Our intrepid beneficiaries have been busy as always – read on to see some recent achievements 🏆
ENS
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) works on the Ethereum blockchain, but it’s not just for ETH addresses! ENS maps human-readable domain names to locations all over the distributed web, including Ethereum and other blockchain addresses, Tor .onion addresses, decentralized websites and data hashes stored on IPFS, and more Again. ENS continues to expand its reach, with recent integrations including:
It’s far from everything – read it ENS 2020 retrospective for a recap of a busy year, follow ENS on Twitter @ensdomaines and consult the 2021 roadmap to see the rest.
Textile And 3 boxes For IPLD Object Signing and Encryption
IPLD is a data structuring framework used in IPFS. Textile and 3Box received a combined grant, funded jointly with Protocol Laboratoriesto create a signing and encryption standard enabling greater composability and interoperability between Web3 applications while preserving user data sovereignty. All work funded by this grant has now been completed, including:
Ethereum developers can already integrate JOSE standards like JWE and JWS into their IPLD-based dApps, with more to come! This work is part of a longer-term effort to increase data interoperability between IPFS/IPLD-based applications and tools. To learn more, you can follow the principal investigators carsonfarmer And edemawho continue to engage with the community around this project; follow Textile on Twitter @textileio, blog.textile.io Or Soft; and 3box on Twitter @3boxdb, medium.com/3box Or Discord!
bitfly For beaconcha.in eth2 block explorer
As the launch of the beacon chain approached, the bitfly team wanted to make sure there was a open source Eth2 block explorer from day one. beaconcha.in has become that and more, with a treasure trove of resources for Ethereum players and enthusiasts, including:
- Eth2 growing knowledge base
- Wide variety of trackers and visualizations, including graphics with data on liveliness, participation, total stake and more
- Mobile app to monitor eth2 validators
Follow bitfly on Twitter @etherchain_org or Reddit u/etherchain.
But wait, there’s more!
- Unirep private and non-repudiable reputation system: completed smart contracts, CLI and zk circuits
- MPC Phase 2 User Interface: design and specifications completed; developed components including server, CLI and browser client
More to come next month!
