Guides
The MetaMask Snaps framework—a system for extending the capabilities of MetaMask—has made a splash since its open beta launch. Following the release, we hosted a Twitter Spaces that brought together an illustrious Snaps lineup, including Dan Forbes, Technical Product Manager at ChainSafe, Christian Montoya, Senior Product Manager at
Gaming
Co-written by Martin Maurer Designing a meta-game that spans multiple autonomous worlds may seem daunting to a traditional game designer, but it's not impossible. In fact, it's an exciting opportunity to explore new possibilities and create a truly unique gaming experience. 🌏 An autonomous world is a persistent digital world that
polkadot
Authored by Thibaut Sardan Multix is a simple interface for managing multisigs. Create multisigs in a few simple steps, add and visualize proxies associated with them, craft, review, or approve multisig transactions. You can even view multisigs you are not part of, thanks to the view-only mode. In a nutshell,
ethereum
Authored by Phil Ngo On March 23, 2023, we announced a program to experiment with out-of-protocol incentives for solo stakers on Ethereum to switch to our consensus client, Lodestar. We did this because we wanted to add an additional incentive (beyond altruism) for independent node operators to consider trying Lodestar
game-development
Version 2.5 of ChainSafe Gaming's web3.unity SDK is live! This is a big one - our latest web3.unity update gives game developers the power to alleviate one of web3 gaming's most daunting challenges: player onboarding. By working with Web3Auth and Gelato, we've given game devs the tools
Gaming
All for the love of the game, modders come together to build to their heart's desires. Co-authored by Martin Maurer Modding video games have been a source of entertainment since the early 1980s with the advent of Castle Smurfenstein - a modded version of Castle Wolfenstein that replaces the enemy
ethereum
The Lodestar User Incentive Program ended on August 23, 2023, @ 18:00 UTC. The goal of the program was to incentivize solo stakers to give Lodestar a try as their Ethereum consensus client. UPDATE: The dispute period concluded on October 3, 2023. Congratulations to all the 87 winners listed below
ethereum
Authored by Phil Ngo The Lodestar User Incentive Program came to a close on August 23, 2023, @ 18:00 UTC to incentivize solo stakers to give Lodestar a try as their Ethereum consensus client. From all of us at ChainSafe, thank you for trying out our consensus client in your
ethereum
ChainSafe is excited to announce the release of our prototype of Zipline Casper, a project developed under a grant from the Gnosis Builders program. Introduction Zipline Casper is an optimistic, trust-minimized, cross-chain, block header oracle. It allows anyone to take block headers from a chain using the Casper finality protocol
dynamic-nft
A dynamic NFT (dNFT) is a kind of living Non-Fungible Token (NFT) that uses embedded smart contract instructions to change its metadata under certain conditions. This ability to change with game progress pushes use cases beyond art, music, and other "static" media. Alongside semi-fungible tokens, dNFTs have the potential to
crypto-wallet
Web3.js is a collection of modules that allow you to interact with a local or remote Ethereum node using HTTP, IPC, or WebSocket. The Ethereum Foundation awarded ChainSafe a grant in the Fall of 2020 to maintain and modernize web3.js, which began with continuing to support v1.x
polkadot
Authored by Thibaut Sardan In a previous article, we explained the shortcomings of simple multisignature accounts in the Polkadot ecosystem. We also showed how Multix - an easy-to-use interface to manage complex multisigs - addresses these issues by adding a pure proxy in front of a multisig. Below, we will
bridge
Introducing the chainbridge-core repo Since its inception, ChainSafe has been passionate about fostering open-source projects, contributing to the web3 ecosystem, and supporting the growth and development of innovative technologies. Among these projects, one that has left a mark in the space is ChainBridge, a modular and extensible bridging protocol that
web3
Let's talk about blockchain games Now is a crucial moment for web3 adoption in the game industry. Blockchain gaming's boisterous opening salvo turned the heads of almost every gamer with its most unprecedented feature: earning cryptocurrency. Games that pay you to play seem too good to be true. They are,
filecoin
Authored by Lee Raj Since our last update, we've covered a lot of ground—from a powerful snapshot process, a fully functional Filecoin wallet (beta), and our new Forest CLI functionalities - we have some exciting developments to share! If you're just catching up, Forest is ChainSafe's Rust implementation of
ethereum-development
Authored by Alex Luu In 2020, the Ethereum Foundation awarded ChainSafe a grant to maintain and upgrade web3.js. This has meant providing ongoing support for v1 while rewriting the library in TypeScript under v4. Today, we're happy to announce the full release of v4!🎉 With over 3,000 dependent