Layers 1 & 2 (Week 29, 19/07/2022 – 25/07/2022)
Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum would only be roughly “55% complete” following its transition to Proof of Stake. Sustainable BTC mining power mix hits 59.5%. Polygon launches zkEVM layer-2 solution.
Key Takeaways
- Vitalik Buterin estimated that Ethereum would only be roughly “55% complete” following its transition to Proof of Stake. He described that Ethereum was in a “long and complicated transition” phase during his presentation at the fifth edition of EthCC.
- Nearly 60% of the electricity for Bitcoin (BTC) mining machines comes from sustainable sources, according to the Q2 2022 report from the Bitcoin Mining Council.
- Polygon announced the launch of Polygon zkEVM, an EVM-compatible zero-knowledge based layer-2 solution. Meanwhile, Matter Labs, the company behind the zero-knowledge rollup zkSync, plans to launch zkSync 2.0 to Ethereum’s mainnet in October.
Highlights
- Ethereum net issuance can drop to -4.5% following Merge update
- THORChain phases out support for Rune tokens on Ethereum, BNB Chain
- Polygon partners with Kaleido to bring the power of custom blockchains to enterprises
- Cardano’s IOG gives lowdown on Vasil hard fork progress
- Sustainable Bitcoin mining power mix hits 59.5%: BTC Mining Council
- Bitcoin mining difficulty drops as miners feel the Texas heat
Layer 1 Project Metrics
† Sum of P, X and C-chain total transactions
‘–’ denotes missing, unavailable, or incomplete data
Sources: Coingecko, Etherscan, Ethernodes, Cardanoscan, Avascan, Solana Beach, FTMscan, BSCscan, CronoScan, Cronos Explorer, DeFi Llama
Layer 2 Project Metrics
† Ronin is the sidechain developed by Sky Mavis for Axie Infinity
‘–’ denotes missing, unavailable, or incomplete data
Sources: DeFi Llama, Polygonscan, Clark Moody Bitcoin, 1ML, Ronin Explorer, Coingecko, Optimistic Etherscan, Arbiscan, Boba Explorer, Andromeda Metis Explorer
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