More Than 250 Zambian Students Attend Hackathon; Over 100 Earn Smart Contract Development Certification

More than 250 Zambian university students recently participated in an online boot camp and hackathon which saw over 100 earning certification in smart contract development. The students who complete their minimum viable products (MVPs) can apply for grants ranging from $1,000 to $25,000. Students Trained in Decentralized Application Development More than 250 students from St. […]

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‘Garbled Circuits’ Enable Transactional Confidentiality, Encourage Enterprise Web3 Adoption — COTI Co-Founder

According to Shahaf Bar-Geffen, CEO of the privacy-centric Layer 2 network COTI, enterprises and mainstream organizations are not yet fully convinced of the benefits of complete privacy or true anonymity in any system. Bar-Geffen said the primary reason for this is that such systems often get exploited by individuals with dishonest intentions. Regulators’ Perceptions of […]

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Composable Data Assists Dapp Developers in Unlocking Rich Data Applications – Swaroop Hegde

Composable Data Assists Dapp Developers in Unlocking Rich Data Applications - Swaroop HegdeComposable data, a flexible and modular approach in the field of data analytics, benefits decentralized application (dapp) developers constrained by the limitations of current data protocols. Swaroop Hegde, co-founder of Powerloom, explains that composable data maintains a decentralized database of data points verified through a consensus mechanism. Clean Insights Versus Actionable Intelligence Hegde, a thought […]

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Developing Several Layer-2 Solutions: ‘The Real Solution’ to Ethereum’s Scalability Issue, Says Ken Timsit

Developing Several Layer-2 Solutions: ‘The Real Solution’ to Ethereum’s Scalability Issue, Says Ken TimsitThe recent surge in Ethereum gas fees can be attributed to the rise in decentralized finance (defi) activity and the growing popularity of layer 2 (L2) chains such as Arbitrum and Optimism, Ken Timsit, managing director of Cronos Labs, has said. Timsit however agreed that the recent Dencun upgrade to the Ethereum network has helped […]

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Japanese Crypto Influencer Calls Ethereum Improvement Proposal 4844 a ‘Layer 1 Middle Ground’

Japanese Crypto Influencer Calls Ethereum Improvement Proposal 4844 a ‘Layer 1 Middle Ground’According to Mai Fujimoto, a Japanese crypto influencer and co-founder of Intmax, the Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 4844 – also known as proto-danksharding – have emerged as a solid solution for addressing the Ethereum network’s scalability challenges. The EIP 4844 is also significant for scaling solutions such as zero-knowledge rollups (zkrollups) and Layer 2 chains […]

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Centralization Aids Web3 When Leveraged to Hasten Development of Dapps, Says James Bayly

Contrary to the perception that decentralized applications (dapps) are unstoppable, many are “reliant on centralized middleware components in the extreme.” James Bayly, COO at Subquery, argues that such an overreliance on centralized middleware components or their providers “completely undermines [the] supposedly decentralized applications and networks.” The Value of Centralization in Web3 However, in his written […]

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Particle Network Releases Modular Layer 1 for Chain Abstraction and Universal Accounts

Particle Network has introduced its modular Layer 1 solution for chain abstraction and universal accounts, aimed at simplifying user interactions across multiple blockchains. The design of this modular Layer 1 makes it an ideal tool for both new and existing ecosystems to leverage. Particle Network plans to launch its Testnet and V1 Mainnet in the […]

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