Tag: Devs

20 million JavaScript devs can now build applications on NEAR: KBW 2022

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20 million JavaScript developers will now have the ability to write blockchain smart contracts and build applications on the NEAR Protocol, after rolling out JavaScript Software Development Kits (JS SDKs) on Monday. Speaking with Cointelegraph at the Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) on Aug. 9 (local time), NEAR founder Illia Polosukhin emphasized that the move will open up the niche field of blockchain development to a substantially broader audience: “There’s about 20 million JavaScript developers in the world. Probably like every developer one way or another wrote JavaScript in their life.…

Aave devs propose freezing Fantom integration, citing lack of traction and potential vulnerability

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On Tuesday, Marc Zeller, integration lead at decentralized finance (DeFi) borrowing and lending protocol Aave, proposed to freeze the platform’s v3 Fantom market. Created in 2018, Fantom is a directed acrylic graph smart contract platform that provides DeFi services and on which Aave is currently bridged.  Zeller explained the rationale for removing the Fantom bridge: “After the Harmony bridge event and the recent Nomad bridge exploit, the Aave community should consider the risk/benefits of keeping an active Aave V3 market on Fantom as this network is dependent on any swap…

Flare Celebrates Genesis Event With Open Invitation to Blockchain Devs

Flare, the interoperable layer 1 blockchain, is finally open for business. Its genesis event kicked off on July 14, initiating an eight-week bedding-in period before things kick into high gear with a token generation event. Before then, there’s a lot of action to take in, with new validators joining the network and a grants program rewarding devs interested in building Flare’s first dApps. For Flare CEO Hugo Philion, this moment has been a long time in the making. In a statement, he enthused: “I’m excited to welcome projects to the…

Ethereum devs confirm the perpetual date for The Merge

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Ethereum network is nearing the merger phase of its crucial transition from proof-of-work (PoW) mining consensus to proof-of-stake (PoS). Ethereum (ETH) devs offered a perpetual merger date during a conference call on Thursday. The conference call saw core Ethereum developer Tim Beiko, who runs core protocol meetings, propose September 19 as the tentative target date for the merger. The proposed target date didn’t face any objection from the core developers. Later, Ethereum developer superphiz.eth tweeted about the roadmap to the merger and also cleared that the proposed target date should be…

Ethereum Devs Delay Difficulty Bomb — ETH 2.0 Contract Surpasses 13 Million Ether Deposits – Technology Bitcoin News

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On June 30, Ethereum developers delayed the network’s difficulty bomb via the Gray Glacier update, which means The Merge won’t happen at least until September 2022. Meanwhile, there’s now more than 13 million ethereum locked into the Beacon Chain worth $15.8 billion using today’s prices. More Than 13 Million Ether Worth $15.8 Billion Deposited Into the Ethereum 2.0 Contract This week the ETH 2.0 contract has seen a total of more than 13 million ETH deposited and there are now 406,640 validators. In time, the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain is expected…

Cardano devs delay Vasil hard fork by a month

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Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the blockchain engineering firm behind the Cardano network has released some “disappointing news”, announcing a one-month delay to the long-awaited Vasil upgrade. The Vasil upgrade is set to provide a “massive performance improvement to Cardano” and its smart contract capabilities according to Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson. It was previously slated to go through on June 29, however the latest estimate is now set for the last week of July. IOHK’s head of delivery and project Nigel Hemsley noted in a June 20 blog post that…

Terra Devs Need a Home. Other Blockchains Are Courting Them

“Terraform Labs was extremely good to us as developers so we want to support them in launching the fork, but we can’t commit to building yet,” a Terra developer told CoinDesk. “The thinking is, there’s not any downside with aligning with Terra until things with the new chain become clearer.” Source

Ethereum devs tip The Merge will occur in August ‘if everything goes to plan’

Ethereum’s long-awaited migration to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, which has been pushed back time and time again, looks set to occur sometime in August. Hopefully.  Preston Van Loon, a core developer of the Ethereum (ETH) network, told attendees at the Permissionless conference that the transition, known as the Merge, would occur sometime in August if everything plays out according to plan. Ethereum core Dev @preston_vanloon just said the eth merge is ready,they are now only testing, and expects the merge to happen in August. Packed room @Permissionless are excited…

US Charges Ethereum Dev’s Conspirators Allegedly Helping North Korea Evade Sanctions Using Crypto – Featured Bitcoin News

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Two European citizens have been charged for conspiring with Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to help North Korea evade U.S. sanctions using cryptocurrency, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. They conspired “to teach and advise members of the North Korean government on cutting-edge cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, all for the purpose of evading U.S. sanctions.” Virgil Griffith and Two Co-Conspirators at DPRK Cryptocurrency Conference The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that “two European citizens have been charged for conspiring with a U.S. citizen to assist North Korea in evading…