The world is witnessing a profound shift towards decentralization. From finance to social media, governance to content creation, decentralization is reshaping the way individuals interact with technology and the digital landscape. This transformation is powered by blockchain technology and the broader movement towards Web3, a decentralized version of the internet
Covalent is advancing Ethereum’s decentralization through the Ethereum Wayback Machine (EWM) Light Clients, a critical DePin-powered infrastructure designed to preserve Ethereum’s historical data. As Ethereum continues to evolve, Covalent’s EWM ensures that the network’s history remains decentralized, accessible, and resilient, protecting it from centralization risks. The EWM Light Client is
Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution Base is launching fault proofs on its mainnet on October 30, 2024. This upgrade aims to decentralize by enabling permissionless validation and improving security for users on the network. Base stated: Fault proofs are coming to Base Mainnet on October 30th, marking a key
The recent listing of the Ethereum layer-2 project Scroll on the centralized crypto exchange Binance has sparked a discussion over centralization within the crypto community. Although some saw the listing—announced on October 11—as aligning with centralized corporations, others saw it as having the ability to increase growth. There were voices
Linea, a Layer 2 zkEVM rollup backed by Consensys, recently dropped a detailed protocol proposal focused on decentralizing its network. The proposal, named “Towards Linea’s Decentralization,” was introduced by Florian Huc, a software architect at Linea. The document outlined how the network will transition to a permissionless system and establish
With “Lumina,” DIA, the open oracle network, has unveiled a completely revamped oracle architecture. With its impending testnet launch, Lumina aims to establish new benchmarks for oracles and solve the enduring need of genuinely decentralized and trustless data architecture for web3. It also intends to increase the usefulness of its
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has distinguished Ethereum’s decentralization to that of Bitcoin and other networks in great detail. As experts see models moving away from the heart of blockchains, the centralization of mining and staking has remained a controversial topic. While discussing the mainnet and layer 2 solutions, Buterin
With the launch of the Polygon Governance Hub, Ethereum Layer 2 Polygon has made a significant stride in enhancing community ownership and governance. The Aragon Project, a well-known DAO developer, developed the Polygon Community’s governance hub. A community-driven hub and protocol governance contracts makeup Aragon Project’s end-to-end governance solution, according
According to the OP Labs development team, Ethereum layer-2 Optimism has included fault proofs into its smart contracts. As far as the team is concerned, Optimism has progressed to what Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has dubbed “Stage 1” of decentralization. Base, Metal, Mode, and Zora are the least number
The decentralization process of the Ethereum Layer-2 network zkSync is now complete, and the release of the final protocol upgrade, v24, is imminent. This upgrade not only foreshadows the forthcoming token launch, but it also moves closer to delegating network management to the people. After endorsing EIP-4844 in March, zkSync
