Eth News and Links
Mainnet execution layer
- Latest core devs call video. Notes from Tim Beiko:
- Engine API spec to make executing a payload optional & auth proposal
- Testnets post PoW switch off likely to be Goerli & Sepolia
- Discussion of potential EIPs for Shanghai upgrade: EIP2537 BLS precompile, EIP3540 EVM Object Format, EIP3670 EOF code validation and EIP3860 limit & meter initcode
- Erigon v2022.01.02: simplified miner gas limit, trace_filter intersection mode and bug fixes
- Besu v21.10.9: bug fixes
- Empirical analysis of EIP1559: fee estimation is now easier, decreased gas price volatility between blocks, reduced user wait time and MEV larger share of miner revenue due to burn
- Flashbots research: parallel EVM, execute transactions with no storage conflicts at the same time and pre-load storage using optional access lists
Proof of Stake consensus layer
- Lighthouse v2.1.0: performance improvements, 5-10x smaller slasher db, improved peer count stability and bug fixes
- Vitalik’s secret non-single leader election proposal to avoid DoS attacks on proposer, use randao reveal hash to select, lowest hash wins for conflicts
- proto-EIP: beacon state root in EVM to support validator withdrawals
- Insecura: long range attack versus weak subjectivity testing
PoW switch off
- Goerli testnet shadow forked in PoW switch off test
EIPs/Standards
- EIP4675: Multi-Fractional Non-Fungible Token Standard
Layer2
- Connext Vector v0.1.0 live, transfer value between Layer 2s using state channels
- Warp (Solidity to Cairo transpiler): first major release, write tests in Solidity
- StarkNet Prover code license discussion
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Stuff for developers
- Forge (Foundry testing framework) starter guide [another one]
- Forge replit, run Forge in the browser, vanilla setup
- Ganache v7: local blockchain (formerly ganache-cli), 30x faster forking, zero-config mainnet forking
- Hardhat-Vyper v3.0.0: compilation cache fixed, removed Docker dependency and supports compiling with multiple Vyper versions
- MetaMask Flask: developer distribution for experimental features, first feature is Snaps to build and plugin APIs
- ENS Offchain Resolver: starter-kit to resolve names using external services, ready for dev testing, first step for Layer 2/off-chain resolution
- Solidity functions cheaper with payable modifier, non-payable functions add 24 gas check that msg.value is zero
- evm-codes: share code links from playground
- VestedERC20: ERC20 wrapped as ERC20 that vests linearly
- TWAM: time weighted minting prices for ERC721
- MoonCats deep dive into on-chain generative art NFTs using traits
- ERC721 with on-mint generation from 7 traits using probabilities
- Playpen: gas optimized staking pool contracts, supports ERC20 & ERC721
- Web3UIKit: lightweight UI components
- Dune Analytics resources to get started
- Rinkeby social faucet is back! Alchemy’s Rinkeby faucet requires no auth
Security
- Multichain bridge vulnerability, 600 ETH exploited, revoke approvals
- Float Protocol ~$1 million exploit, Uniswap V3 price oracle manipulated
- Redacted token vulnerability, ~$3 million was at risk, funds rescued
- Notional Finance post mortem, verification missed vulnerability due to logic error
- Austin Williams: MasterChefV2 principal freezing and ransom attacks
- Secureum contract auditing next bootcamp
Ecosystem
- Josh Stark & Evan Van Ness: Year in Ethereum 2021
- Ethereum.org: 20 million visits last year, Q1 roadmap includes rebrand from ETH2
- ETHGlobal: NFT Hack recap and finalists
Enterprise
- Twitter adds hexagon NFT profile pics on iOS, requires paid Twitter Blue subscription (US, Canada, Australia & New Zealand), SVG not yet supported
- Bud Light changes Twitter profile pic to Noun NFT in deal to feature Noun glasses in a Super Bowl commercial
- Adidas & Prada collaboration with Zach Lieberman on 3000 tile canvas NFT
- Gucci & SUPERPLASTIC collaboration selling NFTs with ceramic sculptures
- StockXVault: custodial NFTs of physical products stored at a StockX facility
Application layer
- Curve and Instadapp live on Optimism
- UMA protected tokens, shield underlying token from theft or loss
- ShapeShift v2: DeFi gateway
- Argent zkSync wallet adds Aave via pooling
- Themis live on mainnet, borrow and lend against Uniswap v3 LPs
- Radicle Drips: stream funds to an address, split funds, sell memberships & subscriptions, collect from multiple streams with a single transaction
- Snapshot X: governance voting on StarkNet & execute transactions on mainnet, work in progress, permissioned from Q2, open access from Q3
- OpenGSN meta-transactions live on Optimism
- Lit Protocol: access control for content, airdrops & interactive NFTs
- Coinbase NFT working with MasterCard to allow credit card purchases
- gem: NFT marketplace aggregator
- NFTX Inventory Staking: staked floor NFTs receive share of vault fees
- CryptoStats data metrics, use community created datasets or publish an adaptor
Job Listings
- Ether Capital is hiring a 👩🏼💻 DevOps Engineer 👨🏻💻 to stake millions on Eth2
- Kwenta seeks Frontend Engineer, Solidity Engineer & Marketing Lead
- Nethermind 1-3 month internship program
- Are you a p2p networking whiz? EF research hiring Networking Engineer
- Geth team seeks Senior Technical Writer to redo the docs & take ownership
- Certora seeks SR SW Eng, Security Res, Security Eng & Community Manager
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Regulation/business/tokens
- US Fed CBDC discussion paper [PDF], proposes privacy-protected, intermediated, widely transferable & identity-verified CBDC
- Bank of Russia consultation paper proposes ban on mining & use of crypto
- Spanish regulator to require 10 days notice of crypto ad campaigns
- UK government plans for financial promotion regulations to cover crypto
- Dharma acquired by OpenSea, Dharma wallet being sunset over 30 days
- ETH inflation rate below that of BTC
General
- Wallets that load centralized NFT metadata directly can be used to identify an IP address from an Ethereum address
- Hyperstructures: concept of protocols that are unstoppable, free, valuable, expansive, permissionless, positive sum and credibly neutral
- Opera’s Crypto Browser with native wallet for Android, Windows & Mac, public beta
- Crypto.com $34 million in unauthorized withdrawals from 483 accounts, users refunded, all users migrated to new 2FA infrastructure
- UK government advertising campaign against end to end encryption
- Intel deprecating SGX in desktop chips
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Dates of Note
Upcoming dates of note (new/changes in bold):
- Feb 15 – Apr 5 – Cryptocurrency Class (virtual)
- Feb 17 – Schelling Point (Denver)
- Feb 18-20 – ETHDenver
- Mar 14-17 – Eth Rio
- Mar 17-18 – ETH Austin summit
- Mar 29-31 – ETHDubai
- Apr 7-9 – ETH Portland hackathon
- Apr 20-21 – The Alliance gaming summit (Amsterdam)
- Apr 21 – ETHconomics (Amsterdam)
- Apr 22-24 – ETHAmsterdam
- May 3-8 – spaghettETH (Milan)
- May 20 – US Fed CBDC discussion paper feedback deadline
- Jun 10-12 – ETHPrague
- Jun 16-19 – ETH Miami summit & hackathon
- Jun 20-23 – NFT.NYC
- Jun 24-26 – ETHNewYork
- Jul 8 – ETH Seattle summit
- Jul 19-21 – EthCC 5 (Paris)
- Aug 19-21 – ETHMexicoCity
- Aug 27-28 – DeFi Security Summit (Stanford)
- Aug 29-31 – Science of Blockchain Conference (Stanford)
- Nov 4-6 – ETHSanFrancisco
- Dec 2-4 – ETHTaipei
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