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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Technologies

Ethereum Layer-2 Teams Welcome Proposal to Overhaul Blockchain

Far from making zero-knowledge rollups obsolete, the Beam Chain would make them work better, says Polygon. zkSync builder Matter Labs is also bullish.

Ethereum itself is made up of several layers. (Annie Spratt/Unsplash)

Technologies

Decentralized AI Project Morpheus Goes Live on Mainnet

Like other decentralized AI networks, Morpheus seeks to curtail the negative side effects of AI, such as centralization, censorship, and data monopolies.

Morpheus, the god of sleep, painted by Jean Bernard Restout (Cleveland Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

Technologies

Ethereum Pioneer's New 'Time Machine' Makes Transactions Conditional on Future Events

The new platform, called the “Ethereum time machine,” extends Ethereum’s programming capabilities by allowing smart contracts to execute transactions based on uncertain or not-guaranteed future events.

Vlad Zamfir co-founder of Smart Transactions (STXN)

Technologies

Ethereum Layer-2 Project Starknet to Roll Out Staking Feature Later This Month

StarkWare, the main developer firm behind Starknet, had shared in July that it would introduce a proposal for staking on the blockchain, but had not previously fixed the date of the rollout.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Technologies

Top Ethereum Researcher's Dramatic Proposal Draws Standing-Room-Only Crowd in Bangkok

The Beam Chain groups a number of big-ticket upgrades, including native zero-knowledge proof support and fast finality, into a single Ethereum upgrade. Just don't call it "Ethereum 3.0."

Justin Drake introduces his proposed Beam Chain upgrade roadmap (Ethereum Devcon/YouTube)

Technologies

Espresso, Project for Composability Between Blockchains, Pushes Main Product Live

According to the team, the new "confirmation layer" will be a critical piece of infrastructure for composability among layer-2 rollups, allowing two networks to read and trust each other's blocks of transaction data.

CEO of Espresso Systems Ben Fisch (Espresso Systems)

Technologies

Ethereum's ENS Identity System Set to Launch Own Layer-2 Blockchain

"Namechain" will use a zero-knowledge rollup for scaling and is likely to go live around the end of 2025.

Ethereum Name Service founder Nick Johnson (ENS)

Technologies

Ethereum Foundation's Treasury Shrunk 39% Over 2 1/2 Years to $970M

The foundation has spent roughly $240 million since March 2022, and holds most of its treasury in ether, which has slid roughly 22% since the last financial report.

Ethereum (ethereum.org)

Technologies

In Win for Polygon's AggLayer, Magic Labs Unveils Chain Unification Network 'Newton'

Newton will allow for wallet solutions to plug into the AggLayer, which is a Polygon-backed effort to connect affiliated chains and allow tokens to freely move between them. Magic Labs claims its the first dedicated network for wallet solutions and chain unification.

Magic Labs CEO Sean Li

Technologies

Is Optimism's 'Superchain' Winning the Ethereum Layer-2 Race?

One of the biggest trends of 2023 among the leading layer-2 projects on Ethereum was the emergence of “blockchain in a box,” where teams encouraged developers to clone their code to spin up new layer 2s. Now, one project in particular, Optimism, appears to be pulling away as the clear leader.

Optimism Foundation Chief Growth Officer Ryan Wyatt (Optimism Foundation)