In this week's edition of The Protocol newsletter, we share a few trends stand out to close 2023: the proliferation of Ethereum layer-2 networks, the ascendancy of zero-knowledge cryptography and ...

Waves founder Sasha Ivanov is gearing up for what he believes to be the “end game for layer-2 scalability” as he pushes through with a new blockchain protocol called Units. At the Future ...

As the Fat Protocol thesis posits, value in blockchains would mostly accumulate at the base protocol layer rather than the application layer. For a while, this seemed to be true. 589 Total views ...

Ethereum's layer-2 teams are butting heads once again. This time, major figures in the space are condemning Matter Labs, the creator of zkSync, over its decision to trademark the acronym "ZK ...

Bitcoin isn't just a tech innovation — it's the foundation of a new global protocol, says Jeff Booth, who believes it's "an order of magnitude bigger than the internet." ...

Critical Applications of Layer 3 Protocols 1. High-Performance Gaming (GameFi) Blockchain gaming requires high throughput, low latency, and low fees.

TLS’s predecessor, secure socket layer (SSL) was developed by Netscape in 1995. SSL version 1.0 and 2.0 contained many security flaws that prompted a complete redesign of the protocol.

A Bitcoin developer by the name of Burak recently unveiled Ark, a Layer 2 protocol designed to enable fast and secure transactions. According to a post on the Bitcoin dev mailing list, Ark offers an ...

Ark Labs has announced it is developing the Bitcoin layer-two network and hopes to capitalize on the growing demand for scalable, low-cost Bitcoin payment solutions. Speaking with Bitcoin Magazine, ...