ethereum
Authored by Phil Ngo The Lodestar team has launched v1.2.0, a jam-packed release full of bug fixes, optimizations, and performance improvements! This was a long-overdue upgrade, so let's unpack some of the significant changes in this release. Libp2p upgraded to v0.39.2 Lodestar had been running libp2p
privacy
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho "You're not an island. When you don't protect your own communications, it's not just about you. You're not communicating with yourself, you're communicating with other people. You're exposing all of those other people. If you assess that they're not at risk, are you sure
product
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Grasp the powers of ChainSafe Gaming's web3.unity SDK with this showcase This blog post was written by web3.unity SDK dev @Sneakzttv. He's previously released this as a video, so if you prefer watching, check it out here! Need help getting into the
filecoin
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho An update from the Forest team on our progress from Q3 2022 Forest is ChainSafe's Rust implementation of the Filecoin protocol, an open-source blockchain-based decentralized storage network. Rust provides a foundation for building blockchains with memory safety and performance as a priority. As such,
mina
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho This post gives a brief overview of how the Mina Protocol maintains a shared and valid view of the state of the blockchain in the presence of multiple participating and potentially malicious peers. Target audience: You know the basic architecture of any popular blockchain
blockchain
Authored by Ben Adar Major update for ChainSafe Gaming's SDK, web3.unity web3.unity is an open-source gaming SDK developed by ChainSafe Gaming that connects games built with Unity to the blockchain. The library currently supports games built for web browsers (WebGL), iOS/Android mobile, and desktop. web3.unity is
ethereum
Authored by Colin Adams A complete overhaul of the essential Ethereum library in TypeScript In 2020, the Ethereum Foundation awarded ChainSafe a grant to maintain and improve web3.js. This has meant providing ongoing support for v1.x while rewriting the library in modern TypeScript under v4.x. Today, we're
ethereum
Authored by Phil Ngo Lodestar transitions into production with a mainnet merge-ready milestone release. With the confirmation of Ethereum's mainnet merge happening at a Total Terminal Difficulty (TTD) of 58_750_000_000_000_000_000_000, we are proud to announce the release of Lodestar v1.0.0, our
web3
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho A recap ofChainSafe Gaming's involvement in the BlockJam2022 hackathon Web3.unity is an open-source gaming SDK developed by ChainSafe that connects games built with Unity to the blockchain. The library currently supports games built for web browsers (WebGL), iOS/Android mobile, and desktop. Web3.
ethereum
Authored by Phil Ngo New layer one blockchains promise a blazing fast decentralized future. But in reality, what we typically find is a set of sporadic non-committed users who connect to a single sponsored JSON RPC maintained by a foundation that connects to a small network of validator cartels. It's
polkadot
Authored by Dan Forbes For anyone unfamiliar, Gossamer is a Go implementation of the Polkadot Host. Once ready, Gossamer will increase Polkadot client diversity and contribute to the resilience and security of the network. In the future, we hope it will also foster growth by providing a modular development framework
polkadot
Authored by Thibaut Sardan The Polkadot-js extension is a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome dedicated to managing accounts for Substrate-based chains, including Polkadot, Kusama, and all their parachains. While the extension focuses on stability and mostly gets maintenance releases, the community also regularly makes improvements. To that end, Chainsafe
typescript
Authored by Nazar Hussain TypeScript (TS) is becoming increasingly popular in the JavaScript (JS) ecosystem. Many popular libraries, like LibP2P, DiscordJS, Node-Postgres, and Selenium Driver, have already started rewriting their JavaScript codebase in TypeScript, with many others following their lead. As the use of TypeScript grows, so does the need
web3
Authored by Colin Adams _tl;dr: ChainSafe continues to recruit community members familiar with our tools to engage and share their knowledge with the next wave of web3 developers_🧙 What's a Sage? ChainSages are people we've identified as helpful and knowledgeable within our community. Sages are much more than your
filecoin
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho An update from the Forest team on our progress from Q2 2022 Forest is ChainSafe's Rust implementation of the Filecoin protocol, an open-source blockchain-based decentralized storage network. Rust provides a foundation for building blockchains with memory safety and performance as a priority. As such,
mina
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho An update from the Mina team on our progress from Q1 and Q2 2022 Mina-rs is ChainSafe's Rust implementation of the Mina Protocol, originally written in OCaml. Mina-rs, a tentatively named project, was awarded to ChainSafe through a community grant from the Mina Foundation