ethereum
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 Kwame Bryan A brief overview of an ABI In our last gaming lifehack, we compiled and deployed a simple ERC-20 token and integrated it into the ChainSafe Gaming SDK. Congratulations to anyone who used that tutorial and got it working! In this guide, we will integrate the Application
interoperability
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
polkadot
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Trail of Bits completes audit of the Schnorrkel library implemented in Go In August 2021, ChainSafe engaged with Trail of Bits to conduct an independent audit of ChainSafe's implementation of Web3 Foundation's Schnorrkel cryptographic signature library in Golang (‘go-schnorrkel''). The original Schnorrkel library is
Gossamer
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 Sadiqur Rahman ChainSafe Storage provides a ready-made, distributed storage solution for any use case. Our product uses IPFS for hot storage and Filecoin for archival storage and extra redundancy. This makes storage more robust and decentralized than traditional cloud alternatives and ensures that the user's data will always
metamask
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 Kwame Bryan Check out our previous Gaming Lifehack series blog post on NFT multicalls here. The ChainSafe Gaming SDK is an open-source library that connects games built with the Unity game development engine to the blockchain. The library currently supports WebGL and iOS/Android (experimental), and is compatible
ethereum
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
ethereum
Authored by Phil Ngo A year-end update for 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 ChainSafe's TypeScript implementation of Ethereum Consensus (formerly Eth2). There have been a lot of big Lodestar milestones recently.
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Authored by Nazar Hussain JavaScript is the most popular programming language in the world, and as such, it gets a lot of use in open source projects. This popularity has brought more attention from bad actors in the Javascript open-source ecosystem, and hence the ecosystem is more at risk simply
cryptocurrency
Authored by Gregory How a simple technique can help you add a layer of security to your hardware wallet When it comes to digital wallets, there are two basic types: hot wallets and cold wallets. Hot wallets are easy-to-use applications connected to the internet (think MetaMask or Exodus). In contrast,
blockchain
Authored by Kwame Bryan Why multi-chain support is critical to unlocking the full potential of blockchain gaming The recent rise of Axie Infinity showed the gaming industry just a fraction of what blockchain-based gaming can achieve. With the introduction of play-to-earn models and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the opportunities for today's
ethereum
Authored by Phil Ngo 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 of modules that allow you to interact with a local or remote Ethereum node using
rust
Authored by Willem Olding An exploration of our methods with loose-typed deserialization Mina-rs is ChainSafe's Rust implementation of the Mina Protocol, originally written in OCaml. Mina-rs, a tentatively named project, was awarded to ChainSafe through a community grant from the Mina Foundation in May 2021. You can learn more from
filecoin
Authored by Timothy Hao Chi Ho Announcing the alpha release of the Filecoin Rust node implementation Forest is ChainSafe's Rust implementation of the Filecoin protocol, an open-source blockchain-based decentralized storage network. Rust provides a foundation for building blockchains with memory safety and performance as a priority. As such, a Rust