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A Beginner's Guide to Web3.js

A Beginner's Guide to Web3.js

Curious about the world of web3 development? If you're a beginner coder or a web developer eager to explore, this friendly guide is your starting point for the basics of Ethereum development. We'll keep it simple, focusing on the essentials, with web3.js as your gateway into Ethereum. Let's go!

Title banner: Mastering web3.js utilities. Essential tools for Ethereum development.

Mastering Web3.js utilities

The web3.js utilities package is one of the most widely used packages of the web3.js library (~920k downloads a month). If you’re developing a dApp or honing your skills, this article will demonstrate how to use these functions to their full potential.

Building Onchain LootBoxes With Chainlink

ChainSafe secured a grant from Chainlink, leveraging their Verifiable Random Function (VRF) tool to introduce a new level of integrity and trust to onchain LootBoxes.

Building an Alternative Polkadot Client: Gossamer 2023 Year-in-Review

Building an Alternative Polkadot Client: Gossamer 2023 Year-in-Review

A year-end update on Gossamer, ChainSafe's Go implementation of the Polkadot Host.

Introducing Decentralized Loot Boxes

Introducing Decentralized Loot Boxes

1. What are loot boxes? 2. What’s in the box? 3. How to open a loot box 4. Loot boxes: centralization vs decentralization 5. How do Decentralized Loot Boxes work? 6. How to use Decentralized Loot boxes 7. What can you do with loot boxes? 8. Best practices 9.

The State of Light Clients in Ethereum

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

Exploring the Potential of MetaMask Snaps

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