Ethereum seems to have entered a bottleneck period, and although data availability and user costs have improved, it is still unable to keep up with the growing demand for data. Thinking deeply, what is the bottleneck of Ethereum?

Ethereum faces an innovation dilemma and requires fundamental changes. It has overly focused on modular innovations to the database. Currently, it seems to have reached its peak in terms of market capitalization and usage. Future development depends on deep structural and functional reforms.

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This article, written by Vitalik Buterin, explores the similarities and challenges of Ethereum Layer 2 (L2) and execution sharding in blockchain scaling. The article explains that the L2 ecosystem is actually sharding on a technical level, and discusses the diversity of execution environments, security trade-offs, transaction speed, and the organizational and cultural benefits of L2. At the same time, Vitalik highlighted the coordination challenges faced by the L2 ecosystem and raised the importance of cross-L2 infrastructure.

This article delves into Nekoswap, the first native rune and token cross-chain exchange on Bitlayer. It analyzes the features of the Runes protocol, the current market status, and the importance of fragmentation solutions. The article also covers Nekoswap's business model, token framework, competitor analysis, valuation forecasts, and plans, concluding with an evaluation of Nekoswap's potential and impact within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

GoPlus has achieved considerable data growth thanks to its powerful security capabilities and high-quality services, indicating widespread market recognition. This article provides a detailed analysis of the product and its architecture, which can be divided into three main layers from the bottom up: Fundamental Layers, SecWare Ecosystem, and Network Service Entrance. This structure enables GoPlus to ensure its system's security from the ground up, build a rich developer ecosystem, achieve excellent scalability, and offer an exceptional user experience. Additionally, it features effective governance and incentive mechanisms to promote the positive development of the ecosystem.

friend.tech offers an interesting concept in the SocialFi platform space, allowing users to invest in their friends by purchasing social tokens or keys that grant access to exclusive content, private chat rooms and clubs, mainly targeted at users and their Corresponding influencers to follow. The pricing mechanism for these keys is complex, with the purchase price increasing exponentially as supply and quantity increase, while comparing information on its competitors and analyzing data such as token economics.

SynFutures is dedicated to creating a fully decentralized and highly efficient perpetual contract exchange where anyone can list and trade futures and perpetual equities of any asset. Currently, SynFutures has launched numerous long-tail asset trading pairs, surpassing a trading volume of $50 billion. Its daily trading volume consistently accounts for around 15% of decentralized derivative commodity platforms, ranking among the top three in daily trading volume on decentralized derivative commodity exchanges according to DeFillma data.

This article provides an in-depth analysis of projects at the intersection of cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence, exploring which projects truly leverage AI and blockchain technology and which are just gimmicks. The article points out that most crypto projects do not require AI, and vice versa, and highlights the potential of decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePINs), data networks, and GPU networks in the development of AI. At the same time, the article proposes how to identify truly valuable "encryption x AI" projects and looks forward to the future development of decentralized AI.

StakeStone, through its full-chain liquidity distribution network, provides users and developers with a new platform for liquidity release and utilization. By packaging ETH staking and potential blue-chip re-staking rewards represented by Eigenlayer into STONE, StakeStone plays a role in standardizing and improving the efficiency of users, blockchain, and the entire ecosystem. With the emergence of more Layer 2 and application chains, StakeStone's full-chain liquidity distribution network will become increasingly important, expected to serve as a bridge connecting different chains and ecosystems, providing users with a richer and more efficient asset utilization method.

As a leader in the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending sector, Aave has significantly surpassed its competitors in terms of asset utilization, market share, and trading volume. However, its leading position is not unassailable, as protocols like Radiant and Compound are demonstrating strong growth potential and introducing promising new versions. To consolidate its market position, Aave is strengthening its core lending business, advancing the development of GHO, integrating it deeply with Aave, establishing the Aave Network with the design of V4, and expanding its non-lending business ecosystem.

Arweave, a tool for permanently storing data, operates by distributing information across a network of computers called nodes or miners. These nodes earn money by providing long-term storage of existing data and storing new data as requested by customers. Its pay-once, store-forever model addresses traditional storage systems' issues of data loss and high costs, offering users a reliable and long-term data storage solution.

Talus Network is an emerging AI project aimed at integrating AI with blockchain technology to create a decentralized AI agent hub. The project has secured a $3 million financing round led by Polychain Capital and has released a whitepaper to further elaborate on its scope of operations and token economics. Talus offers a high-throughput L1 blockchain to address issues of data privacy, security, and accessibility, facilitating transparent interactions within the AI ecosystem. The whitepaper summarizes Talus's key technological components and new features, including the Protochain Node, Sui Move, MoveVM, IBC protocol, mirror objects, and AI stack. The TAI token serves as the core of the ecosystem, performing critical functions such as transaction mediation, resource acquisition, network security, and governance. Talus's use cases span across user experience enhancement, DeFi, DAOs, Internet of Things (IoT), Gaming/SocialFi, as well as AI and data ecosystems.

Chingari is a rapidly rising short video social application in the Indian market, attracting a large user base through its innovative reward mechanism and forming a massive community. Since its launch in 2020, Chingari has amassed over 175 million users and more than 130 million downloads. The platform offers multiple language versions and prioritizes the protection of user data and security. Chingari users can earn GARI tokens by watching, sharing, and creating video content. These tokens can be used to unlock special content or purchase experiences such as calls with creators. Additionally, Chingari has integrated Kana Labs Paymaster services to enhance user experience and lower participation barriers. Chingari's success lies not only in its technological and product breakthroughs but also in its precise understanding of user needs and market trends.

Optimism is a Layer 2 solution based on Ethereum that provides fast, stable, scalable and low-cost blockchain services. By running on Layer 1 of the Ethereum main chain, it helps alleviate network congestion, thereby reducing Transaction costs and processing time. Hyperchain is a multi-chain network structure based on Layer 2 technology that solves the horizontal scalability challenges of traditional blockchains. By treating each chain as an interchangeable computing resource, the commercialization of blockchains allows Developers to build cross-chain applications without increasing systemic risks, sharing not only security and communication layers but also an open-source technology stack. This design allows developers to focus more on building applications on the entire super chain, without having to worry about the specific technical details of individual chains.