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I've been thinking recently about post-apocalyptic wastelands. Specifically, about this scene from Mad Max: Fury Road, when the main characters have just escaped the first wave of pursuit, and are staying ahead of their would-be captors. They need to keep moving, but still need to do maintenance on the centerpiece...
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Issue 460
The SwiftPM Library becomes the Swift Package Index. Implemented in Swift, open-source, and launching⦠now!.
The State of Eth2, June 2020
A huge thank you for excellent input and feedback from Sacha Saint-Leger, Joseph Schweitzer, Josh Stark, and protolambda. I spend a lot of my time explaining and answering questions about eth2, and I mean a lot. Some of this on a deep and technical level as I help communicate...
Issue 458
What are my hopes for SwiftUI this WWDC? I hope it feels as well thought out this year as last year's felt mind-blowing.
Devcon: Hacia Colombia en 2021
Queridos Amigos, In our most recent update, we outlined what Devcon is all about and spoke to our renewed focus on growing the Ethereum ecosystem. Part of that focus is on making sure that, for all types of attendees, the next Devcon is all that we dream for it...
Issue 457
SPM is the future, but CocoaPods and Carthage are going to be with us for a very long time!
Validated, staking on eth2: #4 - Keys π
Special thanks to Sacha Yves Saint-Leger & Danny Ryan for their review. At the core of every Proof of Stake system is a signature scheme. Signatures are used to verify the identity of each validator allowing their actions, both good and bad, to be attributed to them. We...
Ethereum Foundation 2020 Spring Update
To the users and the builders, Weβve said it before and weβll say it again: Ethereumβs future is bright, and this year we are seeing much of that future come to life as the Ethereum ecosystem builds on a foundation laid by dedicated research and development over the last...
Issue 456
What's new in Swift 5.3? Many things, but the most exciting is resource support in the SPM!
Issue 455
Some details of WWDC, but you'll have to keep guessing on most things for now!
Ecosystem Support Program: Allocation Update, Q1 2020
The Ecosystem Support Program is an arm of the Ethereum Foundation dedicated to providing financial and non-financial support to projects working to help Ethereum grow and thrive. We recently published an update detailing how the Ecosystem Support Program spent 2019, and how we allocated financial support throughout the year....
eth2 quick update no. 11
We've all been pretty busy with all the things! I'll try to keep these posts rolling out, but in the meantime, be sure to checkout Ben Edgington's What's New in Eth2 to get your fix. Tune into Ethereal Virtual Summit this Thursday and Friday! It's full of excellent eth2...
Development Update #3 - Ethereum.org
Hey Ethereum! Hereβs the latest update from the ethereum.org team:...
The 1.x Files: A Primer for the Witness Specification
Since a lot of us have a bit more time on our hands, I thought now might be a good opportunity to proceed with something perhaps a little bit boring and tedious, but nevertheless quite fundamental to the Stateless Ethereum effort: understanding the formal Witness Specification. Like the captain...
Issue 454
Is there a middle ground between full a full, widget laden springboard, and what we have in iOS 13?
Issue 453
How is Swift on the server doing? Find out with some analysis of the iOS Developer Community survey.
Building a PC, Part IX: Downsizing
Hard to believe that Iβve had the same PC case since 2011, and my last serious upgrade was in 2015. I guess thatβs yet another sign that the PC is over, because PC upgrades have gotten really boring. It took 5 years for me to muster
Issue 452
Will WWDC re-invent online conferences? Probably not, but the community might!
Issue 451
Will Apple experiment with pricing models on the App Store? Probably not, but we can live in hope!
Issue 450
Is the new Apple/Amazon agreement good for other developers, or is it just a one off?
The 1.x Files: The Updated Stateless Tech Tree
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Ecosystem Support Program: Allocation Update
As we embark on a new decade(!), the Ecosystem Support Program team wanted to speak to some of the recent growth, transition and learning around the program, and share details of our 2019 financial allocations....
eth2 quick update no. 10
Have some fun announcements for y'all this week :) Other than the items below, client teams continue to move toward production. More on that next week! tl;dr Least Authority Phase 0 audit complete Phase 0 Pre-Launch Bounty Program Unification of eth1+eth2 communications in the Eth R&D...
Introducing the Devcon Archive (and an event update)
Friends, Out of respect for those within our own community and around us currently facing the ongoing global health crisis, our team has decided to temporarily hold scheduled Devcon announcements, first teased in our last post. In the meantime we wanted to share something else that weβve been working...
Validated, staking on eth2: #3 - Sharding Consensus
Special thanks to Sacha Yves Saint-Leger & Joseph Schweitzer for review. Sharding is one of the many improvements that eth2 has over eth1. The term was borrowed from database research where a shard means a piece of a larger whole. In the context of databases and eth2, sharding means...
Issue 449
How is the situation the world is facing right now affecting the App Store?
Issue 448
Was anyone expecting an entirely new way for a mouse/trackpad cursor to interact with UI this week?
Development Update #2 - Ethereum.org
Hey Ethereum! Hereβs the latest update from the ethereum.org team:...
eth2 quick update no. 9
Strange times. I hope you are all well and continue to take care of yourselves, your families, and your communities. We're a bit overdue on a quick update. My apologies. I'll keep them coming at a regular clip after this one. Eth2 is looking good -- Phase 0 is...
Issue 447
WWDC 2020 is announced, and it's online-only. It'll be fascinating to see how that works in practice...
Issue 446
Will there be a virtual WWDC this year? Will WWDC be virtual from now on?
Issue 445
Will you be able to read this newsletter? Who knows! Fingers crossed, and here we goβ¦