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The Protocol

Our weekly newsletter exploring the tech behind crypto one block at a time.


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Protocol Village: Metis, Ethereum Layer 2, Launches 'Liquid Staking Blitz'

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 1-7.

By Bradley KeounFeb 7, 2024

Protocol Village: Metis, Ethereum Layer 2, Launches 'Liquid Staking Blitz'

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The Protocol: Solana's Missed Moment, Exclusive Farcaster Q&A, Bullish Year of Dragon

Even in a slow week ahead of the Chinese New Year, there's a lot of crypto news to cover. Here's this week's The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly newsletter devoted to blockchain tech.

By Bradley KeounFeb 7, 2024

The Protocol: Solana's Missed Moment, Exclusive Farcaster Q&A, Bullish Year of Dragon

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Protocol Village: Braavos Wallet to Create Features Harnessing Account Abstraction on Starknet

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Jan. 25-31.

By Bradley KeounJan 31, 2024

Protocol Village: Braavos Wallet to Create Features Harnessing Account Abstraction on Starknet

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The Protocol: Bitcoin NFT Debacle, Vitalik's 30th, Farcaster Frames, 'Private Mempools'

In this week's issue of The Protocol newsletter, our Sam Kessler writes about the "private mempools" that Ethereum users are increasingly relying on to avoid front-running MEV bots. PLUS: Margaux Nijkerk explores the growing use of "councils" to oversee adolescent networks.

By Bradley KeounJan 31, 2024

The Protocol: Bitcoin NFT Debacle, Vitalik's 30th, Farcaster Frames, 'Private Mempools'

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Protocol Village: Syscoin Developer Expands Data-Availability Solution to Other Layer-2 Networks

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Jan. 18-24.

By Bradley KeounJan 25, 2024

Protocol Village: Syscoin Developer Expands Data-Availability Solution to Other Layer-2 Networks

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The Protocol: Ethereum Developers Warn on 'Diversity Problem'

In this week's issue, a focus on Ethereum's "diversity problem," the week's biggest blockchain project upgrades and highlights from Electric Capital's annual report on developer activity. PLUS: We've got an exclusive interview with a top architect behind the XRP Ledger.

By Bradley KeounJan 24, 2024

The Protocol: Ethereum Developers Warn on 'Diversity Problem'

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The Protocol: MetaMask's Secret Weapon and Ethereum's Dencun Debacle

In this issue of CoinDesk's weekly newsletter on blockchain technology, we bring you Sam Kessler's scoop on MetaMask's in-development "intents" feature that could revolutionize how users interact with blockchains. Also: a post-mortem on Ethereum's unexpectedly ugly Dencun testnet upgrade – and a glimpse of one of the new data blobs.

By Bradley KeounJan 17, 2024

The Protocol: MetaMask's Secret Weapon and Ethereum's Dencun Debacle

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Protocol Village: Unstoppable Works With Push Protocol to Deliver Token-Gated Group Chats

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Jan. 11-17.

By Bradley KeounJan 17, 2024

Protocol Village: Unstoppable Works With Push Protocol to Deliver Token-Gated Group Chats

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Protocol Village: EOS Network Ventures Invests $2.4M in NoahArk Tech Group

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Jan. 4-10.

By Bradley KeounJan 10, 2024

Protocol Village: EOS Network Ventures Invests $2.4M in NoahArk Tech Group

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The Protocol: Beneath Bitcoin ETF Chaos, A Blockchain Drama

In this week's issue, we dive into the proposal that would have curtailed Ordinals inscriptions "NFTs on Bitcoin" traffic – were it not abruptly ended over the past week by a maintainer for the popular Bitcoin Core software. ALSO: Sam Kessler tries out the Polygon-based "Verify" tool – on Fox News stories.

By Bradley KeounJan 10, 2024

The Protocol: Beneath Bitcoin ETF Chaos, A Blockchain Drama

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