Margaux Nijkerk

Margaux Nijkerk reports on the Ethereum protocol and L2s. A graduate of Johns Hopkins and Emory universities, she has a masters in International Affairs & Economics. She holds BTC and ETH above CoinDesk's disclosure threshold of $1,000.

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Tecnologie

Metis, Ethereum Layer-2 Network, Creates $100M Fund as Decentralized Sequencer Launch Nears

The distribution of funds is planned for the first quarter of 2024, and supposed to occur a week after Metis' decentralized sequencer will go live.

Los rollups no tienen la seguridad de Ethereum. (Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)

Tecnologie

Chainlink Data Feeds Available on Polygon zkEVM

Developers building on Polygon’s zkEVM will be able to incorporate these data feeds into their on-chain applications.

Sergey Nazarov Chainlink Co-founder (Chainlink Labs)

Tecnologie

Arbitrum Throws Hat In Ring for Celo's Migration to Layer-2 Blockchain

Celo originally planned to build its Ethereum layer-2 network with Optimism's OP Stack. Then Polygon and Matter Labs pitched their stacks. Now, Arbitrum, the biggest layer-2, wants in on the bake-off.

Arbitrum booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tecnologie

Cronos, Partner of Crypto.com, to Start Layer 2 Network With Matter Labs

The new "Cronos zkEVM chain" is launching initially as a test network, based on Matter Labs’ software tools, which can be used to spin up new layer 2 and layer 3 “hyperchains” atop Ethereum.

Cronos Labs Managing Director Ken Timsit (Ken Tismit)

Tecnologie

Polygon to Offer Data Solution Celestia as Option for New Layer-2 Developers

Celestia's "data availability" solution – pitched as a cheaper alternative to storing data on Ethereum – will become an option for builders who are using Polygon’s customizable software stack to spin up new layer-2 networks.

Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tecnologie

StarkWare Distributing $3.5M Fees to Developers in 'Devonomics' Program

The developer firm, together with the Starknet Foundation, said that the program will benefit "dapp" builders and core developers of the Starknet blockchain.

StarkWare co-founders CEO Uri Kolodny and President Eli Ben-Sasson (Natalie Schor/StarkWare)

Tecnologie

Blocknative Releases New Ethereum Mempool Explorer, to Help With MEV Protection

The tool, which was released just a few weeks after Blocknative had to cut back on its MEV-Boost relay services, could ultimately help reduce instances of block-level manipulation and protect users from front-running bots.

Blocknative CEO Matt Cutler (Margaux Nijkerk/ CoinDesk)

Tecnologie

Worldcoin Foundation $5M Grants Program Focuses on 'Equitable Systems'

The grants are supposed to give developers a “focus on building resilient technology and more equitable systems.”

Worldcoin's iris-scanning technology is being questioned by regulators (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)