Crypto Trends 28 September 2020

Crypto Trends

A summary of the crypto trends for the week.

Optimism Testnet

I am optimistic for Optimism. The community have been waiting for a Layer 2 solution to adopt, and optimistic rollups with smart contract support using Solidity looks like it will be the VHS of Layer 2.

Escaping the dark forest to rescue USD$9million

Awesome read of some of the Ethereum community at work.
Mining pools offering private transactions will be a great feature.

Lighting the dark forest with Mempool Explorer

Blocknative helping light the dark forest.


For detailed news see: Week in Ethereum News, EthHub, The daily GWEI and What’s New in Eth2

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