Eth News and Links
Eth1
EIP1559 fee market change simulations, assuming demand is exogenous
EVM Bytecode Merklization - merklize code chunks for block witnesses, estimates 40-60% reduction
Some more estimates on code merklization based on recent blocks
Eth2
PegaSys’s Teku client fully syncs with the Lighthouse testnet
Latest Nimbus client update. Getting up to the multi-client testnet spec, networking improvements, interop ready with Lighthouse
SigmaPrime’s update fuzzing the eth2 clients. Catching bugs, new fuzzing engine
A look at the GUI for Rocketpool’s decentralized staking pool
Aditya’s how FFG is implemented in Eth2 explainer
Eth2, post-BeaconChain launch
A design for merging eth1 and eth2 clients to turn off PoW
An approach for cross-shard transfers at EE level
Stuff for developers
Solidity v0.6.6 and v0.6.5 - ‘immutable’ new major feature, tuple assignment bugfix, and memory array creation overflow bugfix
Truffle v5.1.21 adds Solidity’s immutable
wighawag’s Buidler Deployment Plugin
Not new, but a comparison of ethers.js and web3js
Example of using web3modal (former web3connect) with vanilla Javascript
MelonJS v1 to interact with Melon’s deployed code
Tool for decoding Ethereum storage
Chainlink redeployed ETHUSD contract; 2 weeks to migrate from old code
Maintaining offchain NFT data using IPFS
SQL queries on DuneAnalytics tutorial
Django with web3py tutorial
Ecosystem
discv5: an explainer of Eth networking’s peer discovery protocol
Enterprise
from the founder of Simple, Sila: payments API to take on ACH
Hyperledger Besu v1.4.3 - adds eth/65 for better networking, issue found for private transactions created with v1.3.4 and before
Governance, DAOs, and standards
MakerDAO’s 13 improvement proposals to decentralize governance
how to create a bankless DAO
EIP2593: Escalator algo fee market change
Application layer
Reddit is rolling out the tokenization of it its karma for more than just r/EthTrader?
Status v1.2, adds Waku to replace Whisper for better messaging
SmokeSignal.eth, post by burning Dai interface prioritizes higher burn
Autumated dollar cost averaging of your stablecoins on Uniswap
Suggestions and programs in Colony
Overview of DxDAO’s Omen prediction markets
Inspect, DeFi transparency registry
Fairmint’s continuous securities offering is live on mainnet
Tokens/Business/Regulation
PieDAO’s BTC++ is live on mainnet, a token of comprised of multiple versions BTC
NFTScribe - attach a message onchain to an NFT while you own it
a16zcrypto: crypto’s biz model isn’t that different but who benefits is
General
Chicago DeFi Alliance formed to connect market makers and DeFi startups
CryptoHack: online puzzles to learn cryptography
UTokyo paper on digital courts
You can join the trusted setup ceremony for Semaphore, a zk privacy layer for apps
Dates of Note
Upcoming dates of note (new in bold):
Apr 19 - deadline to apply to EthGlobal’s HackMoney virtual hackathon
Apr 21-23 - EY Global Blockchain Virtual Summit
Apr 24-26 - EthTurin
Apr 29-30 - SoliditySummit (Berlin)
May 8-9 - Ethereal Summit (NYC)
May 22-31 - Ethereum Madrid public health virtual hackathon
June 17 - EthBarcelona R&D workshop
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