Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how fintech is disrupting the financial industry in Asia. While blockchain technology promises transparency and ...

Ethereum ecosystem scaling has moved from theory to actual production-grade infrastructure. Optimistic Rollups, ZK Rollups, major Layer 1 upgrades like The Merge and The Dencun upgrade (EIP-4844), and ...

Scott Nevil is an experienced writer and editor with a demonstrated history of publishing content for Investopedia. He goes in-depth to create informative and actionable content around monetary policy ...

The term Layer 1 refers to the underlying blockchain architecture in the blockchain ecosystem. However, transaction speed suffers when the mainnet gets busy, causing costly transactions to the end ...

With Ethereum’s 8th birthday coming up on July 30th, Web3 has certainly come a long way. As the space has grown, however, the technology's scaling limitations have become harder to ignore. Any regular ...

Distributed ledger technology has the potential to solve some of the most prominent problems in the global economy, such as providing financial services to the 1.7 billion people that comprise the ...

Ethereum (ETH) is the 2nd-largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization at $200 billion. It performed exceptionally well in 2021, rising above $4,000 at its peak in May after beginning the ...

Blockchain technology is organized into layers, each with a specific role in ensuring security, scalability and efficiency. Layer 0 provides the infrastructure, while layer 1 — e.g., Bitcoin, Ethereum ...

When the concept of blockchain technology was introduced to the world back in 2009 with Bitcoin (BTC), the primary focus was on providing a decentralized and secure distributed database technology ...

Ethereum (ETH) fell from $4,953 in August to around $3,446 by November as Layer 2 networks reduced mainnet fee revenue and token burns. Ethereum’s daily gas fee revenue dropped from over $30M to ...