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June 1, 2019

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Evan Van Ness
Jun 1, 2019
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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

  • ewasm API for Rust

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

  • ZeppelinOS v2.3.0

  • 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

  • WeTrust: Designing user account systems in Ethereum

Ecosystem

  • EY’s Nightfall private ERC20 and 721 transactions using SNARKs.

  • JPMorgan’s Zether implementation for private payments

  • A minimal mixer with Pedersen hashes

  • ShareLock: a mixer from multi-party ECDSA

  • 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

  • “How is OmiseGOing?”

  • Status v0.13 now add any ERC20 token

  • Launching digital guilds with OpenLaw and Aragon

  • Vote to lower Dai Stability Fee from 17.5% to 16.5%

  • 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

  • Sigmoidal token bonding curves

  • 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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