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Gaming Lifehack: How to integrate an ERC-20 into the ChainSafe Gaming SDK

Authored by Kwame Bryan Check out our previous Gaming Lifehack series blog post on NFT multicalls here. The ChainSafe Gaming SDK is an open-source library that connects games built with the Unity game development engine to the blockchain. The library currently supports WebGL and iOS/Android (experimental), and is compatible

Ethereum

Lodestar Setup Guide v2

Authored by Colin Adams A comprehensive guide for Lodestar - ChainSafe's TypeScript implementation of Ethereum Consensus The most anticipated event in Ethereum history - The Merge - is on the horizon. The Merge is the end of Proof of Work and the full transition to Proof of Stake, a fundamental

Ethereum

A Lodestar for Ethereum Consensus #2

Authored by Phil Ngo A year-end update for ChainSafe's TypeScript implementation of Ethereum Consensus Welcome to another edition of "A Lodestar for Ethereum Consensus," a series where we give periodic updates on ChainSafe's TypeScript implementation of Ethereum Consensus (formerly Eth2). There have been a lot of big Lodestar milestones recently.

npm

NPM Release Security

Authored by Nazar Hussain JavaScript is the most popular programming language in the world, and as such, it gets a lot of use in open source projects. This popularity has brought more attention from bad actors in the Javascript open-source ecosystem, and hence the ecosystem is more at risk simply

cryptocurrency

SQRL-ing Mnemonic Phrases

Authored by Gregory How a simple technique can help you add a layer of security to your hardware wallet When it comes to digital wallets, there are two basic types: hot wallets and cold wallets. Hot wallets are easy-to-use applications connected to the internet (think MetaMask or Exodus). In contrast,

blockchain

Let the Multi-Chain Games Begin

Authored by Kwame Bryan Why multi-chain support is critical to unlocking the full potential of blockchain gaming The recent rise of Axie Infinity showed the gaming industry just a fraction of what blockchain-based gaming can achieve. With the introduction of play-to-earn models and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the opportunities for today's

Ethereum

Web3.js: Solid foundations create stable structures.

Authored by Phil Ngo Web3.js could be considered one of Et[[here](https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js)](https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/chainsafe-receives-grant-from-ef-for-web3js-9e4376f5f36a)um's most recognizable Javascript tools and libraries. It is a collection of modules that allow you to interact with a local or remote Ethereum node using

rust

Gradients #2: Some Rust Serialization Tricks With Serde

Authored by Willem Olding An exploration of our methods with loose-typed deserialization 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 in May 2021. You can learn more from

Filecoin

ChainSafe launches Forest, the Rust Filecoin Client

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Announcing the alpha release of the Filecoin Rust node implementation 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, a Rust

Polkadot

Gossamer: Into the Polkadot-verse Pt. 3

Authored by Dan Forbes Exploring SCALE refactors in Go, chain sync algorithms, and peer scoring in Gossamer For those who are unfamiliar, Gossamer 🕸 ️ is an implementation of the Polkadot Host, formerly known as the Polkadot Runtime Environment. To learn more about what exactly that is, watch our introductory talk from

Ethereum

A Lodestar for Ethereum Consensus #1

Authored by Ben Adar Amphora merge interop; optimizing validators; paving the way for Ethereum Consensus light clients; and a call to action from our devs Lodestar is ChainSafe's Ethereum Consensus (Eth2) client built with TypeScript. Lodestar provides highly accessible tooling libraries that benefit the entire Ethereum ecosystem. Our libraries are

products

The Promise of Blockchain Gaming

Authored by Kwame Bryan An exploration of some topics around blockchain gaming and how the ChainSafe Gaming SDK can help The ChainSafe Gaming SDK is an open-source library that connects games built with the Unity game development engine to the blockchain. The library currently supports WebGL and iOS/Android (experimental)

privacy

Sprint Toward Mainnet

Authored by Willem Olding ChainSafe completes initial engagement with xx Network ChainSafe Solutions is ChainSafe's internal applied research and development arm. We provide research and solutions engineering to explore new technical and business frontiers in support of larger projects both internal and external to ChainSafe. The ChainSafe Solutions team has

blockchain

True Data Ownership: Your Keys, Your Files, Your CIDs

Authored by Colin Schwarz ChainSafe Files provides highly private, highly secure cloud storage that allows users to maintain full control over their data. Our product leverages IPFS and Filecoin to give users all the benefits of distributed storage and blockchain technology. Files abstracts away the complexities of these systems to

Ethereum

NodeWatch: The open source node explorer for Ethereum Consensus (Eth2)

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Building an Ethereum Consensus node crawler for the Ethereum Foundation "Night gathers and now my watch begins..." ChainSafe is pleased to announce the completion of an engagement with the Ethereum Foundation for the release of NodeWatch, an open source node explorer for Ethereum Consensus

blockchain

web3.eth.getBlock(): Notice of breaking output change

Authored by Phil Ngo As part of our ongoing efforts to improve community engagement and communication, we are publishing notice of a potential breaking change in the usage of Web3.js. Reference Github Issue #4326: https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/issues/4326 Published Pull Request #4330: https://github.com/

Ethereum

The Future of Web3.js

Authored by Phil Ngo A Fall 2021 update from the lead maintainers of one of Ethereum's most used libraries Web3.js could be considered one of Et[[here](https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js)](https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/chainsafe-receives-grant-from-ef-for-web3js-9e4376f5f36a)um's most recognizable Javascript tools and libraries. It is a collection

ipfs

ChainSafe Files: Encrypted Sharing

Authored by Colin Schwarz ChainSafe Files provides highly private, highly secure cloud storage that allows users to maintain full sovereignty over their data. Our product leverages IPFS and Filecoin to give users all the benefits of distributed storage and blockchain technology. Files abstracts away the complexities of these systems to

blockchain

Bridges in Crypto-Space

Authored by Ben Adar An analysis of the many cross-chain communication protocols connecting crypto-space But first, what is a bridge? A bridge in the crypto world is like a bridge in the physical world. They connect two distinct locations or communities so that traffic and resources can go back and

nft

Gaming Lifehack: How to Get The Owner of Multiple ERC-721 Tokens

Authored by Leon Do Get the owner of batch for ERC-721 tokens by using Multicall Question Is there a way to get the owner of multiple ERC-721 tokens? Overview Most NFTs follow the ERC-721 standard, which must implement certain functions such as Transfer, balanceOf, ownerOf etc. In this example we'll

Ethereum

Lodestar Releases Light Client Prototype!

Authored by Colin Schwarz Lodestar is ChainSafe's Eth2 client being built in TypeScript. Lodestar provides highly accessible tooling libraries that benefit the entire Eth2 ecosystem. Our libraries are written in idiomatic TypeScript, making them accessible to a broad swath of developers. Additionally, Lodestar will feature heavily in the Eth2 ecosystem

serialization

Gradients #1: How Do Mina Nodes Communicate?

Authored by Rahul Sharma A brief overview of the development of the bin_prot serialization library in Rust. In this post, we'll give a brief overview of the development of a serialization library that Mina protocol uses to communicate with one another. A decentralized peer to peer network such as

Filecoin

ChainSafe Files — Building a privacy-preserving cloud storage

Authored by Thibaut Sardan ChainSafe Files is an online platform to store, view, and share files. Although it might look like it, it isn't your typical cloud storage platform. ChainSafe Files was built and designed with user freedom and data privacy top of mind. To deliver on our vision of

blockchain

Architecting decentralized Gitcoin Grants with ChainSafe

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Gitcoin Grants will be decentralizing with the help of ChainSafe, Scopelift, and the entire team behind the Decentralize Gitcoin Workstream. ChainSafe is proud to announce we have been enlisted by the Gitcoin team to research and build the spec for a fully distributed architecture

Filecoin

ChainSafe awarded a grant by The Graph for Filecoin Integration Spec

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho [Editor's note: The original version of the article has since been modified. The original incorrectly stated that ChainSafe would be helping to spec and build the Filecoin integration on The Graph. However, the grant was awarded for building the spec, and not the build