Our intrepid grantees have been retaining busy as at all times – learn on for some latest accomplishments 🏆
ENS
ENS (Ethereum Identify Service) runs on the Ethereum blockchain, but it surely’s not only for ETH addresses! ENS maps human-readable domains to areas all throughout the distributed net, together with ethereum and different blockchain addresses, Tor .onion addresses, decentralized web sites and knowledge hashes saved on IPFS, and extra. ENS continues to increase its attain, with latest integrations together with:
That is removed from every part – learn the ENS 2020 Retrospective for a recap of a reasonably packed yr, comply with ENS on Twitter @ensdomains and take a look at the 2021 roadmap to see what’s subsequent.
Textile and 3box for IPLD Object signing and encryption
IPLD is an information structuring framework utilized in IPFS. Textile and 3Box acquired a mixed grant, joint funded with Protocol Labs, to create a signing and encryption commonplace to allow better composability and interoperability between web3 purposes whereas retaining person knowledge sovereign. All work funded by this grant has now been accomplished, together with:
Ethereum builders can already combine JOSE requirements comparable to JWE and JWS into their IPLD-based dApps, and there is extra to return! This work is a part of a long run effort to extend knowledge interoperability throughout IPFS/IPLD-based apps and instruments.
For extra, you’ll be able to comply with principal investigators carsonfarmer and oed, who proceed to have interaction with the group round this undertaking; comply with Textile on Twitter @textileio, blog.textile.io or Slack; and 3box on Twitter @3boxdb, medium.com/3box or Discord!
bitfly for beaconcha.in eth2 block explorer
Because the launch of the beacon chain approached, the bitfly workforce needed to verify there was an open source eth2 block explorer from day 1. beaconcha.in has change into that and rather more, with a treasure trove of assets for Ethereum stakers and lovers together with:
- Rising eth2 knowledge base
- Extensive number of trackers and visualizations together with charts with knowledge on liveness, participation, whole stake and extra
- Mobile app for monitoring eth2 validators
Sustain with bitfly on Twitter @etherchain_org or Reddit u/etherchain.
However wait, there’s extra!
- Unirep personal and non-repudiable fame system: accomplished sensible contracts, CLI and zk circuits
- MPC Phase 2 UI: accomplished design and specification; developed parts together with server, CLI and browser shopper
Extra to return subsequent month!
