are heating up their testing process for the upcoming Dencun upgrade , a major milestone expected next year that would add capacity for data storage via a new...

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Posted by | December 14, 2023
Chainlink Data Feeds Available on Polygon zkEVM

Chainlink, a blockchain data-oracle project, has made their data feeds available to developers using Polygon’s layer 2 zero-knowledge rollup. Data feeds help connect smart contracts to “real-world data such as...

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Posted by | December 14, 2023
Arbitrum Throws Hat In Ring for Celo’s Migration to Layer-2 Blockchain

The competition for who gets to build a new layer-2 blockchain for the Celo network just got a little more crowded. Nina Rong, the head of ecosystem development at the...

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Posted by | December 14, 2023
Cronos, Partner of Crypto.com, to Start Layer 2 Network With Matter Labs

Cronos Labs, the developer behind the Cronos blockchain , announced Thursday the launch of a new layer-2 network, joining the growing ranks of second-tier projects that have opted to build...

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Posted by | December 12, 2023
Polygon to Offer Data Solution Celestia as Option for New Layer-2 Developers

Celestia, a so-called data availability (DA) solution designed to provide a cheaper alternative for verifying data generated from blockchain transactions, announced Tuesday that it will become an option for blockchain...

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Posted by | December 12, 2023
StarkWare Distributing $3.5M Fees to Developers in ‘Devonomics’ Program

StarkWare, the developer firm behind Starknet, a layer-2 blockchain atop Ethereum, announced Tuesday together with the Starknet Foundation that about $3.5 million of fees paid on the network will go...

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Posted by | December 7, 2023
Blocknative Releases New Ethereum Mempool Explorer, to Help With MEV Protection

Blocknative, a blockchain infrastructure company that cut staff in October after suspending work on a major business project, is releasing a new tool to examine the "mempool" of pending transactions...

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Posted by | December 6, 2023
Worldcoin Foundation $5M Grants Program Focuses on ‘Equitable Systems’

The Worldcoin Foundation, a non-profit that supports the development of the Worldcoin protocol , announced on Wednesday a $5 million community grants program called “Wave0.” The grants are supposed to...

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