Ethereum expansion star Arbitrum plans to open the mainnet to developers today. At the same time, the vote for Uniswap V3 deployment to Arbitrum has received overwhelming support, and the migration of Uniswap V3 to Layer 2 may be within reach. In view of Uniswap’s strong network effect, some community users believe that Arbitrum has won the expansion war.
The potential of Arbitrum as the second-tier expansion network of Ethereum is beyond doubt, but do you really understand it? In addition to Arbitrum, what other expansion plans are worth looking forward to? This issue of Chain News takes you to understand Arbitrum, the leader in the popular track Layer 2.
Arbitrum expansion principle and progress
“The star two-tier program Arbitrum will be launched soon, the team behind Offchain Labs talks about the project mechanism and planning “
Steven Goldfeder and Ed Felten, co-founders of Offchain Labs, shared the concept origin, working principle and progress plan of Arbitrum.
” A detailed explanation of the working principle of Arbitrum Rollup “
Arbitrum Rollup is an off-chain protocol managed by a contract on the Ethereum chain.
“The Candidate Version of the Arbitrum Mainnet for the Second Layer of Ethereum is online, to get a brief understanding of the new features and progress plan “
The new testnet simplifies the Rollup protocol, upgrades the performance of the node software, and provides functions such as BLS signature, bridging between L1 and L2.
” One week insight into the cryptocurrency industry: Is Arbitrum a better Optimistic Rollup? 》
Compared with Optimistic Rollup, Arbitrum has less data on the chain and is more compatible with EVM.
Ethereum expansion battle: is Arbitrum better?
” Layer 2 Ecological Update: OKEx will support Ethereum L2, how can Binance and Huobi, which have their own public chains, accept the move? 》
Ethereum’s second-tier ecological update: zkSync launched a more efficient expansion plan, Celer and StarkWare cooperated, OKEx will support Arbitrum.
” Listen to Satoshi Mamoto’s Comment on Popular Expansion Solutions of Ethereum: Arbitrum, Optimism and Polygon “
In terms of legitimacy, community ecology, compatibility and other dimensions, Arbitrum is a more balanced solution.
” Interview with Vitalik Buterin: Briefly on the differences and trade-offs of Ethereum Layer 2 solutions such as Rollup “
Vitalik Buterin believes that the advantages of Rollup over the EVM-compatible new public chain are security and a closer connection with the Ethereum ecosystem.
” Analysis of Ethereum Layer 2 Asset Bridge Solution: Arbitrum, zkSync and DeGate Bridge “
The Ethereum Layer 2 ecology will usher in a flourishing situation. How to communicate between Layer 2 and Layer 1 may become a core issue.
Arbitrum’s rival
Optimism
” Concise understanding of the operation mechanism and progress of the Ethereum Layer 2 solution Optimism “
Synthetix’s test shows that Optimism can reduce gas fees by 143 times and transaction confirmation time as low as 200 milliseconds.
” Optimism can reduce the gas cost of Synthetix, but there are still risks that need attention “
The success of Synthetix also depends on the adoption of Optimism Ethereum in the DeFi ecosystem.
StarkWare
” A Brief Analysis of the Price Input Mechanism on StarkEx, the Second Layer of Ethereum “
The high cost of price input on Ethereum limits the frequency of updates. With the help of StarkEx, DeFi applications can significantly increase the amount of information input and increase the frequency of updates.
” DYdX Dialogue with StarkWare: How to build a derivative DEX on Ethereum Layer 2? 》
dYdX and StarkWare shared the reasons why dYdX chose StarkEx as the expansion solution, and compared various Layer 2 solutions.
zkSync
” Ethereum expansion plan zkSync 2.0 update roadmap: What new things are worth paying attention to? 》
zkSync 2.0 plans to open the testnet in May this year, and launch the mainnet in August.
” A Brief Analysis of the Advantages and Challenges of Ethereum Layer 2 Solution zkSync “
Despite many problems and challenges, zkSync still has a great advantage over new public chain networks such as Binance Smart Chain.
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