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.

Margaux Nijkerk

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Технологии

Polygon 2.0 Roadmap Calls for ‘Unified Liquidity,’ Restaking, New Chains on Demand

Polygon, a staking solution for Ethereum, says its new architecture will include a shared bridge and a “coordination layer” that connects all of Polygon’s chains, with an emphasis on zero-knowledge technology that has become one of this year’s hottest blockchain trends.

Brendan Farmer, Co-Founder of Polygon (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Технологии

‘Storage Proofs’ Touted as Alternative to Hack-Prone Bridges in Multichain World

Storage proofs, a feature that could minimize cross-chain exploits by allowing users to keep their assets on one chain and prove that it's there on a different chain, will go live on Starknet soon.

Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-founder and CEO of StarkWare (StarkWare)

Технологии

Polygon Introduces AI Interface Powered by ChatGPT to Aid App Developers

The artificial-intelligence interface, called Polygon Copilot, will help developers obtain analytics and insights for their applications on the Polygon blockchain.

Sandeep Naliwal, co-founder Polygon (Polygon)

Технологии

Polygon Proposes POS Chain To Become ZK Compatible

In a pre-proposal discussion post, Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic argues why the mainchain should go through a major upgrade.

Polygon co-founder Mihailo Bjelic (Polygon)

Технологии

Blockchain Developer Platform Alchemy Releases AI-Powered Tools for Web3 Builders

AlchemyAI will launch as two new products – an in-app chatbot and a ChatGPT plugin – to help web3 developers access data faster and speed up product development.

Alchemy introduced its AI tool suite, AlchemyAI (Alchemy)

Финансы

Polygon Takes Wraps Off Version 2.0

The protocol calls its latest version “the value layer of the Internet.”

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

Технологии

Ethereum’s Buterin Releases Roadmap Addressing Scaling, Privacy, Wallet Security

In his blog post, Buterin says the network needs to address these components simultaneously; otherwise the blockchain could fail.

Vitalik Buterin shares a new blog post on Ethereum's roadmap to address scaling, privacy, and wallet security. (CoinDesk)

Технологии

Ethereum Developers Cement Final Lineup of Changes in ‘Dencun’ Upgrade

Proto-danksharding is at the heart of the package, with other improvements for storage on-chain, as well as minor code changes related to the Ethereum Virtual Machine.

Ethereum (Unsplash)

Технологии

ConsenSys’ MetaMask Institutional Integrates With Custody Tech Provider Fireblocks

The partnership, scheduled to go live June 12, will offer greater DeFi and Web3 Access to builder and institutional investors.

(Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Consensus Magazine

No More FTXs! Consensus 2023 Attendees Discuss Future of Crypto Custody

FTX's collapse reignites the self-custody debate with Consensus 2023 attendees in an excerpt from CoinDesk’s first-ever Consensus @ Consensus Report.

CoinDesk’s Margaux Nijkerk (right), the author of this piece, interviews Offchain Labs CEO Steven Goldfeder on stage at Consensus 2023. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)