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How the Hunt for Yet-to-Exist Tokens Is Shaping Ethereum’s Layer 2 Landscape

Token airdrops – and the prospect of them – have become the default customer acquisition strategy for Ethereum's layer 2 scaling projects. But is this strategy sustainable?

By Sam Kessler

Apr 26, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Apr 26, 2023

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Matter Labs Has No Plans for zkSync Era Airdrop, But Crypto Twitter Is Speculating

Based on the precedent set by many crypto projects, the speculation over a possible zkSync airdrop isn’t totally unfounded.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Mar 24, 2023 at 5:20 p.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2023

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Zero Knowledge Proofs Explained

Matter Labs is opening its zkSync Era to general users after it launched to developers last month. CEO and co-founder Alex Gluchowski explains what zero-knowledge proofs are as competition between Ethereum scaling platforms heats up.

By CoinDesk Inc

Mar 24, 2023 at 3:17 p.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2023

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Matter Labs CEO on Opening zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum

After zk Sync Era was launched for developers only last month the project took the additional step Friday of opening to general users The latest push comes just days ahead of the rival Polygon system’s planned rollout Monday of its own zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine Matter Labs CEO and co founder Alex Gluchowski joins [...]

By CoinDesk Inc

Mar 24, 2023 at 2:45 p.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2023

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Matter Labs Opens zkSync Era to Users, Claiming First in ‘Zero Knowledge’ Tech on Ethereum

After zkSync Era was launched only for developers last month, the project took the additional step Friday of opening to general users. The latest push comes just days ahead of the rival Polygon system’s planned rollout Monday of its own “zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine.”

By Margaux Nijkerk

Mar 24, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 24, 2023

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War of Words Over zkEVMs Might Portend Long Struggle to Tech Maturity

As Polygon and Matter Labs race to bring their zkEVMs to market, both will need to make compromises in the name of security.

By Sam Kessler

Feb 22, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC

Feb 22, 2023

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Matter Labs Says zkSync 2.0 Entering New ‘Era’ With Re-Brand and Developer Rollout

Matter Labs has renamed zkSync 2.0, its zero-knowledge rollup platform, to “zkSync Era” and is making its code open-source.

By Sam Kessler

Feb 16, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. UTC

Feb 16, 2023

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Matter Labs Nets $200M to Build zkSync Ethereum Scaling Platform

A week after zkSync V2’s “baby alpha” launch, Matter Labs said it would open-source its code and push for improved standards around rollup development.

By Sam Kessler

Nov 16, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Nov 16, 2022

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Digital Toy Platform Cryptoys Raises $23M From A16z, Dapper Labs, Mattel

Digital toy platform Cryptoys has raised 23 million from Andreessen Horowitz a 16 z Dapper Labs and toy manufacturing giant Mattel to bring NF Ts to kids in the form of colorful characters via Flow blockchain The Hash team discusses the latest in the worlds of toys Web 3 and gaming and the questions of [...]

By CoinDesk Staff

Jun 24, 2022 at 7:06 p.m. UTC

Jun 24, 2022