May 10, 2018

May 10, 2018

News and Links

Protocol

Latest Plasma implementation call.  Kelvin Fichter: Plasma XT.  Plasma Cash but much less per-user data checking. 
Xuanji Li: Plasma Cash with smaller exit procedureBlockchain at Berkeley’s Plasma implementationBankEx plasma on Rinkeby.  github.Latest Casper standupCasper FFG v0.1 “First Release” to get serious about versioningLatest Prysmatic Labs sharding implementation callJustin Drake: a scheme for proposers to omit witnesses in stateless validator execution.Scaling Ethereum panels: Deconomy and Edcon

Stuff for developers

Sūrya.  Gonçalo Sá’s extension of soli for exploring Solidity code scry-one resilient log awaiter in TypescriptParr, a query toolManticore v0.1.9Conditional scheduling with the Ethereum Alarm ClockEmbark is now part of Status and released v3.0Solidity event debuggerFOAM’s Cliquebait. PoA testnet in a Docker containerYou can now inspect smart contract variables with Truffle’s built-in Solidity debugger in v4.1.8.  Plus Truffle hits 500k downloads.Zastrin basics of Ethereum course (free!)Yoichi releases Bamboo v0.0.03

Ecosystem

Aragon Nest announces first give grants:
Gnarly optimistic UI from XLNT, Prysmatic Labs for sharding, Frame:
OS-level signing provider, toolkits for planning on Aragon from Space
Decentral and Giveth, and a git-like versioning system using Aragon.EF grant winner vipnode’s roadmapAmberdata analytics dashboardsA look into Ethereum mining pools using miner payoutsEtherscan on its values and monetization strategyFlippening: Ethereum’s fee market is now larger than Bitcoin’s45 new members of the Enterprise Ethereum AllianceRon Resnick on how the EEA’s stack release makes Ethereum more attractive for enterprise than competitors with vendor lockinAn interview with Christine Moy, the new head of Quorum

Governance and Standards

the goals of EIP0 going forwardERC1068: Loan standardERC1070: Standard BountiesERC1066: Status code proposalERC780 claims registry updatessimplify ENR for v4 compatibility merged into EIP778EIP908 incentives for archive nodes updateERC1046 to “extend ERC20 token interface to support the same metadata standard as ERC721” mergedEIP 1062: Formalize IPFS hash into ENS resolverERC1067: Upgradeable token approachEIP1057: programmatic PoWDiscussion on ERC1056 lightweight identity ‘Final call’ added as draft to EIP processComposables ERC998 UpdateDan Finlay proposes “Strange Loop,” a type of liquid democracy signaling process for governance

Project Updates

Kauri is live on Rinkeby, with knowledge base article requests for uPort, Maker, Aragon, Remix, Toshi, DharmaFollowing up on their video, the Aragon Manifesto in print form.Steph Curry has his own CryptoKittydraft of the Civil Constitution0x April updateOmiseGo full roadmap updateTownsquare Media to test BAT and Brave for adblock visitorsuPort’s take on data onchain in the age of GDPR

Interviews, Podcasts, Videos, Talks 

Edcon live streams.  See schedule to find a specific talk.Linda Xie’s intro to crypto talk at an Andreessen Horowitz eventInterview of Kiev’s DappDev speakersBlockchain UX with Jose Caballer and Chris Pallé10 min Vitalik Buterin interview from DeconomyThibaut Sardan on setting up a full Parity node on Zero KnowledgeFabian Vogelsteller with Jeffrey Tong

Tokens 

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce speech on how regulators should be lifeguards at the beach, not sandbox monitorsa16z’s Scott Kupor and Sonal Chokshi: Analogies, the big picture, and considerations for regulating cryptoFred Wilson: Is Buying Crypto Assets “Investing?”“12 Graphs That Show Just How Early The Cryptocurrency Market Is”Bloomberg graphic on cryptoasset and non-cryptoasset correlations

General

Chris Ballinger launches MOBI to
explore blockchain applications with companies comprising >70% of
worldwide vehicle production, eg BMW, Ford, GM, Renault etcBrian Armstrong publishes the decision making framework at CoinbaseStarkware raised 6m from an allstar list of investors for a zkSTARK hardware and software stackLots
of melodrama about “WSJ FUD” when there was no public SEC hearing on
May 7.  Paul Vigna is a reputable reporter and only reported a “working
group.” Seems to me like most of the kerfuffle was due to
over-extrapolation by crypto media in search of pageviews.  Eric Schmidt talking web3 with EF and ConsenSysFacebook’s messenger lead now leading blockchain efforts.

Dates of Note

Upcoming dates of note:

May 11-12 – Ethereal (NYC)May 15 – Kleros saleMay 16-17 – Token Summit (NYC) May 17 – Blockchain, Accounting, Audit, and Tax conference (NYC)May 17-19 – Melonport hackthon in ZugMay 18-20 – EthMemphis hackathonMay 19-20 – Hacketh (Warsaw)May 25 – 27 – EthBuenosAires hackathonMay 28 – Zeppelin’s zepcon0 conference (Buenos Aires)June 1 – Blockchain for Social Impact Conference (Washington, DC)

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