Scaling

The new Ethereum execution client processes 1.7 billion gas units per second on a disk footprint of just 240 gigabytes, delivering a 20-fold improvement in block persistence and removing the execution layer as a bottleneck for the network's scaling roadmap.

Coinbase's Base layer 2 network ran the 'Onchain Summer' campaign throughout summer 2024, driving total value locked to over $7 billion and daily transactions exceeding Ethereum mainnet volumes.

The Bitcoin Lightning Network's total capacity surpassed 5,000 BTC in early 2024, representing approximately $225 million in locked liquidity across over 15,000 active nodes.

Polygon migrated from the MATIC token to the POL governance token on September 4, 2023, completing a major rebranding initiative under the new Polygon Labs organizational structure.

Segregated Witness activated on Bitcoin's mainnet on August 24, 2017, after miners achieved consensus support, enabling transaction malleability fixes and establishing the foundation for the Lightning Network.

Lightning Labs released the first alpha version of the Lightning Network daemon on January 7, 2017, enabling Bitcoin developers to test payment channels that could process transactions off-chain.