ethereum
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Since inception, the Ethereum ecosystem has been full of collaboration and openness, with a culture that is second to none in inclusion and participation. So, it was with honour that ChainSafe was able to help reboot a mainstay CryptoToronto event: the Toronto Ethereum Developers
cryptocurrency
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Why it is needed, how ChainSafe is building it, and the roadmap to 2021 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
polkadot
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Syncing to Kusama Pt. 1 - Syncing to Kusama 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 DotCon during
cosmos
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Commencing. What is Stargate? With the much anticipated upgrade to the Cosmos Software Development Kit (SDK) v0.40.0 aka "Stargate", the Cosmos Network will finally realize the original vision of an "Internet of Blockchains". The arrival of the first version of the Inter-Blockchain
blockchain
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho How ChainSafe is building tomorrow's interoperable multi-chain world Where ChainBridge fits into the interoperability puzzle ChainSafe CEO and co-founder Aidan Hyman summarizes the criticality of blockchain interoperability with this great quote: "If we are not able to get competitors to see value beyond zero
cosmos
Authored by Lerna What is Ethermint? It is a portmanteau word blending Ethereum and Tendermint together. But for most people, their grasp on the project - the what, the why, and the how - stops there. In order to truly understand how Ethermint works, it's important to also understand Cosmos
![CSCON[0] By the Numbers](https://miro.medium.com/1*s62lBtVfyAJk-lqEvAN2Wg.png)
bitcoin
Authored by Stu Peters Since it's very beginning ChainSafe has been a community-focused organization. In fact, it was at an Ethereum Developers Meetup that some of the founders originally met. Since then we have felt an obligation to cultivate and contribute to the community that has been so welcoming and
blockchain
Authored by Colin Schwarz ChainSafe is excited to announce ChainSafe Files. ChainSafe Files will be the first of many products released by ChainSafe. We envision a world where we can empower people to create and innovate by delivering the benefits of blockchain and other distributed technologies. Our line of products
filecoin
Authored by David Ansermino ChainSafe is excited to announce that we have been working to implement a discovery mechanism to help enable secondary retrieval markets for the Filecoin network, through the support of Protocol Labs. Overview The Filecoin network rewards miners for their participation in storing and retrieving files. Within
blockchain
Authored by Edward Mack Since we published our last blog post, Gossamer Update: September 2020, we've finished implementing all functionality specified by The Polkadot Host Protocol Specification. We've also tagged release version 0.2.0. For those who are unfamiliar, Gossamer is an implementation of the Polkadot Host, formerly known
cosmos
Authored by Colin Schwarz Ethermint's First Public Testnet will Launch November 26th! ChainSafe is extremely excited to announce that we will launch the first public Ethermint testnet this Thursday, November 26th! ChainSafe will release the endpoints for users to connect to this testnet via Twitter at 10am EST this Thursday!
open-source
Authored by Ben Adar Lodestar Update: November 2020 This article was co-authored by Cayman Nava & Colin Schwarz As we shared in our last update, the Lodestar team has been focused on taking the final steps towards having a stable Beacon node and validator client. We are very excited to share
ethereum-blockchain
Authored by Colin Schwarz Background ChainSafe is happy to announce that we have completed another deliverable from our current grant from the ICF to bring Ethermint into production as a full Cosmos chain. We wanted to take this opportunity to explain our work on the Web3 Personal API and why
cosmos
Authored by Colin Schwarz What is Ethermint Ethermint is an implementation of the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine), built using the Cosmos SDK, that runs on top of Tendermint Core's BFT Proof-of-Stake consensus engine. The software enables users to deploy any Ethereum compatible code and immediately enjoy PoS consensus and instant
blockchain
Authored by Edward Mack Since we published our last blog post, Gossamer Update: August 2020, we've continued making progress towards our goal of completing implementation of the Polkadot Host. For those who are unfamiliar, Gossamer is an implementation of the Polkadot Host, formerly known as the Polkadot Runtime Environment. To
ethereum
Authored by Colin Schwarz This article was co-authored by Ben Hyman. ChainSafe is proud to announce that we have received a grant from the Ethereum Foundation to continue the maintenance and further development of Web3JS. We are excited to consolidate, maintain and upgrade, the codebase of this important library. Throughout