I am old enough to remember when alternatives to the slow, clunky and costly Ethereum ETH blockchain would take its near 100% market share away. It was a little over two years ago. A lot has happened ...

Ethereum is witnessing a surge in "blob" usage, an effective data management tool introduced earlier this year, signaling that more users are embracing layer-2 scaling solutions for faster and more ...

Ethereum ecosystem scaling has moved from theory to actual production-grade infrastructure. Optimistic Rollups, ZK Rollups, major Layer 1 upgrades like The Merge and The Dencun upgrade (EIP-4844), and ...

Blockchain technology and decentralized apps are getting a lot of attention these days. As interest in cryptocurrencies grows, so does the focus on the Ethereum price and the mechanics of buying and ...

Ethereum’s Dencun update has led to a Cambrian explosion of layer 2s, but industry insiders say there are already far too many. There are 73 layer-2 blockchains listed on L2beat, with 82 in the ...

Optimism is an Ethereum-compatible layer-2 project that hopes to solve Ethereum’s scalability issues while functioning similarly to the Ethereum blockchain. Optimism is an Ethereum layer-2 scalability ...

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) has achieved a significant milestone with the completion of a substantial software update, dubbed Dencun, aimed at reducing the cost of utilizing its Layer-2 solutions Moreover, ...

Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade went live on Wednesday, introducing a mechanism to reduce costs associated with transactions on layer 2 solutions that batch and compress transactions before sending them to ...

Protocol revenue expanded roughly 27 times during 2025. The network captured about 62 percent of total layer-2 revenue by year-end. Annualized protocol fees reached approximately $75 million.

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