The 1.x Files: The State of Stateless Ethereum
In the last edition of The 1.x files, we did a quick re-cap of where the Eth 1.x research initiative came from, what’s at stake, and what some possible solutions…
Read More »Update on the Vyper Compiler
The idea behind the Vyper Project was to develop something that was designed at the language level to naturally exhibit a high degree of safety. The project was originally authored…
Read More »Validated, staking on eth2: #1 – Incentives
Thanks to Joseph Schweitzer and Danny Ryan for review. Welcome back! Having discussed eth2’s design philosophy last time, today’s focus is on eth2’s incentives through the lens of that philosophy….
Read More »eth2 quick update no. 7
Welcome to the first eth2 quick update of 2020! This is going to be an exciting year. tldr; Release of v0.10.0 spec as stable target for multi-client testnets and security…
Read More »The 1.x Files: The Stateless Ethereum Tech Tree
I started to write a post that detailed a “roadmap” for Ethereum 1.x research and the path to stateless Ethereum, and realized that it’s not actually a roadmap at all…
Read More »Solidity 0.6.x features: try/catch statement
The try/catch syntax introduced in 0.6.0 is arguably the biggest leap in error handling capabilities in Solidity, since reason strings for revert and require were released in v0.4.22. Both try…
Read More »Validated, staking on eth2: #2 – Two ghosts in a trench coat
Special thanks to Sacha Yves Saint-Leger & Danny Ryan for review. In this installment, we’ll discuss the consensus mechanisms behind eth2. Eth2 has a novel approach to deciding which block…
Read More »eth2 quick update no. 8
Keep it coming tldr; Audit and formal verification of deposit contract bytecode completed by Runtime Verification The word of the month is “optimization” Ongoing Phase 2 research driven by Quilt…
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