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Lodestar Grants Update

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

Light Client Task Force Call #2

Light Client Task Force Call #2

Authored by Colin Schwarz Light Client Task Force Call #2 Notes and Transcript Thanks to Cayman Nava for helping to proof read and edit! On December 4th, 2019, ChainSafe and the Lodestar team sponsored the second Light Client Task Force call. The purpose of these calls is to bring together

Light Client Task Force Call #1

Light Client Task Force Call #1

Authored by Colin Schwarz Light Client Task Force Call #1 Notes and Transcript On November 4th, 2019, ChainSafe and the Lodestar team sponsored the first ever Light Client Task Force call. The purpose of the call was to bring together individuals who are interested in Eth2.0 light clients and

Aragon Chain

Aragon Chain

Authored by Colin Schwarz ChainSafe was recently engaged by the Aragon Network (and the AA by proxy) to build Aragon Chain, an alternate chain optimized for Aragon usage. Aragon Chain will be built by implementing existing Aragon smart contracts and associated components on Ethermint, which is also being built by

ChainSafe to Build Aragon Chain

ChainSafe to Build Aragon Chain

Authored by Colin Schwarz ChainSafe is excited to announce that we will be building an alternate chain optimized for Aragon usage for the Aragon community. We were recently engaged by Aragon One to analyze the technical feasibility of the various options which Aragon could pursue in order to create a

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