Layer 1

Could AI agents kill Circle’s new layer-1 blockchain Arc?
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22 September, 2026

Could AI agents kill Circle’s new layer-1 blockchain Arc?

Circle’s USDC leads AI-agent payments as Apple, Google and Tether expand into stablecoins, tokenized finance and blockchain infrastructure.
Ethereum is a mess, and it’s going to get much worse
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27 November, 2024

Ethereum is a mess, and it’s going to get much worse

From the world computer to a modular blockchain, then switching from PoW to PoS, and abandoning on-chain scaling, Ethereum has...
Introduce sCrypt: A Layer-1 smart contract framework for BTC
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12 January, 2024

Introduce sCrypt: A Layer-1 smart contract framework for BTC

With sCrypt, developers can easily write, test, debug, deploy, and call BTC smart contracts in Typescript without needing to fork...
BTC + LN is worse than shared IPv4 addresses
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5 June, 2023

BTC + LN is worse than shared IPv4 addresses

Advancements in technology have led to the improvement of IP-to-IP transactions, and one of the contributing factors is IPv6 and...
On-chain scaling vs layer 2 scaling: What are the differences?
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4 June, 2023

On-chain scaling vs layer 2 scaling: What are the differences?

In this discussion moderated by Kurt Wuckert Jr. at the London Blockchain Conference, industry experts zoom in on blockchain's ability...
The necessary scalability of Layer-1 on blockchain
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3 November, 2022

The necessary scalability of Layer-1 on blockchain

Applications will need a blockchain with unbounded scalability to establish a new data paradigm that goes beyond payments, tokenization, and...