Guides
A Complete Guide to EIP-3074
EIP-3074 was just approved for inclusion in the next hard fork. This change will significantly alter how users interact on EVM chains, enhance wallet UX, and, ultimately, make Ethereum more accessible.
Colin A
Communications @ ChainSafe
Lodestar
The State of Light Clients in Ethereum
At Lodestar, we've been long-time proponents of light clients, software that connects to full nodes to interact with the blockchain. As a resource-friendly and trustless alternative to running your own full node, light clients reduce the need to trust third parties. Although they don't confirm blocks, they're valuable in terms
Guides
Exploring the Potential of MetaMask Snaps
The MetaMask Snaps framework—a system for extending the capabilities of MetaMask—has made a splash since its open beta launch. Following the release, we hosted a Twitter Spaces that brought together an illustrious Snaps lineup, including Dan Forbes, Technical Product Manager at ChainSafe, Christian Montoya, Senior Product Manager at
game-development
ChainSafe Gaming Collaborating With Web3Auth, Gelato for web3.unity v2.5
Version 2.5 of ChainSafe Gaming's web3.unity SDK is live! This is a big one - our latest web3.unity update gives game developers the power to alleviate one of web3 gaming's most daunting challenges: player onboarding. By working with Web3Auth and Gelato, we've given game devs the tools
bridge
On the Future of ChainBridge
Introducing the chainbridge-core repo Since its inception, ChainSafe has been passionate about fostering open-source projects, contributing to the web3 ecosystem, and supporting the growth and development of innovative technologies. Among these projects, one that has left a mark in the space is ChainBridge, a modular and extensible bridging protocol that
ethereum-development
Announcing the Full Release of Web3.js V4
Authored by Alex Luu In 2020, the Ethereum Foundation awarded ChainSafe a grant to maintain and upgrade web3.js. This has meant providing ongoing support for v1 while rewriting the library in TypeScript under v4. Today, we're happy to announce the full release of v4!🎉 With over 3,000 dependent
ethereum
Ethereum Testnets, Goerli ETH, and a Way Forward
Authored by Colin Adams Recently, a new testnet bridge was built, allowing for real-time pricing of ETH/GOERLI-ETH and opening up a market for these assets. The stated objective of this was to enhance the accessibility of GoETH for Ethereum developers. While it sounds promising in theory, we have been
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web3
A Comprehensive Guide to Smart Contract Audits [2023]
A smart contract is simply a program that runs on a blockchain. It's a collection of code (functions) and data (state) that resides at a specific address. The increasing number of these programs, and the growing amount of capital they control, make their security more important than ever. To that
the-graph-protocol
Instrumenting Erigon for Firehose
Authored by Colin Adams We're pleased to announce the successful completion of our consulting engagement with The Graph Foundation. The engagement involved instrumenting the Erigon Ethereum client for Firehose, an innovative solution that greatly increases indexing speeds at The Graph. First, some context The Graph is a decentralized protocol for
polkadot
Building a Polywrap SDK Wrapper for Substrate and Polkadot
Authored by Colin Adams Last year, ChainSafe received a co-sponsored grant from Polywrap and the Web3 Foundation to develop a Substrate "wrapper." That is, a universal SDK powered by Polywrap's technology that aims to significantly improve the experience of building on Polkadot and Substrate. Background Polywrap is the technology behind
product
Open Worlds: Decentralizing the web3.unity Gaming SDK
Making Unity NFT games faster, more scalable, and more dependable In keeping with our values, we're taking the first steps toward a more decentralized and open-source SDK with the launch of web3.unity v2.0. This is a new chapter for ChainSafe Gaming, and we're excited to share all the
polkadot
Building an Alternative Polkadot Client: Gossamer 2022 Year-in-Review
It's been a busy year for team Gossamer! We started with an audit focused on Gossamer's consensus capabilities (i.e., the BABE block production algorithm and the GRANDPA block finalization algorithm) but that also uncovered areas for improvement in Gossamer's RPC layer and SCALE codec implementation. At the end of
R&D
Introducing Post-quantum Security to Signatures on Substrate
Authored by Elizabeth ChainSafe is proud to announce the completion of a collaboration with xx network, one of the world's first quantum-resistant and privacy-focused blockchain ecosystems. A few months back, xx network enlisted our help to **** implement Winternitz One Time Signatures (W-OTS+) for Substrate-based chains and automated Placards generation. The
ethereum
A Lodestar for Ethereum Consensus #4
An update on 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 our Ethereum client. See our previous edition here. After a successful Goerli testnet merge, TTD for the merge has been specified. As it
ethereum
Web3.js Repository Migration Announcement
Authored by Colin Adams As part of our collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation (EF), we're migrating the web3.js repository to a new repo. ChainSafe will continue to be solely responsible for the maintenance and improvement of web3.js. With 500,000+ weekly downloads, web3.js is one of Ethereum's
products
Vulnerability Update: Security Improvements to ChainBridge ERC-721 Handler
We would like to make our community aware of an issue that was recently discovered relating to the ChainBridge smart contracts. What happened? ChainSafe recently contracted Haechi to conduct an audit on recent upgrades made to the ChainBridge smart contracts. During the audit, it was discovered that the ERC-721 Handler