Optimistic Rollups – DIGIT INFO

Arbitrum DAO gains unanimous support for BoLD protocol upgrade

DIGIT — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:34:56 +0000

The BoLD upgrade enables anyone to participate in securing the network, removing centralized validator restrictions.

Ethereum’s rollups are ‘gold standard’ but Plasma needs a revisit: Buterin

DIGIT — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 04:45:31 +0000

Vitalik Buterin called the early Ethereum scaling solution Plasma “underrated” and a “significant security upgrade” for chains that would otherwise be validiums.

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Ethereum scaling network Arbitrum set for major upgrade on Aug. 31

DIGIT — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 04:55:06 +0000

The Nitro upgrade will further improve the transaction fee crisis that has plagued the growth of the Ethereum network over the last two years.

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Dex Aggregator 1inch Network Raises $175 Million in Series B Funding Round

DIGIT — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 19:00:47 +0000

1inch Network, the decentralized exchange (dex) aggregation project, has announced the company has raised $175 million in a Series B financing round. According to the announcement, the fresh new capital will be leveraged to scale the team, foster additional 1inch token utilities, and build new protocols. 1inch Raises $175 Million From Strategic Investors Over the […]

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Privacy-Centric Crypto Mixing Protocol Tornado.cash Plans to Deploy on L2 Platform Arbitrum

DIGIT — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 17:00:37 +0000

One of the largest cryptocurrency mixing protocols, Tornado.cash, has announced the project will deploy on the L2 (layer 2) Ethereum platform Arbitrum One. The creators of the Ethereum-based mixing application explain that settling on Arbitrum will allow Tornado.cash users to benefit from cheaper transactions. Tornado.cash to Deploy on Arbitrum – ‘Cheaper Transactions Being the Biggest […]

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Ethereum Transfer Fees Drop From Recent Highs, L2 ETH Solutions Between 46-97% Cheaper

DIGIT — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:30:15 +0000

At the end of August, Ethereum network gas costs skyrocketed and tapped a high of $59 per transaction on September 7, according to the average transaction fee spent on that day. The median fee for an ether transaction on September 7 was around $20 per transaction. Days later, ether transaction fees have subsided to a […]

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Offchain Labs Launches Arbitrum One Mainnet — Startup Raises $120 Million

DIGIT — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 06:29:16 +0000

On August 31, 2021, Offchain Labs announced the official launch of Arbitrum One mainnet and further detailed that the company has raised $120 million in funding. The Series B financing led by Lightspeed Venture Partners gives the firm a $1.2 billion valuation. Arbitrum One Mainnet Is Now Live, Offchain Labs Raises $120 Million in Funding […]

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Bitpay Implements 1inch Network Support — Wallet Users Can Access Defi, Dex Aggregation

DIGIT — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 05:30:03 +0000

On August 31, the Atlanta-based cryptocurrency payments services provider Bitpay announced that the Bitpay wallet has integrated the decentralized exchange (dex) aggregator 1inch Network. Bitpay wallet users can utilize 1inch protocol to swap ether or the myriad of ERC20 tokens. The Bitpay Wallet Supports 1inch Decentralized finance (defi) has grown exponentially according to statistics as […]

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Weekly Defi Swaps Tap $17 Billion While Dex Aggregators Now Share 22% of the Trade Volume

DIGIT — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:30:21 +0000

Over the last seven days, decentralized exchange (dex) trade volume has tapped $17 billion across the 21 Ethereum dex platforms. Pancakeswap has seen between $400K to $860K every 24 hours during the last week as well. Meanwhile, dex aggregators are eating away at dex trade volumes, becoming more popular by the day. Uniswap Commands Top […]

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Dex Aggregator 1inch to Utilize Ethereum Scaling Solution Optimism

DIGIT — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 23:30:18 +0000

On August 17, the decentralized exchange (dex) aggregator 1inch announced the platform will leverage the Layer 2 solution called optimistic rollups provided by the project Optimism. The collaboration with Optimism aims to “substantially increase transaction speeds and lower gas fees for 1inch users.” 1inch to Use the L2 Solution Optimistic Rollups via Optimism Gateway Ever […]

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