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Aragon Chain

Aragon Chain

Authored by Colin Schwarz ChainSafe was recently engaged by the Aragon Network (and the AA by proxy) to build Aragon Chain, an alternate chain optimized for Aragon usage. Aragon Chain will be built by implementing existing Aragon smart contracts and associated components on Ethermint, which is also being built by

ChainSafe to Build Aragon Chain

ChainSafe to Build Aragon Chain

Authored by Colin Schwarz ChainSafe is excited to announce that we will be building an alternate chain optimized for Aragon usage for the Aragon community. We were recently engaged by Aragon One to analyze the technical feasibility of the various options which Aragon could pursue in order to create a

Lodestar Post Devcon Update

Lodestar Post Devcon Update

Authored by Colin Schwarz Written by Colin Schwarz and Cayman Nava Introduction Devcon is always an exciting time for the Ethereum community, and Devcon 5 was no exception. This year's conference was especially busy and productive for the Lodestar team. Four out of five of our full-time team members were

Ethereum Light Client Task Force: GO!

Ethereum Light Client Task Force: GO!

Authored by Cayman Nava At ChainSafe, we've been hard at work thinking about the research problems of eth2 light clients and the problems plaguing eth1 light clients. We think light client tech holds great promise to improve blockchain UX while maintaining a rock-solid foundation of security, but it still needs

Building the Future with Gossamer

Building the Future with Gossamer

Authored by Colin Schwarz In January of this year, ChainSafe was awarded a grant by the Web3 Foundation to build the second implementation of the Polkadot Runtime Environment (PRE). We call our implementation Gossamer and we have been working diligently to deliver it ever since. I'm writing this article to

Towards a Better Internet: Web3, Polkadot and Gossamer

Towards a Better Internet: Web3, Polkadot and Gossamer

Authored by Colin Schwarz What is Web3? Why do We Need it? The internet has seen a lot of change since it became publicly available in 1991. The early internet lasted from the early 90s until the early 2000s and is sometimes referred to as Web 1.0. As many

Lodestar Post-Interop Update

Lodestar Post-Interop Update

Authored by Colin Schwarz Written by Colin Schwarz, Marin Petrunić, Cayman Nava, Gregory Markou and Eric Tu Last week the Lodestar team was privileged to participate in the Eth2 interop week up in Skeleton Lake Muskoka. The week was a huge success for Lodestar, for the other implementation teams and