For many believers in blockchain, the technology's allure lies in its open, uncontrolled nature – where decentralized networks are unfettered by the constraints and biases that shape today's internet.

Zero-knowledge proofs, a protocol originally developed by Zcash for the purposes of enhancing transaction privacy between crypto users, have come to prove their value in other ways. Over recent years, ...

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has published a new blog post on X outlining his latest vision for scaling the blockchain, arguing the network can boost capacity in the near term while laying the ...

Coinbase, the second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, is diving into the blockchain world in a move that some market players are excited about. On Thursday, the exchange launched Base, an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amor Sexton is COO of Blockdaemon, a Web3 infrastructure provider. Both Etheruem and Solana have been built to solve problems ...

Ethereum's (CRYPTO: ETH) next milestone hits December. 3, 2025: The Fusaka upgrade. It brings better scalability, lower gas costs, improved validator performance, smoother transactions and faster ...

Ethereum layer-2 networks need “responsive pricing” to scale to billions of users and reduce the fee swings that still accompany congestion, Offchain Labs co-founder Edward Felten said during a ...

The Base engineering team said the protocol would remain open-source and encouraged developers to continue building unique implementations. Base, the decentralized Ethereum layer-2 scaling network, ...

Base is an Ethereum Layer 2 network developed by Coinbase that uses optimistic rollups to execute transactions off-chain while settling and securing them on Ethereum. As Ethereum activity increasingly ...

Ethereum, the largest smart contract platform in terms of market cap and overall adoption across the DeFi space, has grappled with scalability and performance bottlenecks, but a new ...