Arbitrum, the largest Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution by total value locked (TVL), is taking steps towards decentralization. In an update on April 16, Offchain Labs–Arbitrum developers–said they have deployed the permissionless version of their fraud proofs, dubbed Bounded Liquidity Delay (BOLD), to testnet. Ethereum Layer-2s Are Popular, But There Is A Big Problem Ethereum layer-2…
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Vitalik Buterin called the early Ethereum scaling solution Plasma “underrated” and a “significant security upgrade” for chains that would otherwise be validiums. Plasma, a once-prominent Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution, should be revisited by teams currently working on zero-knowledge (ZK) Ethereum Virtual Machines (EVMs), said Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Invented in 2017, Plasma diverts data and…
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OP Labs implemented its modular fault-proof system on the OP Goerli testnet. OP Labs, the developer of the Optimism network, launched a testnet version of its fault-proof system, according to an Oct. 3 blog post. Once it completes testing, it will allow for “a more decentralized and efficient Superchain,” the post stated. The new system is…
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Offchain Labs co-founder Ed Felten said there were one or two fraud challenges submitted on a version of Arbitrum running on the Ethereum proof-of-work fork after the Merge, which was defeated. Not a single fraud proof has been submitted on Arbitrum since it first launched its mainnet with the built-in security feature in August 2021,…
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