1confirmation Newsletter - Issue #84
Major upgrades are coming to Ethereum in the near future with phase 0 of eth2 set for launch sometime in Q3. The technology upgrades coming with eth2 tend to get most of the attention, but we think the economic upgrades are just as important.
More here: The Economic Upgrades of Eth2
Required reading this week
The State of Eth2 — blog.ethereum.org
Danny Ryan gives an update on the State of Eth2 from a technology perspective.
Evaluating Ethereum L2 Scaling Solutions: A Comparison Framework — medium.com
Alex Gluchowski provides a guide to evaluate Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solutions across a number of factors.
What is admin key risk? — defiwatch.net
Many DeFi protocols and products that are capable of accepting your deposits are protected by an admin key. Chris Blec explores the different approaches projects are managing admin keys.
8 Things Every Eth2 Validator Should Know Before Staking — medium.com
Cayman Nava shares some key details to staking that every validator should know before signing up.
Analysis of EIP-1559 — insights.deribit.com
EIP-1559 is one of Ethereum's most anticipated changes. If implemented, it would have far-reaching consequences for users, miners, and even the security of Ethereum itself.
1confirmation portfolio reading this week
Guesstimating Where We Are In The NFT Market Life Cycle — opensea.io If Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market growth mirrors crypto market growth, then by November 2021 it will have at least 1 million NFT users.
Web3 Foundation Initiates Launch: Polkadot is Live — polkadot.network
After three years of development, Polkadot is live on mainnet!
Business Is Booming for DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Ahead of Ethereum 2.0 - CoinDesk — www.coindesk.com
Nexus has seen the risk pool of assets it holds double over the past 90 days to more than $4 million.
Sending Transaction Fast with bloXroute’s Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN) — medium.com
Eleni Steinman explains why DeFi Traders should care about fast transaction propagation and how to take advantage of bloXroute’s Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN) for fast transaction propagation.
On-chain data this week
