ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, ConsenSys' Ethereum validation node provider Infura has announced significant progress in its decentralized infrastructure network (DIN) and plans to launch as an Active Validation Service (AVS) on the Ethereum restaking platform EigenLayer.Infura DIN product lead Tom Hay announced at the Devcon 2024 conference: "By leveraging Ethereum's economic security through EigenLayer, we continue to build a permissionless Web3 infrastructure service marketplace on the steady progress of DIN." Launching DIN as an AVS through EigenLayer offers multiple advantages, including reduced development costs, increased accessibility and reliability of Web3 services, fostering a collaborative environment among providers, and simplifying the process of launching new services across Web3 gateways.The main goal of this deployment is to create a more accessible, reliable, and efficient decentralized infrastructure to support Web3 development while leveraging Ethereum's economic security. It also utilizes EigenLayer's restaking as an entry mechanism, providing staking and slashing protection without requiring projects to prematurely launch tokens.

ChainCatcher news, during the Devcon in Bangkok, the AVS Day event co-hosted by Consensys, EigenLayer, and AltLayer successfully concluded. The Hemera team received high recognition in the industry for its innovative technology, achieving first place.Hemera co-founder and Chief Growth Officer Sammi showcased the team's first comprehensive data integrity verification solution—History Transparency AVS. This solution utilizes a shared security mechanism and Account-Centric Indexing technology to provide a reliable and verifiable data processing (ETL) layer for AI, machine learning, and other data-intensive applications, ensuring end-to-end data integrity. This innovation not only enhances the reliability of data verification but also brings unprecedented transparency and trust to blockchain applications.Hemera AVS is set to officially launch soon, and will provide a programmable and verifiable data layer for the blockchain ecosystem, offering solid support for developers to create higher quality decentralized applications.

ChainCatcher news, according to Decrypt, retired NFL Carolina Panthers player Russell Okung announced on Thursday his hope to ensure that his newly established flag football league Bitball can pay its players in Bitcoin.In an interview, Okung revealed that he envisions a league where players can earn Bitcoin, fans can have real stakes, and the community can accumulate wealth.Okung added, "No more middlemen taking cuts or backroom deals; now, this is pure sports and pure Bitcoin, meaning pure opportunity. This is what I am building—a new league."

ChainCatcher news, Layer 1 project XION announced on X that it has launched pre-trading on Bybit, KuCoin, Helix, MEXC, Gate.io, and Bitget.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, XION is a modular universal abstraction layer built for consumer adoption, developed by Burnt. XION aims to eliminate technical crypto barriers for consumers through a toolkit that includes seamless fiat on/off ramps, direct credit card purchases, familiar Web2 logins, mobile-supported secure account abstraction, and zero gas fees.

ChainCatcher news, during the Thailand Blockchain Week, the Asia-Pacific media officially established Layer East Media, a strategic alliance aimed at strengthening communication between the West and the Asia-Pacific region in Web3. The eight founding members of the alliance include HashKey Capital, Decrypt, Coinpost, Bitcoin Addict (Cryptomind Group), Coin68, PANews, Odaily, and Coinvestasi, who signed a memorandum of understanding committing to promote responsible reporting and innovative collaboration.The alliance also includes Crypto Times, Tokenpost, CoinNess, Foresight News, Blockbeats, Techflow, Chaincatcher, Blocktempo, and Wu Says Blockchain. Layer East Media will support the expansion of Web3 in the Asia-Pacific market through regional events and exclusive content, welcoming more media to join and jointly advance the APAC Web3 media network.

ChainCatcher message, Layer1 project XION announced the opening of airdrop inquiries on X.According to RootData, XION is a modular universal abstraction layer built for consumer adoption, developed by Burnt.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Zerion has launched its Ethereum Layer 2 network ZERO Network, allowing Zerion Wallet users to be exempt from Gas fees when trading, minting, exchanging, and cross-chain transactions.ZERO Network is built on ZKsync technology and is part of the Elastic Chain ecosystem, utilizing a dynamic scoring system "Onchain DNA" to assess whether an address qualifies for Gas-free transactions.Zerion also announced that it has secured an undisclosed amount of funding from angel investors, including Cooper Turley, Spencer Noon, Yearn chief developer Banteg, Alex Gluchowski, Patricio Worthalter, and NBA player Duncan Robinson. According to the project, angel investors from companies such as Lido, Daylight, Celestia, ETHGlobal, and OpenSea also participated.

According to ChainCatcher, The Block reported that Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake proposed a new consensus layer upgrade called "Beam Chain" at the Devcon conference, which the community refers to as "Ethereum 3.0."The proposal aims to achieve faster block times, lower validator staking requirements, "on-chain snarkification," and improvements in quantum security. The core of Beam Chain lies in the introduction of technologies such as zkVM, significantly enhancing the scalability of the Ethereum mainnet without relying on Layer 2 solutions. Doug Colkitt, founder of Ambient Finance, stated that the localization of zkEVM could completely eliminate gas limits, allowing nodes to only verify snarks, theoretically achieving infinite scalability for L1.Nevertheless, the proposal may lead to further centralization of block building. Drake emphasized that the final implementation of Beam Chain requires community consensus and called it his "most ambitious proposal to date." He previously resigned from his advisory position due to potential conflicts of interest with EigenLayer.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake proposed a new consensus layer upgrade called "Beam Chain" at the Devcon conference, referred to by the community as "Ethereum 3.0". This proposal aims to achieve faster block times, lower validator staking requirements, "chain snarkifaction", and quantum-safe improvements. The core of Beam Chain lies in the introduction of technologies like zkVM, significantly enhancing the scalability of the Ethereum mainnet, potentially without relying on Layer 2 solutions.Doug Colkitt, founder of Ambient Finance, stated that the localization of zkEVM could completely eliminate gas limits, allowing nodes to only verify snarks, theoretically achieving infinite scalability for L1. Nevertheless, this proposal may lead to further centralization of block building.Drake emphasized that the final implementation of Beam Chain requires community consensus and called it his "most ambitious proposal to date." He previously resigned from his advisory position due to potential conflicts of interest with EigenLayer.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the Ethereum Layer2 network Lisk has announced its mainnet launch and an airdrop plan. The Lisk airdrop event will start on November 21 and will last for four months in the first season. Users can complete tasks on the Lisk platform to earn points, and the total points will determine how many LSK tokens they will receive in the airdrop.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, OKX Ventures has announced an investment in Corn, marking an important step in introducing Bitcoin applications within the Ethereum ecosystem. Corn is based on Arbitrum and integrates support from Coinbase, enabling BTC holders to easily access the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem. Through a unique, secure, and sustainable approach, Corn maximizes the potential of Bitcoin and has achieved several significant milestones, such as becoming the first Ethereum L2 network to use hybrid tokenized Bitcoin (BTCN) as Gas fees, and also the first network to implement Bitcoin security guarantees through Babylon, supporting BTC LST liquidity.At the core of Corn's innovation is BTCN, a hybrid tokenized Bitcoin supported 1:1 by native BTC. This unique model allows BTC holders to use BTC to pay Gas fees within the Ethereum DeFi ecosystem, preserving the core value of Bitcoin. Users can easily cross-chain their BTC to the Ethereum ecosystem with just one click.The ecosystem development of the Corn network is driven by its CORN token (popCORN) staking program, allowing community members to direct earnings towards ecological applications. This approach ensures sustainable growth of the network and incentivizes community members to actively participate in the network's development.

ChainCatcher news, according to CoinDesk, the blockchain project Espresso announced that its core product "Confirmation Layer" has been launched on the mainnet, providing key infrastructure for cross-chain composability.This confirmation layer allows different Rollup networks to read and trust each other's transaction data, thereby accelerating asset cross-chain bridging, decentralizing the key component "sequencer" in Rollups, and achieving low-cost transaction data storage.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Ethereum Layer 2 developer Polymer Labs has launched a real-time interoperability protocol called Polymer Hub. It is reported that Polymer Hub can verify and store all connected aggregated headers, allowing applications to prove any state in the aggregation with significantly reduced overhead.It is said that Polymer Hub initially supports the OP Stack ecosystem, including OP Mainnet, World Chain, and the Base network incubated by Coinbase, and plans to expand to other Ethereum Rollup ecosystems.

ChainCatcher news, Zypher co-founder Maggie Wang announced at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit during the "Insights from Innovators" roundtable that the Zypher Network, in collaboration with Linea, has launched the world's first ZK-driven game-specific Layer 3 network, Zytron Pioneer, which has achieved stable operation after testing. Zytron Pioneer will kick off the L3 Player Carnival event this month in partnership with the Galxe platform, inviting players to win generous rewards such as game assets, stablecoins, and loyalty points through cross-chain bridging, gaming, and staking.Maggie stated that Zypher Network is the first project to combine ZK and AI technologies to build a universal data verification layer, focusing on the security and verifiability of game assets. Through ZK-Proof mining incentives, Zypher ensures data privacy protection and credibility, allowing Web 2.0 games to seamlessly migrate to the blockchain ecosystem. Its modular zero-knowledge proof technology and server abstraction support the public verification of each game asset's state, ensuring players have a high-quality gaming experience while enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of game deployment. Zypher Network aims to create more potential opportunities for on-chain gaming through these innovative technologies.

ChainCatcher news, during the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held in Bangkok Devcon, Manta Network co-founder Victor shared a keynote speech on "The First Layer2 Adopting MultiDA."Victor stated that Manta Network not only values on-chain data but also pays great attention to on-chain user behavior and use cases. The network has consistently ranked among the top three in the Layer2 market in terms of monthly active users. Data shows that Manta Network's monthly active addresses have exceeded 346,000, with average transaction fees as low as $0.0001 and daily transaction volume reaching up to 381,000.He then elaborated on the groundbreaking MultiDA (Multi Data DA Framework) technology introduced by Manta. By integrating multiple DA solutions such as EigenDA, NEAR DA, 0G, Nubit, and Dill, Manta has not only significantly enhanced the network's stability and resilience but is also the first Layer2 network to adopt the MultiDA architecture.He revealed that the Celestia DA layer has saved Manta over $12 million in costs.Video live stream link:https://www.youtube.com/live/tTVcUPumPysImage live stream link:https://www.pailixiang.com/album_ia7637038926.html

ChainCatcher news, Ethereum Foundation (EF) core researcher Justin Drake posted on the X platform that he will announce a significant plan tomorrow afternoon at 5 PM on the Devcon main stage.Drake stated that he has been conceptualizing a proposal to redesign the Ethereum consensus layer from scratch over the past year, aiming to propose a reliable strategy to launch an ambitious beacon chain roadmap within a reasonable timeframe. After months of deliberation with researchers and consensus developers, Drake is ready to present the proposal publicly. He emphasized that community involvement will be crucial if this new approach can achieve preliminary consensus.Drake previously labeled his speech title as "[title redacted]" in the Devcon schedule to maintain an air of mystery.