Technology
Privacy Technology Firm Nym Plans Early 2024 Rollout of ‘Decentralized VPN’
The privacy-focused infrastructure project says that the new NymVPN will disperse traffic across a network of nodes rather than running data through single servers as centralized VPNs do.
The Protocol: Celestia Airdrop Gets Crypto Users Asking About Starknet Despite No Similar Plans
In this week’s edition of The Protocol newsletter, we explain the mechanics (and roots) behind the “data availability” network Celestia, and its new TIA tokens, and turn our eyes to Starknet’s STRK tokens, which aren’t trading yet but are already being awarded to early contributors.
Starknet Foundation Showers STRK Tokens on Contributors, Though They’re Not Trading Yet
The foundation, formed in November 2022 after the initial developer StarkWare minted 10 billion STRK tokens, is now awarding early contributors to the Ethereum layer-2 network – even though they’re locked for trading at least until next April.
Protocol Village: New DYdX Chain to Use DYDX for Staking, Pay Out Fees in USDC
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the week of Oct. 16-22, with live updates throughout.
Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Is a Step Toward a Scalable Settlement Layer: Goldman Sachs
The upgrade will enhance the blockchain’s scalability using rollups, will optimize gas fees and improve the network’s security, the report said.
Floki Pounces on Trillion Dollar RWA Narrative With New TokenFi Platform
“The tokenization industry is projected to be a $16 trillion industry by the year 2030,” Floki lead developer ‘B’ told CoinDesk in a Telegram message
Arbitrum Foundation Says ‘Orbit’ for Layer-3 Networks Now Ready for Mainnet
Orbit is a program for developers to spin up their own layer-3 blockchains atop Arbitrum, which in turn is the largest layer-2 network atop the Ethereum blockchain.
All of a Sudden, It’s All About Bitcoin
There’s a lot of activity happening in Bitcoin tech development – with innovations that might help the original and oldest blockchain to catch up with the boom of projects building in the Ethereum ecosystem.
Crypto Wallet Maker Ledger Officially Rolls Out ‘Recover,’ Unleashing Fresh Round of Snark
Recover involves users’ private keys being encrypted, duplicated and divided into three pieces which are held with three different parties.