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Ethereum Testnets, Goerli ETH, and a Way Forward

Ethereum Testnets, Goerli ETH, and a Way Forward

Authored by Colin Adams Recently, a new testnet bridge was built, allowing for real-time pricing of ETH/GOERLI-ETH and opening up a market for these assets. The stated objective of this was to enhance the accessibility of GoETH for Ethereum developers. While it sounds promising in theory, we have been

A Comprehensive Guide to Smart Contract Audits [2023]

A Comprehensive Guide to Smart Contract Audits [2023]

A smart contract is simply a program that runs on a blockchain. It's a collection of code (functions) and data (state) that resides at a specific address. The increasing number of these programs, and the growing amount of capital they control, make their security more important than ever. To that

Instrumenting Erigon for Firehose

Instrumenting Erigon for Firehose

Authored by Colin Adams We're pleased to announce the successful completion of our consulting engagement with The Graph Foundation. The engagement involved instrumenting the Erigon Ethereum client for Firehose, an innovative solution that greatly increases indexing speeds at The Graph. First, some context The Graph is a decentralized protocol for

Web3js — Upgrading Webpack 4 to Webpack 5

Web3js — Upgrading Webpack 4 to Webpack 5

Authored by Alex Luu In web3js, we use Webpack to bundle our library to create a minified build for developers, often this build is used for developing apps and websites. A smaller build results in reduced load times and bandwidth usage, which is essential for providing a good user experience

Introducing the Lodestar User Incentive Program

Introducing the Lodestar User Incentive Program

Authored by Phil Ngo If you're a current solo staker or want to be a staker on the Ethereum network, this incentive program is for you! UPDATE: The EthStaker community has contributed an additional $5k to the prize pool, bringing a total of prizes for the Lodestar Incentive Program from

Building a Polywrap SDK Wrapper for Substrate and Polkadot

Building a Polywrap SDK Wrapper for Substrate and Polkadot

Authored by Colin Adams Last year, ChainSafe received a co-sponsored grant from Polywrap and the Web3 Foundation to develop a Substrate "wrapper." That is, a universal SDK powered by Polywrap's technology that aims to significantly improve the experience of building on Polkadot and Substrate. Background Polywrap is the technology behind

Open Worlds: Decentralizing the web3.unity Gaming SDK

Open Worlds: Decentralizing the web3.unity Gaming SDK

Making Unity NFT games faster, more scalable, and more dependable In keeping with our values, we're taking the first steps toward a more decentralized and open-source SDK with the launch of web3.unity v2.0. This is a new chapter for ChainSafe Gaming, and we're excited to share all the