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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: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: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: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 —— 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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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:Ethereum Istanbul Upgrade Announcement
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a scheduled upgrade at block number 9,069,000, which is predicted to occur on Saturday, December 7, 2019. The exact date is subject to change due to variable block times and timezones....
Published on: November 20, 2019 | Source:Ecosystem Support Program call for applications
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Published on: November 19, 2019 | Source:Announcing a Taiwan-specific Wave of Grants
The Taipei Ethereum Meetup recently hosted Crosslink Taiwan 2019. It was a wonderful event and a perfect opportunity for the Ethereum Foundation's Ecosystem Support Program (ESP) to provide a Taiwan-specific wave of grants! The recipients are as follows....
Published on: November 14, 2019 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 3
Welcome to the third installment of eth2 quick update. tldr; Harden fork choice defences in response to audits Introducing challenges.ethereum.org Herumi grant for a super-fast BLS implementation...
Published on: November 08, 2019 | Source:Eth2 at ETHWaterloo: Prizes for Eth2 education, tooling, and research
For the first time ever, the Ethereum Foundation will be sponsoring a range of hacker prizes related to Eth2 at a major hackathon. With Eth2 development proceeding rapidly, there are now many discrete areas of work that a team of motivated hackers can complete over a weekend. The bounties...
Published on: November 04, 2019 | Source:eth2 quick update no. 2
Welcome to the second installment of eth2 quick update. tldr; Spec release of v0.9.0 -- Tonkatsu to ensure Phase 0 development can continue unimpeded. Work continues in ironing out the details of the modified Phase 1 proposal. Quiet client development focused on eth1 -> eth2 infrastructure, general hardening...
Published on: October 31, 2019 | Source:eth2 quick update
Although the internet has been more quiet than usual, we've been super busy hacking away on eth2! Between Devcon5 and keeping our heads down to work, it seems we've left the community in the dark on a couple of items. Here's a quick update to fill in the gaps....
Published on: October 23, 2019 | Source:The Devcon5 Bible
Welcome to Devcon. We've got a lot to cover, and in this post you'll read about it all! Read closely as we go over transit to the venue from Osaka's airports, the Devcon Venue, the Agenda & Devcon App, and more! Please bookmark this piece to answer all...
Published on: October 03, 2019 | Source:Devcon5 Schedule, Sponsors and Speakers are online NOW!
Devcon season is finally here. Days from now, Devcon participants from across the world will begin to make their way to Osaka, and as we approach the final countdown, we’ve made number BIG online releases at Devcon.org! We invite everyone to meet the incredible class of Devcon presenters! Now...
Published on: September 26, 2019 | Source:Eth2 Interop in Review
Last week, seven of the eight Eth2 clients under active development succeeded in marking the major milestone of moving from single-client to multi-client testnets at the "Interop Lock-in". With this exciting success in Eth2 development, we wanted to reflect on how this point was reached and on what it means...
Published on: September 19, 2019 | Source:Development Update #0 - Ethereum.org
Welcome to the first development update for Ethereum.org, the first of a regular series of blog posts keeping the community up to date on the website's progress....
Published on: September 18, 2019 | Source:Devcon On-Chain Raffle & Auction Participants
With the the first-ever on-chain Devcon ticket distributions now behind us, it's time to talk ticket distribution for all participants! First, we'd like to offer a sincere "Thank you" to everyone that participated in these first trial rounds for on-chain Devcon ticketing. Thanks to your support, we're confident in...
Published on: September 12, 2019 | Source:Live: Devcon5 Final Ticket Appeals
This is it: Final appeals are the last way to book your ticket to Osaka for Devcon 5 Note: All participants in the on-chain Devcon Ticket Raffle and Auction will receive an NFT-ticket to Devcon5! In the next days, your ERC-721 and will be issued to the addresses used...
Published on: September 03, 2019 | Source: