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Aaand Ethereum turns 9! Vitalik shared a launch day photo featuring early contributors, and Lefteris reminisced about their roles. But just a week later, global markets were hit by the Bank of Japan's rate hike, triggering a carry trade unwinding.

At Etherscan, we released a user-friendly multichain explorer, as well as added USD value toggle on listing pages.

This issue, we analyse the trends in bridging from L1 to L2 post-Dencun. Answer the poll to test your knowledge on Ethereum milestones and stand a chance to win $10 in ETH!

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Guest Post

Some L2 Data Trends Post-Dencun

Some L2 Data Trends Post-Dencun

An analysis of trends in bridging from L1 to L2 after the March 2024 upgrade that included blobs and more, including:

  • Rise in transaction count
  • Trends in bridged transaction value
  • Trends in unique addresses
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Blockscan Multichain Explorer (Beta)

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Blockscan Multichain Explorer (Beta)

A simple multichain explorer to view your everyday onchain interactions.

USD Value Toggle on Listing Pages

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USD Value Toggle on Listing Pages

Toggle to view asset value in fiat currencies based on latest available exchange rates.

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Trending

DeFi Protocols Affected by Squarespace DNS Hijack

From July 9-12, 2024, DeFi sites like Compound and Pendle were hijacked and redirected to phishing sites, likely due to faulty domain migration.

securityalliance.notion.site

Virgil Griffith's Prison Sentence Reduced by 7 Months

The Ethereum dev sentenced to 63 months in 2022 for showing how to use crypto to evade sanctions in North Korea could be released by Jan 2025.

x.com/aurbelis

WazirX Exchange Suffered $230M Exploit

Hackers used signature phishing & compromised private keys to upgrade the multisig. The transaction trail hints at a potential Lazarus Group attack.

x.com/Mudit__Gupta

Bitwise to Donate 10% of Profits of ETHW

Bitwise announced that it will donate 10% of the profits from its spot Ether ETF to Ethereum developers via the Protocol Guild and PBS Foundation.

ethwetf.com

Compound Finance Underwent a Governance Saga

The contentious Proposal 289 passed, sparking community debate. Later, Humpy & Compound reached a truce to make COMP a yield-bearing asset.

rekt.news

Developers

L2BEAT Badges

L2 project pages display easy-to-understand badges for features like RaaS deployment, L2 Stack, Data Availability, and more.

x.com/l2beat

rindexer

The open-source, high-speed indexing toolset developed in Rust supports any EVM chain & provides a framework for building more complex indexers.

github.com/joshstevens19

Community

Ethereum Staking Survey 2024

The survey of solo stakers showed strong confidence in staking, despite concerns about centralization pressures on the validator set.

paragraph.xyz/@ethstaker

Crypto Market Map

It tracks over 1,500 crypto projects, organizing them into 6 tech layers and 137 categories to contextualize every major project in the space.

x.com/MariaShen

Pick of the Month

Transaction: MEV Bot Messaged to Fully Return Funds

A security vulnerability in Rho Markets's new smart contract let an MEV bot to borrow $7.6m worth of assets. The bot returned all funds within 6 hours.

Address: Vitalik: An Ethereum Story (Official Trailer)

Mint the trailer for the documentary on Vitalik and Ethereum's builders. World premiere on Sept 18th and onchain streaming starts Sept 20th.

FAQ

Questions received last month:

Why are some tokens masked as "ERC20 ***" on Etherscan?
Team Etherscan uses heuristics to mask certain tokens with unknown reputation as a pre-emptive measure to help prevent scams. To unmask these tokens, please update the token information. Read more.

Can we verify contracts on multiple explorers with a single API key?
Yes, in March we introduced a feature allowing developers to verify contracts on multiple chains using a single Etherscan API key, eliminating the need for creating separate keys on each explorer. Check out the docs.

Confused with some terms in this newsletter?
Remember to check the Etherscan glossary!

Pro Tip

Convert Unix Timestamp into Date & Time and nearest Block Number
When browsing transaction event logs, you can easily convert a Unix timestamp to a Date & Time format or find the nearest block number using the Block & Date Converter tool.

Jobs

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Business Development & Growth Lead at VaultCraft | Remote

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