ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin L2 network BOB (Build on Bitcoin) announced on social media that due to the surge in the number of projects preparing to be deployed on BOB, the team has postponed the mainnet launch date to May 1 (originally scheduled for April 24) to accommodate additional testing and auditing.According to the crypto data platform RootData, BOB announced in March this year that it had completed a $10 million seed round financing, led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Mechanism Ventures, Bankless Ventures, CMS Ventures, UTXO Management, and several angel investors; subsequently, BOB announced that Coinbase Ventures joined its $10 million seed round financing.

ChainCatcher news, the Layer2 network Blast officially stated that it will announce the exact mainnet launch date later this week, with key dates being February 2024 and May 2024.In addition, Blast stated that the winners of the BIG BANG competition will be announced on February 23, and the number of winners in each category will be increased, with more rewards allocated to the winners than originally planned.

ChainCatcher news, Layer2 network Blast stated on its social platform that the Blast bridging contract will be upgraded this weekend in preparation for the mainnet launch later this month. The upgrade will last for 24 hours but will not affect users. The exact mainnet launch date will be announced next week.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cointelegraph, Ethereum developers plan to determine the mainnet launch date for the Dencun upgrade next Thursday (February 8), which will introduce several EIPs, including the proto-dank sharding that is expected to reduce Layer 2 transaction costs.In addition, Galaxy Digital's Vice President of Research, Christine Kim, stated that the likelihood of the Dencun mainnet being activated by the end of March is 80%, and there is also a possibility of it going live by the end of February, but she indicated that this possibility is low, close to 40%.

ChainCatcher news, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal tweeted, "Just came out of the zkEVM mainnet launch steering committee, we (now) have a mainnet launch date."Previously, ChainCatcher reported last December that the final testnet version of Polygon zkEVM was launched, stating that this is "the last step before the mainnet launch." (source link)