ChainCatcher news, during the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held in Bangkok at Devcon, Layer2 infrastructure MegaETH co-founder Shu Yao shared a keynote speech titled "MegaETH: Building the First Real-Time Blockchain Network."Since 2020, the two main scalability roadmaps advocated by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin, OP Rollup and ZK Rollup, have seen innovations occurring at the consensus layer. Although both have their advantages, they have not resolved performance issues, primarily due to the lack of consensus on sequencer validation. MegaETH aims to address these problems.Shu Yao stated that MegaETH is building a Layer2 solution that integrates ultra-high throughput, extremely low latency, and EVM compatibility, aiming to accelerate Ethereum's journey towards the ultimate form of scalability.Shu Yao mentioned that the MegaETH network can process up to 100,000 transactions per second (TPS) with sub-millisecond ultra-low latency, aiming to create the first real-time block network.She explained that the ultra-low latency of the block network means that all applications can run in real-time, which is extremely important for consumer applications. The extremely low latency will unlock previously unimaginable consumer applications.For more content from the conference, please check the following links:Video live stream link:https://www.youtube.com/live/tTVcUPumPysImage live stream link:https://www.pailixiang.com/album_ia7637038926.html

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin scaling solution Fractal Bitcoin has announced the completion of the reward distribution for the Fractal mainnet Bootstrap plan.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin scaling solution Fractal Bitcoin announces that the testnet will soon be open to the public. The current testnet tokens have no actual value or incentives and are only distributed to the initial group of developers testing core functionalities. Before the launch of the Fractal mainnet, the current testnet will also undergo several resets.

ChainCatcher news, Hong Kong listed company Blueport Interactive (8267.HK) affiliated crypto investment and research institution LK Venture announced that it has invested in the Bitcoin Layer2 scaling solution Merlin Chain through the Bitcoin network ecological investment management fund BTC NEXT.Merlin Chain is a Bitcoin Layer2 that integrates ZK-Rollup network, decentralized oracle network, and on-chain BTC anti-fraud module, dedicated to empowering native assets, protocols, and products on Bitcoin Layer1 through Layer2 network, making Bitcoin interesting again. Bitmap Tech is the parent company of Merlin Chain, with a total market value of over 500 million USD, and its BRC-420 "Blue Box" series has become one of the hottest assets on Ordinals.LK Venture founding partner Leo Deng stated that through the differentiated strategy of "first having the ecosystem, then having Layer2," Merlin Chain will bring the Bitcoin Layer1 assets represented by the Blue Box and the strong user community consensus of Bitmap holders into Bitcoin Layer2, endowing it with rich asset reserves and user base. We appreciate the efforts made by the team behind Merlin Chain, Bitmap Tech, in focusing on the Bitcoin ecosystem over the years, and look forward to the technological upgrades of Merlin Chain and the further expansion of its DApp ecosystem.

ChainCatcher 消息，基于 ZKVM 的二层可编程性隐私和扩容方案 Ola 公布 2024 年路线图。Ola 将于近期上线 Pre-Alpha 测试网，年中上线主网。PoW、ZKP 和 Verifier 等挖矿机制即将推出。 Ola 表示将逐步推出新的社区治理体系和代币经济，加强对用户、开发者、矿工等的激励，OVP 积分（OlaVM Points）将主要用于 Ola 的治理和激励框架中。

ChainCatcher news, based on the ZK Rollup privacy and scalability solution, Aztec announces the launch of the smart contract privacy framework Aztec.nr. Aztec.nr is a framework built on Noir, which is an open-source general-purpose ZK programming language, with Aztec Labs being a core contributor to this language. Aztec.nr allows developers to write private smart contracts in Noir and extends its functionality through templated functions that simplify state management.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, the Web3 social protocol [Lens Protocol](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Projects/detail/Lens Protocol?k=MjA3Nw==) has launched the beta version of the Optimistic L3 scaling solution Bonsai, which will handle ultra-large-scale transactions, aimed at supporting the next generation of Web3 social users.It is reported that Bonsai can handle ultra-large-scale off-chain transactions on the Polygon network and reduce costs. Unlike L2 solutions, Bonsai does not compress transactions to L1 but instead sends and stores them on a data availability layer. (Source link)

ChainCatcher News, Japanese crypto venture capital [Skyland Ventures](https://www.rootdata.com/zh/Investors/detail/Skyland Ventures?k=MTE3MDU=) announced its participation in the new funding round for the Ethereum ZK-Rollup scaling solution Taiko, with the specific amount undisclosed.Previous news reported that Taiko launched the ZK-EVM alpha-2 testnet in March. According to the roadmap, Taiko plans to launch its mainnet in early 2024. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, OKX announced the development roadmap for OKB Chain (OKBC). OKBC will transition from a sidechain to a Layer 2 network, while the Layer 1 blockchain OKT Chain will also develop in parallel.OKB Chain will be released in three versions. The V1 version is an Ethereum PoA sidechain, focusing on providing high performance and low transaction fees, compatible with both EVM and WASM ecosystems, and will be launched in the first quarter. The V2 version will upgrade it to an Ethereum native ZK Rollup platform. The V3 version will enable cross-chain communication between ZK Rollups and propose specialized application solutions based on the V2 platform. (source link)