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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

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

Ethereum 2.0: A Complete Guide. Ewasm.

Ethereum 2.0: A Complete Guide. Ewasm.

Authored by Colin Schwarz In articles one, two and three of this series, I explored various features of the anticipated Ethereum update Eth 2.0. Article one gave an introduction to the update and offered general information about its structure and expected features. Article two, Part One and Part Two,

Lodestar Update

Lodestar Update

Authored by Colin Schwarz Written by Colin Schwarz, Marin Petrunić, Cayman Nava and Gregory Markou The Lodestar team is excited to provide another update on our recent work. Over the last week, much of our team was in Berlin for blockchain week which has been productive, educational, and a whole

Lodestar Update

Lodestar Update

Authored by Colin Schwarz August 1–15, 2019 The Lodestar team is excited to provide another update on our recent work. Over the last two weeks, we have made some important progress and have officially welcomed a new member to our team. Our newest member Eric Tu, previously working at

Ethereum 2.0: A Complete Guide. Casper and the Beacon Chain.

Ethereum 2.0: A Complete Guide. Casper and the Beacon Chain.

Authored by Colin Schwarz Introduction Article One of this series outlined the history of the Ethereum network until the present day, and explained the major issues that will be addressed by the much anticipated Eth 2.0 update. Article two, Part One and Part Two, examined layer 2 scaling and