Infrastructure

Layer 1

The Verge: Making Ethereum Verifiable And Sustainable

Explore how "The Verge," a pivotal Ethereum upgrade, leverages Verkle trees to enhance verifiability and sustainability. This article breaks down its role in reducing storage needs and driving network scalability.

EIPs

ERC-7683: Unifying Ethereum With Cross-Chain Intents

This article explores ERC-7683, a standard for crosschain intents that enables seamless multichain transactions, improves liquidity flow, and fosters interoperability through shared infrastructure and industry collaboration.

Layer 2

The Practical Guide to Ethereum Rollups

An extensive exploration of Ethereum rollups, how they work, and how we can enhance their security properties.

Layer 2

Unpacking The Starknet Bolt Upgrade

A comprehensive overview of Starknet’s 'Bolt' upgrade, which introduces parallel execution and block packing for improved performance. Learn how these changes boost scalability by reducing confirmation times and lowering costs.

Infrastructure

Block-STM vs. Sealevel: A Comparison of Parallel Execution Engines

Compare Block-STM and Sealevel: two high-performance parallel execution engines powering Sui and Solana. Dive into their design, speed, and trade-offs.

EIPs

EIP-7685: General Purpose Execution Layer Requests

EIP-7685 introduces a framework for Ethereum's execution layer to handle general-purpose contract-triggered requests. The article explores how the proposal enhances interaction between the execution and consensus layers, enabling more versatile operations.

Interoperability

Harnessing Shared Security For Secure Cross-Chain Interoperability: Lagrange State Committees And Beyond

A deep dive on shared security and the role of shared security infrastructure in building robust and secure cross-chain interoperability solutions.

Layer 2

The State of Rollup Interoperability Solutions in 2024

How can we fix L2 fragmentation and save Ethereum's rollup-centric roadmap?

Layer 1

EIP-7657: Securing Ethereum's Sync Committee

EIP-7657 introduces a slashing condition for malicious sync committee messages to improve the security and reliability of light clients on the Ethereum network.

EIPs

ERC-5564 & ERC-6358: Unlocking Privacy on Ethereum with Stealth Addresses

This article explores the inner workings of ERC-5564 and ERC-6358, revealing how stealth addresses enhance privacy on Ethereum. Learn how these proposals enable secure, unlinkable transactions without changing the core protocol.

EIPs

EIP-6110: Fixing Beacon Chain Tech Debt

EIP-6110 deprecates the Eth1-Eth2 bridge and reforms the Beacon Chain's validator deposit processing mechanism for better staking UX and improved network security.

EIPs

EIP-7251: Raising Maximum Effective Balance For Validators

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry