Abstract: The world’s smallest HDR voltage-domain global shutter (VDGS) image sensor with 2.2μm pixel pitch was fabricated based on a 2-layer stacking process with Cu-to-Cu wafer bonding process. The ...

Crypto exchange Gate has launched Gate Layer, a proprietary Layer 2 blockchain designed to boost transaction throughput and reduce costs, while simultaneously rolling out a major upgrade to the GT ...

Ethereum’s Layer-2 (L2) solutions are rapidly becoming the backbone of the blockchain ecosystem, processing nearly 90% of all Ethereum transactions in 2025. Platforms like Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, ...

Researchers find that rollup fee models collapse costs, leaving small transfers over- or underpriced. A benchmark shows Polygon zkEVM, zkSync, Scroll, Optimism, and Arbitrum use divergent, potentially ...

Bitcoin, since its creation in 2009, has revolutionized digital money. Its decentralized, censorship-resistant nature makes it a powerful store of value. However, Bitcoin’s base layer, known as Layer ...

Upbit announced plans to launch an Ethereum Layer 2 network using OP Stack technology, according to documentation released today. The South Korean crypto exchange will deploy the scaling solution ...

Layer Brett was once confined to Base, but now $LBRETT is rewriting the rules on Ethereum Layer 2. By combining meme power with real blockchain utility, this meme ...

This year’s Next Billion-Dollar Startups tells a story of evolution: not just in valuation potential, but in how startups are getting there. Compared to prior years, today’s companies are marked by ...

fancy-tar is a smarter, friendlier tar/7z/zip tool with progress bars, encryption, manifests, and more. It's a simple bash script wrapper around existing tools, making it easy to audit and trust - no ...

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