Dora Noda
Software Engineer
Dora Noda is a Software Engineer writing about Web3 infrastructure, blockchain networks, and self-hosting.
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Cysic Venus Open-Sources the ZK Proving Stack Making Ethereum Real-Time Verification Economical
Cysic's April 8 Venus release proves Ethereum blocks in 7.4 seconds on 24 GPUs, signaling the moment ZK infrastructure shifts from constraint to commodity substrate for L2 scaling.
Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade: How ePBS and EIP-7732 End the Flashbots Era and Rewrite MEV
Ethereum's 2026 Glamsterdam hard fork brings Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation into the protocol itself. Here is what EIP-7732 changes, why it guts the Flashbots relay business, and what it means for the $500M MEV market.
eToro Buys Zengo for $70M: The Day a Retail Broker Chose Self-Custody
eToro's $70M cash acquisition of Zengo rewrites retail crypto custody. Here is why a Nasdaq-listed broker just bought an MPC wallet instead of building one, and what it means for Coinbase, MetaMask, Ledger, and the next 100 million self-custody users.
Google's Quantum AI Whitepaper Maps Five Attack Paths That Put $100B of Ethereum at Risk
Google Quantum AI's 57-page paper, co-authored with Ethereum's Justin Drake and Stanford's Dan Boneh, maps five quantum attack paths that put more than $100B of on-chain value at risk and pulls Q-Day forward to 2029.
Ika on Sui: The Sub-Second MPC Network Trying to Kill the Bridge Industry
Ika's 2PC-MPC protocol on Sui replaces trust-based cross-chain bridges with native threshold signatures. Here is why that threatens LayerZero, CCIP, and the entire wrapped-token economy.
The IMF Just Priced Stablecoin Disruption at $300B: What the GENIUS Act Cost Payment Incumbents
A new IMF working paper estimates the GENIUS Act wiped $300 billion — 18% — off the combined market value of US payment incumbents. Here is what the data means for Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and the next twelve months of stablecoin regulation.
Delete Three Forever: Why Only One of MegaETH, Monad, Eclipse, or Berachain Will Matter by 2027
Four hyped L1/L2s — Monad, MegaETH, Eclipse, and Berachain — launched with bold performance claims. Q2 2026 data reveals which ones have real usage and which are likely headed for the graveyard.
Escrow Before Execution: Why Nava's $8.3M Bet Could Become the Trust Layer Every AI Agent Needs
Nava Labs closed an $8.3M seed round to build on-chain escrow and verification for autonomous AI agents. A look at why EigenLayer veterans think this missing trust layer unlocks institutional agent deployment.
OKX X-Perps: How a 5-Year Expiry Clause Cracked Europe's $85T Derivatives Market
OKX Europe's X-Perps launch uses a 5-year expiry to bring perpetual-style crypto derivatives to MiFID II-regulated Europe — a regulatory workaround that reshapes how global exchanges compete for the $85T derivatives market.