Base network has officially launched: Here’s how it can be used

    Coinbase’s Base network completed its phased launch on Aug. 9 and is officially open to end-users. Coinbase’s Base network has officially launched after spending a few weeks in an “open for builders only” phase. The network is now ready to onboard users, according to an Aug. 9 announcement from the team. Several Web3 development teams…

    ConsenSys releases ‘fuzzing’ tool to test smart contract vulnerabilities

    Diligence Fuzzing lets developers introduce random and invalid data points to find security flaws. Blockchain technology firm ConsenSys publicly released its “Diligence Fuzzing” tool for smart contract testing, according to an Aug. 1 announcement. The new tool produces “random and invalid data points” to find vulnerabilities in contracts before they are launched. Over $2.8 billion…

    UK Law Commission report challenges Craig Wright’s suit against Bitcoin developers

    A report published by the U.K. Law Commission bolsters Bitcoin core developers’ defense that they are not liable for 111,000 BTC taken by hackers. A recent report released by the United Kingdom’s Law Commission could weaken a central argument brought by Craig Wright in his controversial lawsuit against 12 Bitcoin core developers, argues the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund…

    Coinbase layer-2 network Base closes in on mainnet launch

    While a date for mainnet wasn’t announced, the Base team said it’s now fulfilled four out of five of their criteria for launch. Base, a new layer 2 application-focused protocol by Coinbase, has just one criterion left to fulfill before being ready for mainnet launch. On June 29, the team said the Optimism-powered, Ethereum-secured network has been…

    Optimism successfully completes ‘Bedrock’ hard fork, reducing deposit times, layer-1 fees

    The upgrade is part of a series of reforms meant to increase modularity in the OP Stack, allowing developers to spin up their own networks using the software. The Optimism network concluded its “Bedrock” upgrade on June 7, reducing deposit times, lowering layer-1 fees and enacting additional security features, according to an announcement from network…

    BlockSec launches collaborative testing toolkit for private forked chains

    With the toolkit, developers and security researchers can test, analyze and debug transactions via controlled private fork chains from the Ethereum mainnet. Blockchain security tech firm BlockSec has launched a new toolkit that enables collaborative testing on private chains “forked from arbitrary (transaction) positions” and block numbers on the Ethereum mainnet. The developer and security…