Telefónica Teams Up With Chainlink to Provide Security Against ‘SIM Swap’ Hacks
The partnership will be a “significant step” in integrating telecom capabilities into the blockchain technology, the firms said.
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The Protocol: Bitcoin’s OP_CAT, Fake Ethereum Tokens, Starknet’s Airdrop
CoinDesk’s Jamie Crawley takes a look at the suddenly-high-profile proposal to revive Bitcoin’s historic “OP_CAT” function as a way of enabling more development on the oldest blockchain. PLUS: the unofficial “ERC-404” tokens driving up fees on Ethereum and highlights from our Protocol Village column over the past week.
Layer-2 Chain Starknet’s Much-Awaited STRK Token Airdrop Coming Next Week
The airdrop will happen on Feb.20, and eligible users have until June 20 to claim their tokens.
Protocol Village: Web3 Foundation Funds Ideal Labs, ‘Encryption to the Future’
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 8-14.
What Is ERC-404? The Experimental Standard Whose First Token Has Rocketed 12,000% in One Week
ERC-404 allows multiple wallets to directly own a single NFT, and, in the future, create a use case where that specific exposure can be tokenized and used to take out loans or stake holdings.
Layer-2 Blockchain Developer StarkWare Plans ‘Cairo’ to Verify Layer-3s
Cairo, which the StarkWare and the Herodotus developer team worked on together, is a key piece of technology that verifies proofs and posts them back to the layer-2 blockchain, instead of Ethereum’s mainnet.
Polygon Releases ‘Type 1 Prover,’ Claiming Milestone Set by Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin
The announcement means that existing EVM chains or optimistic rollups can connect to the prover without modification, then plug into Polygon’s newly released Aggregation layer, providing access to “all of the liquidity and value on Ethereum itself,” Polygon said.
Ethereum Developers Target March 13 for Milestone ‘Dencun’ Upgrade on Mainnet
The timing for the long-awaited Dencun upgrade, with its much-touted “proto-danksharding” feature, was announced Thursday on a call with top developers for the Ethereum blockchain.
The Protocol: Solana’s Missed Moment, Exclusive Farcaster Q&A, Bullish Year of Dragon
Even in a slow week ahead of the Chinese New Year, there’s a lot of crypto news to cover. Here’s this week’s The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain tech.
Farcaster’s Dan Romero Explains How ‘Frames’ Did What X (Twitter) Doesn’t
The decentralized social network Farcaster is enjoying a breakout after last week’s introduction of “Frames” – a new feature that could attract attention from developers and, eventually, mainstream users. CoinDesk’s Jenn Sanasie sat down with co-founder Dan Romero in an exclusive interview.