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Issue 445
Will you be able to read this newsletter? Who knows! Fingers crossed, and here we goβ¦
Published on: February 28, 2020 | Source:Issue 444
The results of the first ever iOS Developer Community Survey are here! Find out how the broader community feels about Apple platform development.
Published on: February 21, 2020 | Source:The 1.x Files: The State(lessness) of the Union
The next Stateless Ethereum research call is coming up in less than a week! The telegram chat now has hundreds of messages to catch up on, and only a small portion of the topics discussed have made it into the ethresearch forums. This post is just a quick primer...
Published on: February 18, 2020 | Source:Issue 443
The iOS Developer Community Survey results are coming, soonβ¦
Published on: February 14, 2020 | Source:Validated, staking on eth2: #2 - Two ghosts in a trench coat
Special thanks to Sacha Yves Saint-Leger & Danny Ryan for review. In this installment, we'll discuss the consensus mechanisms behind eth2. Eth2 has a novel approach to deciding which block is the head of the chain, along with which blocks are and are not a part of the chain....
Published on: February 12, 2020 | Source:Issue 442
Ready for the biggest Xcode beta since last June?
Published on: February 07, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 8
Keep it coming tldr; Audit and formal verification of deposit contract bytecode completed by Runtime Verification The word of the month is "optimization" Ongoing Phase 2 research driven by Quilt and eWASM. Welcome TXRX to the table Whiteblock releases [gossipsub testing results](https://github.com/wh...
Published on: February 04, 2020 | Source:Issue 441
Are you looking for something a bit more⦠firehose'y?
Published on: January 31, 2020 | Source:Solidity 0.6.x features: try/catch statement
The try/catch syntax introduced in 0.6.0 is arguably the biggest leap in error handling capabilities in Solidity, since reason strings for revert and require were released in v0.4.22. Both try and catch have been reserved keywords since v0.5.9 and now we can use them to handle failures in external function...
Published on: January 29, 2020 | Source:The 1.x Files: The Stateless Ethereum Tech Tree
I started to write a post that detailed a "roadmap" for Ethereum 1.x research and the path to stateless Ethereum, and realized that it's not actually a roadmap at all ββ at least not in the sense we're used to seeing from something like a product or company. The 1.x...
Published on: January 28, 2020 | Source:Issue 440
We sure have come a long way since the "sweet solution" for building apps for the iPhoneβ¦
Published on: January 24, 2020 | Source:Issue 439
Are you looking for a reason to learn SwiftUI? Here's oneβ¦
Published on: January 17, 2020 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 7
Welcome to the first eth2 quick update of 2020! This is going to be an exciting year. tldr; Release of v0.10.0 spec as stable target for multi-client testnets and security reviews @paulhauner and @sigp_io team hard at work building Lighthouse Relaunch of [...
Published on: January 16, 2020 | Source:Validated, staking on eth2: #1 - Incentives
Thanks to Joseph Schweitzer and Danny Ryan for review. Welcome back! Having discussed eth2's design philosophy last time, today's focus is on eth2's incentives through the lens of that philosophy. More specifically, we look at the incentives effecting eth2 and how they are realised in the form of rewards,...
Published on: January 13, 2020 | Source:Issue 438
Did SwiftUI just get easier to use? It sure did!
Published on: January 10, 2020 | Source:Update on the Vyper Compiler
The idea behind the Vyper Project was to develop something that was designed at the language level to naturally exhibit a high degree of safety. The project was originally authored by Vitalik as a proof-of-concept replacement for Serpent, its predecessor, but shortly after its creation Vyper found itself without a...
Published on: January 08, 2020 | Source:Issue 437
Happy new year to you all! Do you have big plans for this year? I know I do.
Published on: January 03, 2020 | Source:The 1.x Files: The State of Stateless Ethereum
In the last edition of The 1.x files, we did a quick re-cap of where the Eth 1.x research initiative came from, what's at stake, and what some possible solutions are. We ended with the concept of stateless ethereum, and left a more detailed examination of the stateless client for...
Published on: December 30, 2019 | Source:Issue 436
Happy Holidays! Here's the best And Finally⦠links of the year Enjoy!
Published on: December 27, 2019 | Source:Ethereum Muir Glacier Upgrade Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 9,200,000, which is predicted to occur on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. The exact date is subject to change due to variable block times and timezones....
Published on: December 23, 2019 | Source:Issue 435
Swift on the server news, and much much more! Happy Holidays everyone
Published on: December 20, 2019 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 6
Welcome to this week's eth2 quick update! A handful of new eth2 testnets have come online and last week I had them all running on my laptop. There is still plenty of work to be done, but this is getting real :). tldr; Announcing comprehensive Phase 0 spec...
Published on: December 19, 2019 | Source:Issue 434
Are the App Store review guidelines applied to first-party apps too?
Published on: December 13, 2019 | Source:Issue 433
Here it is, the questionnaire for the first ever iOS Developer Community Survey!
Published on: December 06, 2019 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 5
Welcome to this week's eth2 quick update! tldr; Parity's Shasper joins Prysmatic's Sapphire testnet (the first public eth2 multi-client testnet)! Multiple eth2 block explorers launch -- Bitfly's beaconcha.in and Etherscan First eth2 networking call to tackle all the networkings -- Ben's notes and [Mamy's notes](https://gist.gi...
Published on: December 05, 2019 | Source:EF-Supported Teams: Research & Development Update
Friends, Since the last EF-Supported Teams report, progress has been made across the board. From improved network conditions, to the coming Istanbul release and Eth1.x and Eth2 development, all areas core to the functionality and sustainability of Ethereum are advancing. This series focuses on teams and efforts from...
Published on: December 03, 2019 | Source:Issue 432
What do you all think of the state of iOS and Apple platform development these days? Should we find out⦠I think so.
Published on: November 29, 2019 | Source:Validated: Staking on eth2 #0
Thanks to Danny and Joe for review. As the launch of the beacon chain grows nearer and eth2 becomes ever more final, the time has come to fast-sync the community with the latest on the inner workings of eth2 and on the concrete requirements, incentives and experience of being...
Published on: November 27, 2019 | Source:Issue 431
Two announcements from Apple, and is it the end of the developer conference being branded as WWDC? Maybeβ¦
Published on: November 22, 2019 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 4
Welcome to the fourth installment of eth2 quick update. There are a lot of moving pieces to talk about this week. Other than the heroic eth2 client development going on, these are the highlights: tldr; Grant to Sigma Prime for eth2 differential fuzzing Light Client Task Force is...
Published on: November 21, 2019 | Source: