Ethereum

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NodeWatch: The open source node explorer for Ethereum Consensus (Eth2)

Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Building an Ethereum Consensus node crawler for the Ethereum Foundation "Night gathers and now my watch begins..." ChainSafe is pleased to announce the completion of an engagement with the Ethereum Foundation for the release of NodeWatch, an open source node explorer for Ethereum Consensus

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web3.eth.getBlock(): Notice of breaking output change

Authored by Phil Ngo As part of our ongoing efforts to improve community engagement and communication, we are publishing notice of a potential breaking change in the usage of Web3.js. Reference Github Issue #4326: https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js/issues/4326 Published Pull Request #4330: https://github.com/

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The Future of Web3.js

Authored by Phil Ngo A Fall 2021 update from the lead maintainers of one of Ethereum's most used libraries Web3.js could be considered one of Et[[here](https://github.com/ChainSafe/web3.js)](https://medium.com/chainsafe-systems/chainsafe-receives-grant-from-ef-for-web3js-9e4376f5f36a)um's most recognizable Javascript tools and libraries. It is a collection

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Lodestar Releases Light Client Prototype!

Authored by Colin Schwarz 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 Eth2 ecosystem

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Lodestar’s brand-new brand

Authored by Cindy Chau Lodestar's brand-new brand As the team is hard at work preparing the first light-client prototype and stabilizing the current Eth2 node implementation, we've also made changes to evolve Lodestar's brand identity. Today we're unveiling an updated logo: Since Lodestar is the Eth2 implementation written in Typescript,

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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

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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

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Show Notes for the Ethereum Developers Meetup: Toronto on March 31st, 2021

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

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A Lodestar for Eth2

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

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Demystifying Ethermint

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

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Lodestar Update: November 2020

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

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Ethermint Supports Web3 Personal API

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

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The Road to Ethermint

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

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Lodestar Update

Authored by Ben Adar Lodestar Update This article was co-authored by Cayman Nava & Colin Schwarz Last month, when the Medalla testnet launched, we learned a lot about where Lodestar was lacking, and where we needed focus. At the highest level, our takeaway is we need a stable client before moving

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ChainSafe Receives Grant from EF for Web3JS!

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

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ChainSafe Joins League Of Entropy Production Drand Network

Authored by Ben Adar Production Drand Network We are proud to announce that ChainSafe has joined the League of Entropy (LoE) network! Fellow participants include Cloudflare, C4DT, EPFL, Emerald Onion, Ethereum Foundation, IC3, Kudelski Security, Protocol Labs, PTisp, UCL, University of Chile and more to come! What is Drand? Drand

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Lodestar Medalla Update

Authored by Colin Schwarz Lodestar Medalla Update Co-Authored By Cayman Nava With the launch of the [[Medalla](https://github.com/goerli/medalla) ](https://github.com/goerli/medalla)testnet last week, the Lodestar team would like to update the community on our experience with Medalla, our current status, and plans for

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Lodestar update

Authored by Ben Adar Lodestar update The last few months have been very busy for the Lodestar team. We have made great leaps in the project and are getting close to being able to remain connected to public testnets (most recently Altona). The majority of our focus in the last

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ChainSafe Awarded Second Ethermint Grant

Authored by Ben Adar ChainSafe Awarded Second Ethermint Grant ChainSafe is excited to announce that we have received another grant from the Interchain Foundation to finish the development and testing of a live Ethermint Zone. We are extremely eager to provide the community with a productionized version of this new

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Aragon Chain Development Update

Authored by Colin Schwarz Ethermint updates and additions complete Much of the early work on Aragon Chain consisted of updating Ethermint as well as adding additional functionality that enabled the software to support Aragon's current apps and contracts. This included core Cosmos upgrades, SDK upgrades and adding simulations for SDK

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8 Things Every Eth2 Validator Should Know Before Staking

Authored by Cayman Nava With the Eth2 launch anticipated in a few months, we want to share some key details of staking that every validator should know before signing up. 1. If you run vetted validator software, you likely won't have to worry about being "slashed" No one wants to

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Lodestar Project Update

Authored by Colin Schwarz Lodestar Project Update The Lodestar team has been hard at work over the last few months. The following is another update on some of the most exciting developments. The biggest news is that we are now able to connect to public Eth2.0 testnets Topaz and

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Lodestar Initial Audit Passes with Flying Colours

Authored by Colin Schwarz Lodestar Initial Audit Passes with Flying Colours ChainSafe is excited to announce that Lodestar has recently passed an audit of several critical components of our tooling libraries. Lodestar is ChainSafe's Eth2.0 client being built in Typescript. Lodestar provides highly accessible tooling libraries that benefit the

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Aragon Chain Spec Goes Public

Authored by Colin Schwarz ChainSafe is excited to announce that we have just published the specification for Aragon Chain. Aragon Chain is a new chain optimized for Aragon usage. Aragon Chain will be built by implementing existing Aragon smart contracts and associated components on Ethermint, which was also built by

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Lodestar Grants Update

Authored by Colin Schwarz Lodestar Grants Update Written by Cayman Nava and Colin Schwarz In August of 2019 the Lodestar team was awarded a grant by the Ethereum Foundation. The purpose of the grant is to drive the creation of accessible, world class developer tooling for Ethereum 2.0 and