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Matter Labs Accuses Polygon of Spreading "Untrue Claims" With Code-Copying Allegations

In a blog post, Polygon alleged that Matter Labs copied its open-source code without providing attribution. Matter Labs said the code was "prominently attributed."

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

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How the Hunt for Yet-to-Exist Tokens Is Shaping Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape

Token airdrops – and the prospect of them – have become the default customer acquisition strategy for Ethereum's layer 2 scaling projects. But is this strategy sustainable?

Layer 2s with native tokens and blockchain bridges might introduce more problems than they fix as blockchain scaling solutions, Trust Machine's Rena Shah argues. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Matter Labs Has No Plans for zkSync Era Airdrop, But Crypto Twitter Is Speculating

Based on the precedent set by many crypto projects, the speculation over a possible zkSync airdrop isn’t totally unfounded.

Arbitrum airdrop goes live. (Pexel/Pixabay)

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Zero Knowledge Proofs Explained

Matter Labs is opening its zkSync Era to general users after it launched to developers last month. CEO and co-founder Alex Gluchowski explains what zero-knowledge proofs are as competition between Ethereum scaling platforms heats up.

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Matter Labs CEO on Opening zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum

After zkSync Era was launched for developers only last month, the project took the additional step Friday of opening to general users. The latest push comes just days ahead of the rival Polygon system’s planned rollout Monday of its own “zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine.” Matter Labs CEO and co-founder Alex Gluchowski joins "First Mover" to discuss.

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Matter Labs Opens zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum

After zkSync Era was launched only for developers last month, the project took the additional step Friday of opening to general users. The latest push comes just days ahead of the rival Polygon system’s planned rollout Monday of its own “zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine.”

Citrea says its zero-knowledge rollup will help expand Bitcoin's ability to accommodate NFTs and DeFi. (Unsplash modified by CoinDesk)

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War of Words Over zkEVMs Might Portend Long Struggle to Tech Maturity

As Polygon and Matter Labs race to bring their zkEVMs to market, both will need to make compromises in the name of security.

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Matter Labs Says zkSync 2.0 Entering New ‘Era’ With Re-Brand and Developer Rollout

Matter Labs has renamed zkSync 2.0, its zero-knowledge rollup platform, to “zkSync Era” and is making its code open-source.

Now is the time to consider more cash-like privacy-focused CBDC solutions, John Kiff, research director at the Sovereign Official Digital Association and Dr. Jonas Gross, chairman of the Digital Euro Association, write. (israel palacio, Unsplash)

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Matter Labs Nets $200M to Build zkSync Ethereum Scaling Platform

A week after zkSync V2’s “baby alpha” launch, Matter Labs said it would open-source its code and push for improved standards around rollup development.

Hermez rollup is live on Ethereum's network (Unsplash)

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Digital Toy Platform Cryptoys Raises $23M From A16z, Dapper Labs, Mattel

Digital toy platform Cryptoys has raised $23 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Dapper Labs and toy manufacturing giant Mattel to bring NFTs to kids in the form of colorful characters via Flow blockchain. “The Hash” team discusses the latest in the worlds of toys, Web3 and gaming, and the questions of intellectual property (IP).

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