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Jesse Pollak, head of protocols at Coinbase (CoinDesk TV)
Technology
Opinion
Coinbase Exec: ‘There’s No Playbook’ for Public Company Launching Blockchain
As Coinbase, the big U.S. crypto exchange, plans to launch its new Base blockchain on Wednesday, CoinDesk interviewed Jesse Pollak, Coinbase's head of protocols, who’s leading...
Jesse Pollak, head of protocols at Coinbase (CoinDesk TV)
By Bradley Keoun
Aug 9, 2023 at 1:31 a.m. UTC
Aug 9, 2023
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(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Finance
Layer 2s
Mantle Introduces New Governing Body for Treasury Management
The new layer 2 network passed a governance vote that establishes the Mantle Economics Committee as well as introduces more liquid staking into the ecosystem by authorizing li...
(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
By Sage D. Young
Aug 7, 2023 at 4:44 p.m. UTC
Aug 7, 2023
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Mantle launched its mainnet on Monday. (Unsplash)
Finance
Layer 2s
Mantle’s MNT Token Outpaces Rival Layer 2 Blockchains Over Past 24 Hours
After launching its mainnet on Monday, Mantle’s utility and governance token has jumped roughly 4%, more than the native tokens of Arbitrum and Optimism over the past day.
Mantle launched its mainnet on Monday. (Unsplash)
By Sage D. Young
Jul 18, 2023 at 6:13 p.m. UTC
Jul 18, 2023
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At Celo’s “salon” last year in Paris, a community space mainly focused on DAO discussions, NFTs and ReFi. (Lyllah Ledesma)
Technology
Celo
Celo Proposes to Ditch Own Standalone Blockchain for Layer-2 Network on Ethereum
The development team behind the independent Celo blockchain says benefits could accrue from transitioning to the Ethereum ecosystem, in terms of greater liquidity, improved se...
At Celo’s “salon” last year in Paris, a community space mainly focused on DAO discussions, NFTs and ReFi. (Lyllah Ledesma)
By Lyllah Ledesma
Jul 17, 2023 at 5:35 p.m. UTC
Jul 17, 2023
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Layer 2s with native tokens and blockchain bridges might introduce more problems than they fix as blockchain scaling solutions, Trust Machine's Rena Shah argues. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine
Opinion
Bitcoin’s Lack of Layer 2s Is a Blessing in Disguise
The unscalable blockchain par excellence can help fix crypto's longstanding scalability problem. The solution is to build a network where base and scaling layers are indisting...
Layer 2s with native tokens and blockchain bridges might introduce more problems than they fix as blockchain scaling solutions, Trust Machine's Rena Shah argues. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)
By Rena Shah
Jun 14, 2023 at 9:45 p.m. UTC
Jun 14, 2023
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(Juan Carballo Diaz/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Consensus Magazine (layer2)
Ethereum
Why Ethereum Users Tolerate Exorbitant Gas Fees
Ethereum is an expensive smart contract blockchain – but it's worth the cost, according to Konstantin Anissimov.
(Juan Carballo Diaz/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
By Konstantin Anissimov
Feb 17, 2022 at 8:59 p.m. UTC
Feb 17, 2022
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