The Protocol
Our weekly newsletter exploring the tech behind crypto one block at a time.
Protocol Village: Algorand Foundation Positions New 'LiquidAuth' as Decentralized WalletConnect
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 20-26.
By Bradley KeounJun 26, 2024
The Protocol
In this week's abbreviated issue of The Protocol, we're chronicling the apparent doxing of 'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli as the driver behind the recently-but-no-longer mooning $DJT token, plus the SEC's apparent retreat on probing the Ethereum developer Consensys.
By Bradley KeounJun 19, 2024
Protocol Village: Arcana Announces 'Chain Abstraction Protocol' to Remove 'Complexities of Bridging'
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of June 13-19.
By Bradley KeounJun 19, 2024
Protocol Village: Aethir, for Sourcing GPUs, Launches Decentralized Cloud on Ethereum
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For June 10 - June 12.
By Sam Kessler, Bradley KeounJun 12, 2024
The Protocol: How Optimism Filled in Its Missing Tooth
In this week's newsletter, we delve into the Ethereum layer-2 network Optimism's delivery of "fault proofs," a piece of functionality that was glaringly missing even though it was at the heart of the project's security setup.
By Bradley KeounJun 12, 2024
The Protocol: Another Episode in the Layer-2 Teams Drama
We take a look at what unfolded after Matter Labs’ planned to trademark the term “ZK.”
By Margaux NijkerkJun 5, 2024
Protocol Village: Coinbase Launches Passkey-Based 'Smart Wallet,' Alchemy Unveils 'Rollups,' Fleek Releases Testnet
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For May 28- June 7.
By Sam KesslerJun 4, 2024
The Protocol: Behind the Scenes as Big-Tent Consensus Goes Up
We took a spin through some of the side events and preparations taking place Tuesday ahead of CoinDesk's annual conference, which starts Wednesday in Austin.
By Bradley KeounMay 29, 2024
Protocol Village: Sentinel Releases Decentralized VPN App for Android, Says Apple iOS Support to Follow
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For May 23-29. NOTE: Protocol Village will be on a limited publishing schedule May 24-June 2 as we cover CoinDesk's Consensus conference in Austin, Texas. Hope to see you there!
By Bradley KeounMay 28, 2024
Protocol Village: Stripchain, Intent-Based Interoperability Protocol, Raises $10M
The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of May 16-22.
By Bradley KeounMay 22, 2024