Ethereum News and Links
Layer 1
- Eth2 spec v0.6.2 focusing on cross-client tests
- A nearly-trivial-on-zero-inputs 32-bytes-long collision-resistant hash function
- ewasm API for Rust
Layer 2
- Celer and L4: What are state channels good for?
- Perun paper on multi-party virtual channels
Stuff for developers
- Solidity v0.5.9 – work around Yul and SMTchecker
- Truffle v5.0.20 – artifacts fix
- ZeppelinOS v2.3.0
- Trail of Bits academic paper on Slither capabilities
- Solidity implementation of elliptic curve operations on G2 for alt_bn128
- Build “decentralized thermostat” using Whisper on Elk module
- 0x launch kit redux. React UIs for relayers and NFT markets.
- 3Box profile hovers v2 – profile instead of hex using React component or HTML element
- Hedgehog Eth wallet for low financial value use cases
- Authereum key management: email/pw login with 3rd party recovery
- WeTrust: Designing user account systems in Ethereum
Ecosystem
- EY’s Nightfall private ERC20 and 721 transactions using SNARKs.
- JPMorgan’s Zether implementation for private payments
- A minimal mixer with Pedersen hashes
- ShareLock: a mixer from multi-party ECDSA
- Blockquick super light client for IoT devices
- DeadXwallet: a dead man’s switch but to recover someone has to place a bond (unaudited)
Enterprise
- Kaleido’s fullstack enterprise blockchain overview
- Using Quorum, USAA and State Farm to track and pay each other for auto accident claims
- Irish banks pilot program for regulatory credential tracking
- Swisscom TV offering chance to buy digital artwork as ERC721 NFTs from TV screen
- See EY’s Nightfall and JPMorgan’s Zether in the ecosystem section
Governance and Standards
- Gitcoin’s Istanbul fork decaying bug bounty
- Giveth’s conviction voting, similar to Maker’s stability fee voting
- The easiest way to get DxDAO voting power. At the moment about 12m usd locked up towards getting a stake in DxDAO
Live on mainnet
- Chainlink’s oracles live on mainnet
- Sablier money streaming app. Continuous payments by Paul Berg
Application layer
- Colony’s Glider release candidate is on testnet
- “How is OmiseGOing?”
- Status v0.13 now add any ERC20 token
- Launching digital guilds with OpenLaw and Aragon
- Vote to lower Dai Stability Fee from 17.5% to 16.5%
- Bamboo Relay implements 0x coordinator to prevent frontrunning
- Loopring v3 new fee model and staking system plus using zk for hundreds of transactions per second
Interviews, Podcasts, Videos, Talks
- Latest TCR community call
- Uniswap’s Hayden Adams on Wyre Talks
- Dan Robinson on Epicenter
- Joey Krug on BaseLayer
- Zerion’s Evgeny Yurtaev on Into the Ether
- Maker’s Nik Kunkel on Hashing It Out
- VDF day videos
Tokens / Business / Regulation
- Aragon launching in next few months DaICO-like fundraising with bonding curve
- Sigmoidal token bonding curves
- Formula1’s NFTs went live with one selling for over 400 Eth
Dates of Note
Upcoming dates of note (new in bold):
- June 5-7 – Scaling Ethereum research workshop (Toronto)
- June 8-9 – WASM in blockchains (Berlin)
- June 10-11 Blockchain for Social Impact conference (NYC) [50% off code: IMPACT]
- June 22-24 – Zcon1 (Split, Croatia)
- July 3-5 – WindingTree’s HackTravel (Lisbon)
- July 19 – BuildETH (San Francisco)
- Aug 2-4 – ETHIndia (Bangalore)
- Aug 2-4 – TruffleCon (Redmond)
- Aug 21-23 – Dappcon (Berlin)
- Aug 23-25 – ETHBerlin
- Sep 3 – Deadline to apply for EU Horizon Prize. 1m € each to 5 “Blockchains for Social Good” projects
- Sep 6-8 – EthBoston
- Sep 15 – Augur v1 cutoff
- Sep 15 – Ethereal Tel Aviv
- Sep 16-17 – Starkware sessions (Tel Aviv)
- Oct 8-11 – DeVcon (Osaka)
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