PinnedUnderstanding zero-knowledge layer-2 scalingThere has been a lot of focus on layer-2 scaling solutions recently and it would be fair to say that 2022 will be the year of layer-2 scaling solutions. There are so many competing solutions in this space and so much new terminology to keep up with, that it can…Ethereum5 min read
Apr 2Malicious token sale social engineering attacks in Layer-2 scaling ecosystemIntroduction Airdrops have become a popular trend in the past 1 year in crypto community space. Several popular DeFi platforms such as Uniswap and 1inch have done retroactive airdrops for users who interacted with their protocol in order to reward the community for their engagement and support. Due to this, these…Cybersecurity5 min read
Mar 22Layer-2 — One of the best opportunities in 2022Did you miss the opportunity to become an early adopter of Bitcoin and Ethereum? Did you miss the early days of DeFi adoption as well? Don’t worry, there is another big investment opportunity in the web3 space and it is quickly gaining adoption amongst developers, investors and the crypto communities…Cryptocurrency5 min read
Mar 17ZKPad — Top 5 exciting things to know about this new DeFi LaunchpadIDOs — also known as Initial DEX Offerings, started as a new trend in late 2020. In 2021, new launchpads started popping up every few months. Crypto projects conduct IDOs on launchpads as a way to raise funds through crowdfunding in a decentralised manner. In the past 1 year, there…Ethereum4 min read
Jan 9zkSync — An introduction and how it solves the Ethereum scaling problem?The ETH scaling problem Ethereum blockchain has a gas problem. Any transaction on the Ethereum blockchain requires a gas fee to be paid. With the increasing adoption of the ETH network and the growing number of new DeFi projects, the network congestion is at its all-time-high. The current design of the layer-1 ETH network…Ethereum6 min read
Dec 20, 2021Week 3 — layer-2 scaling ecosystem newsletter⭐️ Layer-2 wallets Argent has the first mover advantage among wallets which support the layer-2 scaling ecosystem solutions based on zkRollup such as zkSync and StarkNet. Some key highlights were: Argent now allows purchasing crypto on layer-2 (L2) with Ramp network Trading on layer-2 will soon be possible on Argent…Ethereum1 min read
Dec 11, 2021Week 2 — Layer-2 scaling ecosystem newsletterThe past week (Dec 4th to Dec 10th) has been full of exciting updates in the layer-2 zk-rollup space. We’ll first look at some of the key highlights of the week. ⭐️ Key highlights Argent released their wallet (Argent X) with support for StarkNet. This wallet is available as a…Ethereum3 min read
Dec 3, 2021Week 1 — Layer-2 scaling ecosystem newsletterSummary The past week (26th Nov to Dec 3rd) has been very exciting for the L2 scaling ecosystem and in this newsletter, I will unpack some of the major events and provide a high-level overview. The goal of this newsletter is to be the weekly digest of latest information about…Ethereum5 min read
Nov 30, 2021Starkware community call #2 summaryCommunity call video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyvNiQd3oLY Below is a summary of the second community call of Starkware. I have captured the key highlights and summarised them in an easy to understand way. Participants Thiago and Fabian from Shard Labs Henri and Liron from Starkware StarkNet tooling development StarkNet Hardhat Plugin In…Ethereum5 min read
Mar 6, 2021PAID Network contract hack — deep diveOn March 5th 2021, PAID Network’s smart contract was hacked. The attacker gained control over it and new tokens were minted. This was followed by the hacker dumping the tokens in the market. I will deep dive into the sequence of events which took place. More details will be updated…Defi4 min read
