Quick Reads and Hot Links Covering the People and Projects Who Are Scaling Ethereum
Dear Frens,
Have you minted your .zks domain name on zkSync? ZNS is a decentralized name service on zkSync Era. Similar to ENS, it allows users to register .zks domain names for wallet addresses. Users are then able to share their .zks names in lieu of wallet addresses for receiving payment and in other interactions throughout the zkSync ecosystem.
As the Layer 2 ecosystem continues to grow, there will increasingly be ‘Layer 2 versions’ of the functionality we’ve become used to on Ethereum’s Layer 1. Bear-market builders sure have been busy, and the resulting plethora of new L2 players are testing the limits of the dictionary (just kidding) and providing opportunities to engage with DeFi, NFTs, public goods funding, web3 social, and other blockchain use cases like never before.
In this edition of the Layer 2 Review, we introduce a handful of these new players — some you may have already heard of or even dabbled with, and others that are still at the starting gates. As usual, there are updates on governance and activity for the major L2s, a look at the potential zkSync airdrop (ahem see first paragraph), and ecosystem updates to keep you razor sharp on the cutting edge of Ethereum.
Contributors: Warrior, jengajojo, thinkDecade, PaulitoBankless Boluwatife, WinVerse, Tonytad, trewkat, HiroKennelly
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Arbitrum and Gitcoin are rolling out three programs to support the Arbitrum community: a retroactive funding round, a matching campaign, and a developer-focused hackathon.
Arbitrum will distribute 100k ARB through a retroactive funding round to outstanding contributors who have already made an impact on Arbitrum's governance and processes. Launching on November 15, this "Arbitrum Citizens" round will use quadratic funding. Participants can apply for retroactive rewards at grants.gitcoin.co.
To incentivize more projects to build on Arbitrum One, 300k ARB in 2x matching funds will be offered to any individual or group running a round on Gitcoin. Details can be found at forum.arbitrum.