Articles Tagged “Layer 1”
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Ethereum Glamsterdam on Sepolia: What 200M Gas Means Next
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade is live on Sepolia with in-protocol PBS, parallel validation and a near-200M gas limit, over 3x mainnet's current 60M.
Solana 250ms Slot Times Are Live on Mainnet
Solana cut its target slot time from 300ms to 250ms at epoch 1037, lifting block production to four slots a second on the way to a 200ms target.
Zcash NU7 Aims for 25-Second Blocks on November 5
Zcash's NU7 upgrade targets November 5 and cuts block times from 75 to 25 seconds, making shielded payments confirm roughly three times faster.
BNB Chain Pasteur Upgrade Nearly Doubles Throughput
BNB Chain's Pasteur hard fork went live August 25, lifting test throughput from 1,237 to 2,324 TPS while tightening bridge and validator security.
Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Targets 10,000 TPS and 78% Lower Fees
Ethereum's next hard fork Glamsterdam is on track for June 2026, raising the gas limit from 60M to 200M, cutting fees by 78%, and targeting 10,000 transactions per second.
Google Quantum AI Paper Spotlights Algorand as a Model for Post-Quantum Blockchain
A Google Quantum AI research paper cited Algorand's FALCON signature scheme as a quantum-resistance benchmark, validating one of the first live post-quantum blockchain deployments.
Solana’s Firedancer Validator Hits 20 Percent Stake — And Benchmarks Show Over a Million Transactions Per Second
Jump Crypto’s Firedancer client reaches 20% network stake on Solana mainnet, with benchmarks showing up to 1M TPS and Alpenglow targeting 150ms finality.