RiB Newsletter #53

Welcome to the #53 edition of Rust in Blockchain, the monthly newsletter about Rust, distributed systems, cryptography, and other industry topics. Previous: #52.

 

Thanks

Thanks to contributors: 22388o, Anton Kaliaev, Ganzaro, Vitaliy, Brian Anderson and Aimee Zhu. Thank you for your help!

RiB needs help to keep up with Rust blockchain projects. If you follow a particular project, or otherwise find information that is beneficial to the Rust & blockchain community, please contribute to the next issue by submitting a PR to the next draft.

 

Interesting Things

Blog Posts

• The Cross-Domain Thesis Part 2: Storage Proofs, Computation, and Bloat
• Building Apps with Nova: an example from zkConnect4

Papers

• Proof-of-Work-based Consensus in Expected-Constant Time
• FaBFT: Flexible Asynchronous BFT Protocol Using DAG
• Withdrawable Signature: How to Call off a Signature
• Better Safe than Sorry: Recovering after Adversarial Majority
• Cornucopia: Distributed randomness beacons at scale

Projects

• evm-indexer. A scalable SQL indexer for EVM compatible blockchains.

 

Most Active in October

Sui: 470 merged PRs, 74 closed issues, 15 open issues

Solana: 339 merged PRs, 108 closed issues, 54 open issues

Dfinity: 330 merged PRs, 9 closed issues, 4 open issues

Parity: 327 merged PRs, 124 closed issues, 139 open issues

Starkware: 312 merged PRs, 17 closed issues, 6 open issues

 

Project Updates

Aleo

151 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 242 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 272 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

• Testnet 3 Phase III Deploy Incentives Retrospective
• Introducing zPass: Aleo’s pioneering step toward privacy-preserving digital identity

Anoma

63 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 42 closed issues (1), 53 open issues (1, 2)

• A brief introduction to Anoma’s P2P layer
• This is not the SUAVE you are looking for

Aptos

296 merged PRs (1, 2), 31 closed issues (1), 36 open issues (1, 2)

• Graffio: Web3’s Overnight Sensation

Casper

29 merged PRs (1, 2), 31 closed issues (1), 28 open issues (1)

COMIT

1 merged PRs (1), 1 closed issues (1), 0 open issues

Concordium

35 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), 15 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 25 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Conflux

11 merged PRs (1), 1 closed issues (1), 0 open issues

• Monthly Progress Report — October 2023

Dfinity

330 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17), 9 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 4 open issues (1, 2)

• Announcing the Zero to Dapp Educate Series — learn and build on the Internet Computer!
• Index Canisters: Account-based search for ledgers on the Internet Computer
• Jumpstarting Your Internet Computer Developer Journey
• Claim free cycles to kick off your project on the Internet Computer

Dusk Network

77 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13), 58 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 18 open issues (1, 2, 3)

Espresso Systems

92 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), 51 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4), 75 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Filecoin

69 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 28 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 7 open issues (1, 2, 3)

• Filecoin News 76

Findora

10 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 0 closed issues, 0 open issues

Fluence

181 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), 3 closed issues (1, 2), 0 open issues

Fuel

167 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), 112 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), 81 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

• Inside Fuel: Q3 2023

Golem

59 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 68 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 14 open issues (1, 2)

Grin

6 merged PRs (1, 2), 0 closed issues, 1 open issues (1)

Helium

42 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 9 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 3 open issues (1, 2, 3)

Holochain

115 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 32 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 13 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

IOTA

99 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 78 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 40 open issues (1, 2)

• A New Consensus Model: Nakamoto Consensus on a DAG
• Data Structures Explained: The Parts that Make the Tangle
• Understanding Congestion Control: Regulating Access in a Permissionless System
• Finality Explained: How Nodes Sync the Ledger
• Q3 2023 Progress Report

Maidsafe

118 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 2 closed issues (1), 8 open issues (1)

Mina

17 merged PRs (1), 7 closed issues (1, 2), 13 open issues (1)

MobileCoin

50 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 1 closed issues (1), 0 open issues

MultiversX

62 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), 1 closed issues (1), 1 open issues (1)

NEAR

221 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17), 146 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22), 130 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)

• NEAR Query API Beta Is Now Open for Apps Building on B.O.S

Nervos

30 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 6 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4), 6 open issues (1, 2, 3)

Oasis

15 merged PRs (1, 2), 0 closed issues, 0 open issues

• Oasis Introduces Major Network Improvements With Core 23.0 Testnet Upgrade

Parity

327 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32), 124 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22), 139 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)

• Fungible Assets on Asset Hub

Radix

37 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 2 closed issues (1), 1 open issues (1)

Secret Network

11 merged PRs (1, 2), 2 closed issues (1, 2), 0 open issues

• 2024 Secret Network Development Roadmap

Solana

339 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), 108 closed issues (1, 2), 54 open issues (1, 2)

Soroban

62 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 35 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4), 39 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

• Stellar Development Foundation Q3 2023 in Review
• Sorobounty Spectacular: Dapp Tutorials You Can Use!
• Video: Let’s Fuzz: Putting Contracts to the Test. From Stellar Meridian. This version doesn’t have a working demo. An extended talk with working demo and Q&A was also delivered on Discord.

Spacemesh

10 merged PRs (1), 1 closed issues (1), 2 open issues (1)

Subspace Network

138 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 24 closed issues (1), 25 open issues (1, 2, 3)

• Securing Dilithium with Proof-of-Time
• Gemini 3 Phase 2 | Incentivized Testnet Gets An Upgrade

Sui

470 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 74 closed issues (1, 2), 15 open issues (1)

• View Verified Move Source Code in Sui Explorer
• Sui Linters and Warnings Update Increases Coder Velocity
• Delivering Fair Gas Fees Through Resource Usage Metering

Zcash

20 merged PRs (1), 3 closed issues (1), 5 open issues (1, 2)

• New Release 5.7.0

 

Rust in Bitcoin

For discussion join the Rust in Bitcoin Telegram group.

BDK

17 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 18 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 20 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

Bitcoin Protocol

13 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 1 closed issues (1), 0 open issues

BitMask

17 merged PRs (1), 8 closed issues (1), 7 open issues (1)

Bitswap

9 merged PRs (1), 2 closed issues (1), 11 open issues (1)

CivKit

5 merged PRs (1, 2), 0 closed issues, 1 open issues (1)

Electrs

7 merged PRs (1), 2 closed issues (1), 1 open issues (1)

Fedimint

89 merged PRs (1), 77 closed issues (1), 34 open issues (1, 2)

LDK

57 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 16 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4), 24 open issues (1, 2, 3)

LNP/BP

7 merged PRs (1), 4 closed issues (1), 1 open issues (1)

Nomic

47 merged PRs (1, 2), 0 closed issues, 0 open issues

RGB

10 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 8 closed issues (1, 2), 4 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

Rust Bitcoin

55 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 18 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4), 15 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Rust Simplicity

1 merged PRs (1), 0 closed issues, 1 open issues (1)

Strict Types

2 merged PRs (1, 2), 1 closed issues (1), 1 open issues (1)

If we’ve missed any other notable Rust Bitcoin projects or ecosystems, feel free to contribute!

 

Rust in Ethereum

Ethers-rs

24 merged PRs (1), 3 closed issues (1), 6 open issues (1)

Foundry

197 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 156 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 136 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

Lighthouse

26 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 21 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 27 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

• Quic Support

Polygon Zero

57 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 13 closed issues (1), 7 open issues (1)

Reth

224 merged PRs (1), 91 closed issues (1), 62 open issues (1)

Rust Web3

1 merged PRs (1), 1 closed issues (1), 0 open issues

Starkware

312 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 17 closed issues (1), 6 open issues (1, 2, 3)

• 7 Super Cool Dev Tools for Starknet Devs

zkSync

275 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23), 86 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4), 10 open issues (1, 2, 3)

If we’ve missed any other notable Rust Ethereum projects or ecosystems, feel free to contribute!

 

Events

Nov 7-10 | Lisbon, Portugal | Nearcon 23

Nov 8-Dec 10 | Online | Constellation Chainlink Hackathon

Nov 10-12 | Istanbul, Turkey | ZK Hack Istanbul

Nov 13-19 | Istanbul, Turkey | Devconnect

Nov 13-17 | Istanbul, Turkey | LabWeek23

Nov 16-17 | Hollywood, CA, US and Virtual | HackFest Summit 2023

Nov 17-19 | Istanbul, Turkey | ETHGlobal Istanbul

Nov 20 | Online | Encode x Solana Bootcamp

Dec 8-10 | Bengaluru, India | ETHIndia

 

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