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How to build a custom Polkadot-compatible chain with Gossamer

How to build a custom Polkadot-compatible chain with Gossamer

Authored by Elizabeth The following blog post was originally shared as a HackMD document, which was itself shared during Gossamer Tech Lead Elizabeth Binks's Polkadot Decoded talk on May 20th. In this post, Elizabeth briefly introduces Gossamer, before walking through how to build a custom chain with Gossamer, as well

Back Into The Forest

Back Into The Forest

Authored by Ben Adar The latest from ChainSafe's Filecoin implementation in Rust Forest is ChainSafe's Rust implementation of the Filecoin protocol. Rust provides a foundation for building blockchains with memory safety and performance as a priority. Filecoin is an open-source blockchain-based decentralized storage network. Check out this primer by former

Lodestar’s recent progress, metrics, and other oddities 🔭

Lodestar’s recent progress, metrics, and other oddities 🔭

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho 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

Safeguard your smart contracts with an audit from ChainSafe

Safeguard your smart contracts with an audit from ChainSafe

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho And making public the ChainSafe Audits Github repo Faulty smart contracts could be the death knell of your blockchain projects. In an industry as young as blockchain's, a well-reviewed security audit of your smart contracts vs. none could mean the difference between complete trust

Realizing the Mina vision in Rust

Realizing the Mina vision in Rust

Authored by Ben Adar Announcing a new grant from the Mina Foundation ChainSafe is proud to announce we have been awarded a grant by the Mina Foundation to build an additional implementation of the Mina Protocol to improve the network's resilience and accessibility. The grant will serve as an extension

Building parachains with Go-cumulus

Building parachains with Go-cumulus

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho ChainSafe awarded a new Web3 Foundation grant for Go-cumulus "Specialization breeds optimization." Robert Habermeier ChainSafe has been awarded a new grant from the Web3 Foundation to build a Go equivalent of the Cumulus extension to Substrate! The goal of this grant is to enable

Announcing the Polkadot Index Network Token by StakerDAO, developed by ChainSafe & Stateless Money

Announcing the Polkadot Index Network Token by StakerDAO, developed by ChainSafe & Stateless Money

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Get all of the developer blogs and latest updates on the Polkadot Index Network Token from the PINT Substack here. Care to share a PINT with us? 🍻 ChainSafe will be building PINT, or the Polkadot Index Network Token, in conjunction with Stateless Money! The