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Jan 31 7 tweets 5 min read
There has been a lot of talk about high gas fees on Ethereum, but not enough about layer 2.

These are some crazy platforms that have the ability to scale ETH 100-1000x.

& the best part about all of this? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵.

Here are some of my favorite… (1/x)
1. Optimistic Ethereum

Optimism is a rollup which can greatly reduce transaction times & fees on ETH by a magnitude of 100x+

It does so by running computations off-chain, bundling tx data in batches then writing to the main chain in the form of calldata

Check it out:
2. Arbitrum One

Arbitrum is also an optimistic rollup, minimizing computation and batching txs on the main chain to reduce gas costs.

The network can scale up to 40 thousand transactions per second, while offering the same security as Ethereum.
3. zkSync

zkSync is an EVM-compatible zero knowledge proof rollup that may be the 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 for ETH scaling.

zk rollups utilize powerful cryptographic proofs to verify txs in batches on ETH.

This is useful, as proofs can be submitted by anyone to withdraw to L1 instantly
4. Loopring

Loopring features a unique layer two ecosystem for trading various tokens, making payments, and more with very little fees.

It is built for enterprises, utilizing zkproof technology.

They are building counterfactual wallets to help onboard users to L2 without gas!
5. Hop

My personal favorite on this list, Hop Protocol allows for simple and quick swapping of ETH across any Optimistic rollup.

You can even avoid the wait period for optimistic bridges by using Hop instead!

It has a Uniswap-esque interface to make this all possible.
Here are the top layer two scaling networks for Ethereum visualized in detail…

Let’s move some of that demand for block space to L2 - what do you say? 🥐

optimism.io
offchainlabs.com
zksync.io
loopring.org/#/
hop.exchange

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I have seen people fall victim to impersonators.

I have seen people fall victim to phishing attacks.

I myself have been a victim of many rug pulls.

So… I thought it’d be nice if I listed out the many tips + things I’ve learned to help maximize security while in crypto. (1/x)
The entire security of the blockchain is inherited from a list of just 2048 words.

These 2048 words are randomly generated into strings of 12 words in the list, to create what we call a seed phrase.

This is very important. They are the lifeline to your funds.

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It shouldn’t be.

Even if there were 4B people with 4B Googles running 4B hashes a second, with 4B copies of earth in the galaxy, & 4B copies of that galaxy in the universe, it would still take 37x the age of the universe for anyone to have a 1 in 4B chance to guess a valid seed
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Ever since I started to get a large following on Twitter, I have been trying to refrain from dropping lots of alpha irresponsibly…

I am always wary of promoting any small projects, aware of the impact I may have.

Today, however. That’s not going to be the case…
Why? It’s time to introduce you to .@theBakeryDAO.

The BakeryDAO is a cumulative effort by a handful of pastries, that we hope will change the NFT and web 3.0. ecosystem as we know it today.

The magic begins with our website: bakery.fyi
If you look closely, this isn’t just your ordinary website.

Using some web3 trickery, we have integrated accounts into the back end via NFTs.

This allows us to monetize special pages across the website, locked to only members of the BakeryDAO (holders of the NFT)

Check it out:
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Well, the total market capitalization of the crypto market is down 41% on the month.

Is it finally time for a bear market thread from croissant? Let’s give it a shot… (1/x) 🐻
With tokens reaching several year lows, surely there are other great investment opportunities arising in the real world…

Let’s take a look at stocks.

Oh, the Nasdaq is down 12.7% this month, wiping out many months of single digit gains?

That’s okay. that’s just one example…
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Mmm, no. Despite extraordinarily high fees, a growing number of users continue to bid to get their transactions included in the next block…
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Think the building + hype behind NFTs and web3 is slowing down? Think again.

Last week an ETH hackathon led by ETHGlobal broke all previous records

It showcased 255 projects built by more than 800 devs in 68 different countries

I’ll describe some of the best projects below! 🥐
1. Creativerse

Creativerse is a Minecraft server that is connected to the Ethereum network.

Users can purchase plots as NFTs, with block data of each plot stored in the NFT.

This means that anyone (even you!) can run a server, & no matter what, your build cannot be censored 👀
2. Duomint

Want to onboard a friend into web 3.0 without worrying about the gas costs?

Duomint makes this easy. Anyone who wants can cover the gas fees for a mint

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Here you go .@elonmusk

For more than a year now I have been working on a cumulative effort to showcase the unique features of web3 & NFTs.

Allow me to explain my experience with this… 🥐
First off, writing for a living sucks.

Writers have few options to choose from when it comes to platforms, all part of a larger monopoly who picks and chooses what can be said on the internet.

I didn’t even start writing with crypto, my first gig was writing in politics…
Every day in high school I would work my ass off building my Facebook and Twitter pages up to the hundreds of thousands of followers…

Until that all came to an end.

I will never forget the day that Facebook permanently banned my pages for what could only be political reasons..
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The recent Congressional hearing was one of the most bullish events for crypto in all of 2021.

It represented a clear change in momentum, as legislators begin to understand the true magic of the blockchain…

In this thread I’ll compile the best highlights from the hearing! 🥐
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This one is just hard to watch.
Next up, we have Republican Congresswoman Ann Wagner agreeing with Coinbase CFO Ms. Haas about regulatory clarity on digital assets.

The clip ends with the Congresswoman firing shots at Gary Gensler. 👀
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