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An update on ChainSafe's TypeScript implementation of Ethereum Consensus Welcome to another edition of "A Lodestar for Ethereum Consensus," a series where we give periodic updates on our Ethereum client. See our previous edition here. After a successful Goerli testnet merge, TTD for the merge has been specified. As it
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Authored by Colin Adams As part of our collaboration with the Ethereum Foundation (EF), we're migrating the web3.js repository to a new repo. ChainSafe will continue to be solely responsible for the maintenance and improvement of web3.js. With 500,000+ weekly downloads, web3.js is one of Ethereum's
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Authored by Colin Adams A complete overhaul of the essential Ethereum library in TypeScript In 2020, the Ethereum Foundation awarded ChainSafe a grant to maintain and improve web3.js. This has meant providing ongoing support for v1.x while rewriting the library in modern TypeScript under v4.x. Today, we're
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Authored by Phil Ngo Lodestar transitions into production with a mainnet merge-ready milestone release. With the confirmation of Ethereum's mainnet merge happening at a Total Terminal Difficulty (TTD) of 58_750_000_000_000_000_000_000, we are proud to announce the release of Lodestar v1.0.0, our
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Authored by Phil Ngo New layer one blockchains promise a blazing fast decentralized future. But in reality, what we typically find is a set of sporadic non-committed users who connect to a single sponsored JSON RPC maintained by a foundation that connects to a small network of validator cartels. It's
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Authored by Colin Adams _tl;dr: ChainSafe continues to recruit community members familiar with our tools to engage and share their knowledge with the next wave of web3 developers_🧙 What's a Sage? ChainSages are people we've identified as helpful and knowledgeable within our community. Sages are much more than your
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Web3 is a vision for the internet where users have more choice, control, and ownership. It's a new techno-social paradigm where data can be registered on blockchains, tokenized, or managed and accessed on decentralized, open-source, peer-to-peer networks. In 2023, crypto continues to draw in new developers, and it's easy to
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Authored by Phil Ngo We've released Lodestar v0.37.0, a Bopsten-ready version, in anticipation of the Ropsten public testnet merge. This version of our TypeScript implementation of Ethereum Consensus will give users the opportunity to contribute to client diversity as we start transitioning public testnets to Proof-of-Stake (PoS). Context
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Authored by Phil Ngo We are excited to finally release the Lodestar v0.35.0 update, which includes many fixes and enhancements - 156 commits to be exact! Before this version, the 0.34.x series was the most stable branch and included only specific fixes we knew would not
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Authored by mak muftic Bringing Filecoin and Ethereum closer together with the first Snap on MetaMask Flask As web3 continues to grow and the interoperability between ecosystems expands, it was only a matter of time for an integration between the world's foremost incentivized storage layer - Filecoin - and Ethereum.
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Authored by Phil Ngo Q1 update for ChainSafe's TypeScript implementation of Ethereum Consensus Welcome to the third installment of "A Lodestar for Ethereum Consensus," a series where we give periodic updates on our TypeScript Ethereum client. A lot has happened in the last three months! We updated our light client
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ChainSafe is happy to announce that we've been added to the Ethereum Foundation's consensus layer bug bounty program for Lodestar, our Typescript implementation of the Ethereum Consensus. The consensus layer bug bounty is a discretionary rewards program for the Ethereum community to encourage and reward those helping to improve the
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Authored by Colin Adams Bridge hacks are becoming increasingly commonplace in crypto, a fact that underscores how hard it is to move assets safely between chains. According to the Rekt leaderboard, there have been seventy-three big hacks since the start of 2021, with seven already this year, a few of
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It's no secret that ChainSafe is a proponent of diversity when it comes to client implementations. For some, the reason for this is clear. But for others, it's worth reiterating the benefits of client diversity and understanding the problem of relying too heavily on a single person, entity, or piece
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Authored by Leon Do How to sign a message with a wallet and verify the signature on-chain using ecrecover Introduction This is a practical tutorial on signing a message using MetaMask and then verifying it on-chain. Here's a demo: https://leon-do.github.io/ecrecover/ GitHub - leon-do/ecrecover: verify a
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Authored by Colin Adams A comprehensive guide for Lodestar - ChainSafe's TypeScript implementation of Ethereum Consensus The most anticipated event in Ethereum history - The Merge - is on the horizon. The Merge is the end of Proof of Work and the full transition to Proof of Stake, a fundamental