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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...
The SwiftPM Library becomes the Swift Package Index. Implemented in Swift, open-source, and launching⦠now!.
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...
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.
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...
SPM is the future, but CocoaPods and Carthage are going to be with us for a very long time!
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...
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...
What's new in Swift 5.3? Many things, but the most exciting is resource support in the SPM!
Some details of WWDC, but you'll have to keep guessing on most things for now!
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....
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...
Hey Ethereum! Hereβs the latest update from the ethereum.org team:...
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...
Is there a middle ground between full a full, widget laden springboard, and what we have in iOS 13?
How is Swift on the server doing? Find out with some analysis of the iOS Developer Community survey.
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
Will WWDC re-invent online conferences? Probably not, but the community might!
Will Apple experiment with pricing models on the App Store? Probably not, but we can live in hope!
Is the new Apple/Amazon agreement good for other developers, or is it just a one off?
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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....
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...
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...
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...
How is the situation the world is facing right now affecting the App Store?
Was anyone expecting an entirely new way for a mouse/trackpad cursor to interact with UI this week?
Hey Ethereum! Hereβs the latest update from the ethereum.org team:...
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...
WWDC 2020 is announced, and it's online-only. It'll be fascinating to see how that works in practice...
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Will there be a virtual WWDC this year? Will WWDC be virtual from now on?
Will you be able to read this newsletter? Who knows! Fingers crossed, and here we goβ¦