Protocol Village: Gnosis Inks Strategic Partnership with Zeal, Invests $2M
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 9-15.
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The Protocol: From ‘Node Sales’ to ‘Address Poisoning,’ the Money’s in Crypto
In this week’s issue of The Protocol newsletter, we dive into the crypto industry’s fundraising method du jour – it’s all about the decentralization! PLUS: Polyhedra says its ZK prover is 2x faster than anyone else’s.
Protocol Village: Polyhedra Says Open-Source ZK Proof System ‘Expander’ 2x Faster Than Alternatives
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 2-8.
The Protocol: EigenLayer’s ‘Intersubjective Forking’ Is Objectively Not Done
Much-hyped restaking project EigenLayer’s 43-page whitepaper about its now-revealed EIGEN token has raised lots of questions. They may not matter initially, because much of the promised functionality won’t be ready when the token launches.
Protocol Village: SEDA, Data and Computation Network, Launches Mainnet Genesis
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 25-May 1.
The Protocol: Analyzing Runes Impact as Bitcoin Fee Bonanza Fades
RUNING THE PARTY? Bitcoin’s once-every-four-years “halving” was supposed to bring a steep cut in revenue for crypto miners, since their rewards for new data blocks would drop by 50%. Instead, the simultaneous launch of Casey Rodarmor’s new Runes protocol – for minting digital tokens on top of the oldest and largest blockchain – proved so popular that it caused massive […]
Protocol Village: Telos to Work With R&D Firm Ponos on Hardware-Accelerated Ethereum ZkEVM
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 18-24.
The Protocol: Bitcoin Halving Spectacular, With Runes, ‘Epic Sat,’ Stacks Nakamoto
Unlike the last Bitcoin halving, a ho-hum affair where Covid-locked-down gawkers had little choice but to tune into livestreamed watch parties, the upcoming Bitcoin halving comes with project launches, competitions and IRL celebrations in Denver and Costa Rica.
Protocol Village: Berachain Closes $100M Series B Funding Round
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of April 11-17.
The Protocol: How to Engineer Harder Money, or Just Make Your Own
Bitcoin’s supply growth is set to automatically drop by 50% when next week’s “halving” arrives, Ethereum is pondering a cut in ETH issuance, and meme coin issuers are just no-holds-barred spinning up new ones. Blockchain tech is enabling all sorts of monetary strategies.