Eth News and Links
Eth1
- Getting rid of RLP in binary tries
- Latest eip1559 call. Notes from Tim Beiko.
- Incubed v3.1. ultralight client now has sentry option and new ABI encoder
EIPs/Standards
- EIP3026: BW6-761 curve operations
- ERC3023: Contract wallet detection
- ERC3030: BLS Remote Signer HTTP API
Proof of Stake launch
- Proof of stake launch (“eth2”) spec v1.0.0, release candidate
- phase 0 launch EIP merged
- Formal verification of the deposit contract in Dafny
- eth2 bounty program launched
- A balancing attack on Gasper, a variation on Ryuya’s flipflop attack last year
- The response: add “synchronization bottleneck” gadget to LMD Ghost
- Estimate sequencer unpredictability in secret leader election
- phase 1: 2D data availability using Kate commitments
- Opcode changes for swapping PoS in for PoW
Layer2
- Curve implemented on zkSync’s Zinc VM, live on testnet
- StarkWare: zk-rollups more capital efficient than optimistic rollups due to withdrawal period
- Hermez zk-rollup releases whitepaper
- TheGraph will use State Channels on mainnet
This newsletter is made possible thanks to Matcha by 0x!
Matcha aggregates liquidity across decentralized exchange networks to offer you the best price on every token swap. Trade 30+ DeFi tokens on Matcha today!
Stuff for developers
- Solidity v0.7.3 – dynamic array bugfix
- WalletConnect v1.3, better mobile to desktop
- Remix v0.10.5, bring your own web3 provider (eg WalletConnect plugin), debugger connected to archive node
- Smock – mock Solidity in JavaScript
- Typechain v2, full stack traces, fixes decoding of enums in libs
- ENSjs supports majority of ENS operations
- Vyper v0.2.6, includes two critical bugfixes
- Learn Vyper tutorial, part 2
- Using Nethereum and Unity
- Getting started with Infura using Nodejs over websocket or https
- A guide for noobs to Eth coding security
- A honeypot contract to understand frontrunning
- 0x economist Peter Zeitz discovers critical bug in Curve/Swerve using a flashloan when the curve updates
- Digital signatures on Ethereum, a primer
- Santi Palladino: The state of contract upgrades
Ecosystem
- MetaMask announces more than 1 million monthly active users and is monetizing by adding an aggregator of aggregators swap tab
- Matt Leising’s Out of the Ether book released
- Bloxroute benchmarks speedup in transaction propagation using their API
- If you approve token spends by dodgy anon projects, don’t be surprised when you lose money, even if you get out before the rug pull
Application layer
- Endaoment: donor-advised funds on Ethereum; USDC held on-chain and sent to charities as directed. Lower overhead means lower fees. Live on mainnet now.
- Streamr’s framework to build data unions to sell your date collectively is live on mainnet
- Stablecoin trading still hot: Shell Protocol is live on mainnet
- Cofix AMM: higher liquidity close to market price when volatility is low, using the Nest oracle
- Kyber’s moves to adapt to market conditions
Regulation/business/tokens
- the United States federal framework for criminal crypto enforcement
- John McAfee charged with fraud by the SEC
- Why ETH is headed for 5000 USD
- The multiple personal token future
General
- PLONK by hand explainer (link to part 1, here is link to part 2)
- ElGamal encryption, decryption, and rerandomization, with circom support
- Reason Magazine has the first of a 4 part series on the cypherpunks
- Brave’s new onion service to make its sites available over TOR
- a16z crypto startup documentary
- Bruno Maçães: Ethereum as the basis for the evolution of the city state
Job Listings
- DeFi devs! Yield is hiring for Solidity and front-end – contact@yield.is
- Live for DeFi? mStable is looking for a Smart Contract/Protocol Developer
- Nori is hiring senior engineers and UX for their CO2 removal marketplace
- Variant Fund is hiring a data-driven analyst to join the investment team
- Dev-centric Head of Product Marketing sought for Chainlink!
- Trail of Bits hiring elite blockchain security engineers & app security
- 0x is hiring devs! Full-stack, back-end, front-end or Solidity
- Celer Network: hiring Solidity and Go devs. Email: hiring@celer.network
Want your job listing here? $250 per line (~75 character limit including spaces), payable in ETH (or 250 DAI or 250 USDC) to evan.ethereum.eth. Questions? thecryptonewspodcast at-gmail
🥩 Staking pool questionnaire: October 15 🥩
My questionnaire for staking pools is due October 15th.
If you’re wondering “why didn’t my post make it into Week in Ethereum News,” then please put it on an Ethereum subreddit; emails/DMs are not part of my workflow.
Please click the following if you’re interested in sponsoring the newsletter.
Follow the newsletter on twitter: @WeekinEthNews
Permalink for this week’s issue: https://weekinethereumnews.com/week-in-eth-news-october-11-2020/
Dates of Note
Upcoming dates of note (new/changes in bold):
- Oct 12 – Zinken testnet (eth2 launch dress rehearsal). Launch viewing party
- Oct 19-26 – EthLagos energy hackathon
- Oct 20 – submission deadline for Medalla data challenge
- Oct 29 – ETHBKK
- Oct 31 – submission deadline for Underhanded Solidity Contest
- Nov 6-7 – virtual Trufflecon
- Nov 16 – MetaMask Provider breaking changes
- Dec 3 – Ethereum in the Enterprise – Asia Pacific
Did you get forwarded this newsletter? Sign up to receive it weekly