June 1, 2019
snarky privacy inside
Ethereum News and Links
Layer 1
Eth2 spec v0.6.2 focusing on cross-client tests
A nearly-trivial-on-zero-inputs 32-bytes-long collision-resistant hash function
Layer 2
Celer and L4: What are state channels good for?
Perun paper on multi-party virtual channels
Stuff for developers
Solidity v0.5.9 - work around Yul and SMTchecker
Truffle v5.0.20 - artifacts fix
Trail of Bits academic paper on Slither capabilities
Solidity implementation of elliptic curve operations on G2 for alt_bn128
Build “decentralized thermostat” using Whisper on Elk module
0x launch kit redux. React UIs for relayers and NFT markets.
3Box profile hovers v2 - profile instead of hex using React component or HTML element
Hedgehog Eth wallet for low financial value use cases
Authereum key management: email/pw login with 3rd party recovery
Ecosystem
EY’s Nightfall private ERC20 and 721 transactions using SNARKs.
JPMorgan’s Zether implementation for private payments
Blockquick super light client for IoT devices
DeadXwallet: a dead man’s switch but to recover someone has to place a bond (unaudited)
Enterprise
Kaleido’s fullstack enterprise blockchain overview
Using Quorum, USAA and State Farm to track and pay each other for auto accident claims
Irish banks pilot program for regulatory credential tracking
Swisscom TV offering chance to buy digital artwork as ERC721 NFTs from TV screen
See EY’s Nightfall and JPMorgan’s Zether in the ecosystem section
Governance and Standards
Gitcoin’s Istanbul fork decaying bug bounty
Giveth’s conviction voting, similar to Maker’s stability fee voting
The easiest way to get DxDAO voting power. At the moment about 12m usd locked up towards getting a stake in DxDAO
Live on mainnet
Chainlink’s oracles live on mainnet
Sablier money streaming app. Continuous payments by Paul Berg
Application layer
Colony’s Glider release candidate is on testnet
Status v0.13 now add any ERC20 token
Launching digital guilds with OpenLaw and Aragon
Bamboo Relay implements 0x coordinator to prevent frontrunning
Loopring v3 new fee model and staking system plus using zk for hundreds of transactions per second
Interviews, Podcasts, Videos, Talks
Latest TCR community call
Uniswap’s Hayden Adams on Wyre Talks
Dan Robinson on Epicenter
Joey Krug on BaseLayer
Zerion’s Evgeny Yurtaev on Into the Ether
Maker’s Nik Kunkel on Hashing It Out
VDF day videos
Tokens / Business / Regulation
Aragon launching in next few months DaICO-like fundraising with bonding curve
Formula1’s NFTs went live with one selling for over 400 Eth
Dates of Note
Upcoming dates of note (new in bold):
June 5-7 - Scaling Ethereum research workshop (Toronto)
June 8-9 - WASM in blockchains (Berlin)
June 10-11 Blockchain for Social Impact conference (NYC) [50% off code: IMPACT]
June 22-24 - Zcon1 (Split, Croatia)
July 3-5 - WindingTree’s HackTravel (Lisbon)
July 19 - BuildETH (San Francisco)
Aug 2-4 - ETHIndia (Bangalore)
Aug 2-4 - TruffleCon (Redmond)
Aug 21-23 - Dappcon (Berlin)
Aug 23-25 - ETHBerlin
Sep 3 - Deadline to apply for EU Horizon Prize. 1m € each to 5 "Blockchains for Social Good" projects
Sep 6-8 - EthBoston
Sep 15 - Augur v1 cutoff
Sep 15 - Ethereal Tel Aviv
Sep 16-17 - Starkware sessions (Tel Aviv)
Oct 8-11 - DeVcon (Osaka)
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