What are blobs and how are they used in L2 chains?

Ethereum, being the leading force in the Layer1 chain, is committed to bringing new upgrades, thereby boosting innovation across a diverse range of Layer2s based on it. EIP-4844 or Proto-Danksharding is one such improvement proposal plan that supports ‘blobs’ in transactions to offer additional data fields (blobspace) for storing compressed transaction data for a certain […]

What are Output Roots? How to Track them for your L2 chain?

TraceHawk now supports detailed output roots tracking for optimistic rollup Layer2s. By introducing future-aligned features like stage-1 decentralization, native interoperability, untapped liquidity access, and even creation of ZK-powered L2s, the optimistic rollups stack has already been identified as the most matured and widely adopted across web3 builders. As per L2beat’s, 41 chains have been launched, […]