Optimistic Rollups vs. ZK-Rollups. Rollups are some of the most promising Layer 2 solutions as they offload transactions on the Ethereum mainnet to their own independent blockchain networks.

Word is that Optimism, the Layer 2 (L2) solution for Ethereum, is a hit with its target audience. Moreover, crypto investors welcome it. They think it makes Ethereum better.

Some of the biggest examples of Layer 2 are Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism.Lastly, decentralized applications (dApps) built on top of Layer 1 or 2 are known as Layer 3.

One of the biggest trends of 2023 among the leading layer-2 projects on Ethereum was the emergence of “blockchain in a box,” where the teams encouraged developers to clone their code to spin ...

The primary developer behind the Celo blockchain has been on the hunt since last year for the technology for its planned layer-2 network atop Ethereum – and the selection process had turned into ...

Optimism, a “layer 2” scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain, set June 6 as the date for its Bedrock hard fork. The upgrade is expected to take two to four hours, starting at 16:00 ...

The price of optimism token (OP) rose by 6.5% Thursday after Coinbase (COIN) said it is building its layer 2 blockchain using the OP Stack in collaboration with Optimism. OP is the native token of ...