New Chain Integrated on DexCheck by LineaBuild

**Trustless agents are now operational on Linea**, marking another deployment of the ERC-8004 standard across Ethereum's Layer 2 ecosystem. **What ERC-8004 enables:** - Verifiable identity for AI agents - Portable reputation that transfers across chains - Cross-chain coordination without intermediaries This standard creates an infrastructure where agents can build trust over time, carry their reputation between different networks, and interact directly with each other. The deployment on Linea follows similar launches on other Ethereum scaling solutions.

Linea has released benchmark results for Vortex polynomial commitments showing significant performance improvements: - **3.7x faster** than Plonky3 FRI on CPU - **9.6x boost** on GPU commit operations - **35.8x boost** on GPU open operations The improvements stem from hardware acceleration work by AntChainOpenLab and Linea's cryptography team. Polynomial commitments are a critical component of zero-knowledge provers, and these gains represent meaningful progress toward faster proof generation. Linea develops gnark, the underlying cryptographic library, rather than simply using it - allowing them to optimize at the foundational level.

Phylax Systems CEO Odysseas will discuss the evolution from reactive to proactive security approaches in DeFi during an upcoming conversation. **Key Details:** - **Topic:** The Credible Layer and its implications for builders and DeFi security - **Date:** Thursday, January 29th - **Time:** 3:00 PM UTC - **Platform:** X and YouTube - **Hosts:** suzapolooza_eth and EricCMack Several protocols including Euler Finance, Malda, Turtle, and Denaria Finance have already integrated the Credible Layer for protocol protection. Public assertions are available at [app.phylax.systems](http://app.phylax.systems).

**Four DeFi protocols now live with Credible Layer protection** Euler Finance, Malda, Turtle, and Denaria Finance have deployed Phylax's Credible Layer to protect their protocols, with more deployments coming soon. **How it works:** - Protocols define "bad outcomes" through assertions - security rules validated by the sequencer - Invalid transactions are dropped before execution - Valid transactions proceed normally - All assertions are publicly viewable at [app.phylax.systems](http://app.phylax.systems) **The shift from bug hunting to outcome prevention** Traditional security focuses on finding bugs, but some always slip through. The Credible Layer takes a different approach by preventing harmful outcomes rather than searching for vulnerabilities. Linea has integrated this technology into its sequencer, stopping exploits before they execute. This risk reduction enables institutions like SharpLink to deploy more capital into DeFi. The technology aims to make DeFi less risky for mainstream adoption. [Learn more](https://docs.phylax.systems/credible/credible-introduction?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=cmp-100328643-afbf08)

Linea has introduced a new feature allowing developers to write and deploy assertions directly onchain in Solidity. The sequencer enforces these rules against every transaction without requiring third parties or additional trust assumptions. **Key features:** - Assertions written in Solidity and deployed onchain - Sequencer-level enforcement on all transactions - No external dependencies or new trust models - Rules can be modified without touching production contracts This builds on Linea's recent collaboration with [Boundless](https://boundless.xyz) to support The Signal, an open-source ZK consensus client that enables trustless Ethereum state access across rollups.