Mainnet
- The latest core developer conference [1]. Memo from Tim Beiko [2]. Discussed how to avoid bugs in OpenEthereum in the future, and is finalizing the content of the London upgrade.
[1]: <https://youtu.be/-H8UpqarZ1Y?t=452>[2]: <https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1383054611506864133>
- OpenEthereum had a bug within a few hours after the upgrade in Berlin and then it went down. Here is a detailed description of the event, including many links, including the access list function, and an address reserved for BLS12-381 pre-compilation but not yet enabled.
<https://twitter.com/ralexstokes/status/1382750001026146304>
- OpenEthereum v3.2.4 is the latest version after fixing the bug.
<https://github.com/openethereum/openethereum/releases/tag/v3.2.4>
- Turbogeth’s mining function will soon be released on the developer testnet (it can provide a block gas limit of 1 billion!)
<https://twitter.com/realLedgerwatch/status/1382674673239011328>
EIP
- EIP3508: Transaction data opcode
<https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/64ff371102eadac8980f63cd4a1e3dc155de359d/EIPS/eip-3508.md>
PoS
- SigmaPrime’s Lighthouse client update: Already ready to upgrade the Altair network, and compete with the memory allocator.
<https://lighthouse.sigmaprime.io/update-35.html>
- Long tweet explains why PoW (“the Merge”) is closed
<https://twitter.com/yulesa/status/1382429264683925504>
Layer-2
- MatterLabs is planning an off-chain data availability security model.
<https://medium.com/matter-labs/zkporter-a-breakthrough-in-l2-scaling-ed5e48842fbf>
Developer materials
- Hardhat v2.2, has been adapted to “Berlin” upgrade .
<https://github.com/nomiclabs/hardhat/releases/tag/hardhat-core-v2.2.0>
- Migrate files to workspaces in Remix.
<https://medium.com/remix-ide/migrating-files-to-workspaces-8e34737c751c>
