The Protocol: Reinvent Ethererum, and Just Don't Break Bitcoin
The Protocol newsletter, launched on April 26, 2023, covers technological developments in the blockchain industry, expanding from a focus on Ethereum to include Bitcoin, Solana, Cosmos, and Sui. The format evolved to include more detailed content and an accompanying podcast, which is currently paused. The main author is leaving CoinDesk, with Deputy Editor-in-Chief Marc Hochstein taking over. Ethereum researcher Justin Drake proposed a major redesign of Ethereum's consensus layer called "Beam Chain" at the Devcon conference in Bangkok. A group of Bitcoin developers announced a method to add "covenants" to Bitcoin without a soft fork. Consensys is set to release the "LINEA" token for its rollup blockchain. Roman Sterlingov was sentenced to 12.5 years for operating the Bitcoin Fog mixing service and ordered to forfeit $395.6 million. The OP_NEXT conference focused on improving Bitcoin's usability and resilience.
