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Layer 2
Everything we have published on Layer 2.
3 pieces on Layer 2
A major layer-2 finalizes its move to a permissionless prover set
One of Ethereum's largest layer-2 networks has opened validity-proof generation to anyone, retiring the single trusted prover that quietly sat at the center of its trust model. The change is incremental, but it removes a real chokepoint and sharpens the questions about what remains centralized.
Account-abstraction wallets pass a usage milestone
Smart-account wallets have crossed a usage milestone, pushing account abstraction from a developer experiment toward a default way people hold crypto. Here is what changes, and what still doesn't.
Developer activity climbs across several major ecosystems
Developer activity is rising across several major blockchain ecosystems, a fundamental signal that often runs ahead of price. Here is how it is measured, where the metrics mislead, and why building through a downturn tends to precede the next cycle.