RiB Newsletter #56

Welcome to the #56 edition of Rust in Blockchain, the monthly newsletter about Rust, distributed systems, cryptography, and other industry topics. Previous: #55.

 

Thanks

Thanks to contributors: Ganzaro, michelletraf, 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.

 

Project Spotlight

Each month we like to shine a light on a notable Rust blockchain project. This month that project is…

Nothing this month 😢

 

Interesting Things

Blog Posts

• In Between Crash and Omission failures
• Early Stopping is same but different: two rounds are needed even in failure free executions
• Poseidon{2} for Noir

Papers

• 2023 Crypto Developer Report
• GradedDAG: An Asynchronous DAG-based BFT Consensus with Lower Latency
• Do You Need a Zero Knowledge Proof?
• Bitcoin Clique: Channel-free Off-chain Payments using Two-Shot Adaptor Signatures
• A security framework for Ethereum smart contracts
• Enhanced Security and Efficiency in Blockchain with Aggregated Zero-Knowledge Proof Mechanisms

Projects

• zkBitcoin
• Spectre

Videos

• Want to learn more about zkBitcoin? I’ve made some videos

 

Most Active in January

Dfinity: 466 merged PRs, 11 closed issues, 15 open issues

Sui: 438 merged PRs, 32 closed issues, 17 open issues

Starkware: 388 merged PRs, 30 closed issues, 8 open issues

Parity: 367 merged PRs, 164 closed issues, 119 open issues

Solana: 312 merged PRs, 83 closed issues, 38 open issues

 

Project Updates

Aleo

94 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 2708 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 83 open issues (1, 2, 3)

Anoma

71 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 17 closed issues (1), 15 open issues (1)

Aptos

169 merged PRs (1, 2), 42 closed issues (1, 2), 49 open issues (1)

• Roll with Move: Secure, instant randomness on Aptos
• Securing the Aptos Framework through formal verification

Casper

8 merged PRs (1), 3 closed issues (1), 12 open issues (1)

Chainflip

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

• Chainflip Development Update: January 29th, January 15th

Concordium

32 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 19 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 15 open issues (1, 2, 3)

• Concordium Lowers Fees in Pricing Mechanism Revamp

Conflux

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

• Monthly Progress Report — January 2024
• Conflux Network — Year in Review 2023 and the Road Ahead
• Unlocking the Potential of Bitcoin: Introducing Conflux Network’s EVM-Compatible Bitcoin Layer 2 Solution!
• Supercharge Security and Asset Management with Conflux’s Bitcoin Layer 2 Solution

DarkFi

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

Dfinity

466 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18), 11 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), 15 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

• Improving Query Execution Latencies
• How to Create an On-Chain Farcaster Frame
• New node metrics on the Internet Computer
• A new P2P layer is coming to the Internet Computer
• How ICP’s Bitcoin Integration Secures Private Keys
• ICP in 2023: The year of SNS DAOs and Multi-Chain

Dusk Network

69 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), 39 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), 15 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Espresso Systems

128 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), 155 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 127 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

• Node operator open application begins for Espresso Sequencer Cappuccino testnet
• Gibraltar Testnet Sees External Operators Running Espresso Sequencer Nodes

Filecoin

40 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 8 closed issues (1, 2), 10 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

• Filecoin News 82
• Filecoin News 81
• 2023: Expanding from a storage network to enabling open services for data, PART I PART II

Findora

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

Fluence

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

Fuel

142 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), 70 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), 67 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

• Inside Fuel - Q4 2023

Golem

39 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 68 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 21 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

• Golem GPU Beta Testing Program Launch

Grin

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

Helium

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

Holochain

125 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), 13 closed issues (1, 2), 10 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

IOTA

95 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 59 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 37 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

• Q4 2023 Progress Report

Maidsafe

108 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 14 closed issues (1, 2), 11 open issues (1)

Mina

14 merged PRs (1), 7 closed issues (1, 2), 11 open issues (1)

• Mina to Ethereum ZK bridge

MobileCoin

22 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 0 closed issues, 2 open issues (1)

MultiversX

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

NEAR

179 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), 44 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), 59 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

• Why NEAR Data Availability?
• NEAR DA Integrates with Polygon CDK for Developers Building Ethereum ZK Rollups
• NEAR Q4 Protocol Roadmap Update

Nervos

64 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), 16 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 16 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Oasis

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

• Oasis Announces Polychain Monsters Grant for Confidential Gaming
• Oasis December 2023 Engineering Update

Parity

367 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), 164 closed 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), 119 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)

Radix

48 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 1 closed issues (1), 0 open issues

• Radix Booster Grants: Apply Now!
• 25M XRD ($1M+) Ecosystem Fund to Support dApp Builders

Secret Network

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

• Announcing the SCRT Labs Grants Program Q1’24 Cohort
• Secret Network joins the Polygon Solution Provider Network

Solana

312 merged PRs (1, 2), 83 closed issues (1, 2), 38 open issues (1, 2)

• Exploring Solana: A Comprehensive Guide to Accounts, Tokens, Transactions, and Ensuring Asset Security

Soroban

63 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11), 25 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 8 open issues (1, 2)

• How to migrate smart contracts from Ethereum’s Solidity to Soroban Rust
• Stellar Development Foundation Q4 2023 in Review
• New Protocol 20 Vote Targeted for February 20
• SDF’s Decision to Disarm its Validators and Vote to Postpone the Protocol 20 Upgrade
• Fee Bump Bug Disclosure and the Impact on the Protocol 20 Upgrade
• Researching Heterogeneous Trust in Distributed Systems

Spacemesh

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

Subspace Network

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

• Breaking down the launch of Gemini 3h
• December 2023 Ecosystem Update!

Sui

438 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 32 closed issues (1, 2), 17 open issues (1, 2)

• ThinkSui Launches, Rewarding Sui Builders and Content Creators
• Move Adds Enums and Macros in 2024 Edition
• Transfer to Object Available on Sui Mainnet
• All About Onchain Storage
• All About Parallelization
• Join Us For the Premier Sui Event of the Year
• Overmind’s Developer Platform Launches Sui Quests

Zcash

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

• New Release 5.8.0

 

Rust in Bitcoin

For discussion join the Rust in Bitcoin Telegram group.

AluVM

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

BDK

54 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7), 27 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 19 open issues (1, 2, 3)

Bitcoin Protocol

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

BitMask

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

Bitswap

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

CivKit

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

Cyphernet

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

Electrs

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

Fedimint

82 merged PRs (1, 2), 58 closed issues (1, 2), 53 open issues (1, 2)

LDK

59 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), 17 closed issues (1, 2), 22 open issues (1, 2, 3)

Nomic

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

RGB

16 merged PRs (1, 2, 3), 11 closed issues (1, 2), 15 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

Rust Bitcoin

74 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 48 closed issues (1, 2), 26 open issues (1, 2, 3)

Rust Payjoin

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

Rust Simplicity

14 merged PRs (1), 4 closed issues (1), 0 open issues

Sapio

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

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

 

Rust in Ethereum

Ethers-rs

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

Foundry

235 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 140 closed issues (1, 2, 3), 141 open issues (1, 2, 3)

Lighthouse

72 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 34 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4), 30 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Polygon Zero

66 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 9 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4), 10 open issues (1, 2, 3, 4)

Reth

251 merged PRs (1), 97 closed issues (1), 48 open issues (1)

Rust Ethereum

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

Starkware

388 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4), 30 closed issues (1, 2), 8 open issues (1, 2)

• Deep dive into Cairo’s AIR and the changes we had to do in Lambdaworks to be compatible with Starknet Stone Prover

zkSync Era

286 merged PRs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16), 54 closed issues (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), 10 open issues (1, 2, 3)

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

 

Events

Feb 2–21 | Online | Ethereum Async hackathon: Circuit Breaker

Feb 23-Mar 3 | Denver, US | ETHDenver

Mar 15-17 | London, UK | ETHGlobal London

Mar 25–27 | Toronto, Canada | RWC 2024

Mar 26-28 | London, UK | Rust Nation

Apr 5-26 | Online | Ethereum Async hackathon: Scaling Ethereum 2024

Apr 8-12 | Paris, France | Paris Blockchain Week

Apr 10 | Athens, Greece | zkSummit11

Apr 11 | Athens, Greece | ZK Accelerate

Apr 22-25 | Athens, Greece | EuroSys 2024

May 3-5 | Sydney, Australia | ETHGlobal Sydney

May 18-19 | Brisbane, Australia | AI + Web3 Convention

May 20-Jun 20 | Singapore | The Polkadot Blockchain Academy

May 21-23 | Berlin, Germany | DappCon

May 24-26 | Berlin, Germany | ETHBerlin

May 26-30 | Zurich, Switzerland | Eurocrypt 2024

May 29-31 | Austin, US | Consensus

May 31-Jun 2 | Prague, Czech Republic | ETH Prague

Jun 5-6 | Santa Clara, US | Blockchain Expo North America

Jul 4-7 | Istanbul, Turkey | Blockchain Expo World

Jul 8-11 | Brussels, Belgium | EthCC

Jul 12–14 | Brussels, Belgium | ETHGlobal Brussels

Aug 18-22 | Santa Barbara, US | Crypto 2024

Aug 28-29 | Tokyo, Japan | WebX 2024

Nov 12-15 | Bangkok, Thailand | DevCon 7

 

Careers

Subspace Labs | Remote

• Senior Protocol Engineer, Rust (Remote)
• Head of Protocol Engineering, L1 (Remote)

More jobs can be found at Job Board.

 

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