Ethereum ÐΞV Update III by Gav

My name is Gavin Wood, co-founder of Ethereum, along with Vitalik Buterin and Jeffrey Wilcke, one of the three directors of Eth Dev, the NFP organization that manages the development of Ethereum (under contract with Ethereum Suisse). Blockchain. This is a small update to let you all know what’s been going on lately.

I’m sitting here on a pristine sofa that dates back to the 1960s. (C++) This is a space that will be a rest and relaxation area that is the core of Ethereum development work. Surrounding me is Alex Leverington sitting in the Bond villain’s armchair, while Aeron Buchanan is locked behind a locker that appears to be an original prop from the film. mash. Soviet lighting equipment blade runnerNow forgotten except in Berlin’s fanciest districts, where Renaissance chemistry and Sixties luxury have been brought to Frankensteinian life, this work of art shines firmly on a work in progress. There is still a lot of work to be done here. (I feel like I’m on set. Challenge Anneka) But it is clearly taking shape. This is mainly thanks to Anneka Rice and Sarah O’Neill, who are working around the clock to prepare for our first developer symposium, ÐΞVcon-0. Likewise assisting her around the clock is her inimitable international interior goods store Roland. I can’t wait to read his memoir.

Personally, I would say the past few months have been the busiest of my life. I have been traveling between Switzerland and the UK over the past few weeks to visit Stephan, Ian and Louis. Despite the charms of northern England, it’s nice to be back in Berlin. The combination of great burgers and cocktails, beautiful surroundings and nice people makes it hard to leave. Any good C++ coder can take this as a hint. We are still hiring (-:).

technology

Over the past few weeks we have made several important revisions to the protocol, most of which were provisions for light client-app node creation. There will be a Director’s post detailing this in due course, but suffice it to say that we are committed to the Ethereum blockchain enabling massively multi-user decentralized applications for devices of all sizes. The seventh in the proof-of-concept series is scheduled to be released soon, and the final in the series, PoC-8, is scheduled to begin development soon.

fresh meat

As time goes by, our team is getting stronger and stronger. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sven Ehlert has joined us. He will lead development efforts. He helps us organize our build process, make our builds as robust as possible, support Caktux in our CI system, and most importantly, design a stress testing harness to simulate, measure and analyze a series of extreme situations. He is also a Scrum enthusiast and will help us streamline some of our development processes as our team grows.

Also, dr. We are very excited to announce that Jutta Steiner will be working closely with us in the area of ​​security audit management. Not only is she a passionate app developer, she has an outstanding track record in project handling and an exceptional understanding of not only this cutting-edge technology, but also the human processes that must go on behind it.

I also like dr. I also want to give a shout out to Andreas Lubbe. Although we are long-time members of the Berlin Ethereum community and have been working on Ethereum-related code (we are well-known devotees of node.js), we recently developed NatSpec, a natural language specification format associated with the Secure Ethereum Contract Document (SECDoc) framework. Looking forward to a good cooperation.

Apart from Lefteris, who started his first official schedule with us today (working on Christian and Solidity, more specifically the SECDoc and NatSpec parts), we have two new developers joining us: Yann Levreau and Arkadiy Paronyan. Yann, who recently arrived in Berlin from his native France, joins Arkadiy, who is traveling all the way from Moscow to be part of the team. Both have significant experience in C++ and related technologies and will help shape our developer tools and specifically pave the way towards our IDE vision.

Finally, I am pleased to report that Christoph Jentzsch, who originally joined us for only two months (taking a break from his PhD), will be joining us full-time and continuing his much-appreciated work on our project. Testing and general C++ health and robustness.

ÐΞVcon-0

As time goes by, Sarah, Roland, and their team rush further to complete the hub. They know that come Monday the 24th, new people will arrive in Berlin. Developers and collaborators from around the world will gather at 37a Waldemarstraße, Berlin 10999 for a week to ensure everyone is on the same page. DEVcon-0: Ethereum’s first developer symposium.

What Geoff and I conceived on a sleepy train from Zug to Zurich as a means to get the Amsterdam/Go people on the same page as the Berlin/C++ people has evolved into a set of showcases, seminars and workshops for all of ÐΞV. Our technology, staff and some of our close collaborators. This is an opportunity for each of us to build lasting professional relationships and bonds on a project that may not define, but will certainly shape, our professional lives.

Our hub will house around 40 people, many of whom are experienced technical minds like Jeff, myself or Vitalik mentioned at some point, and over the course of the week we will be chatting, mixing and sharing ideas. , hopes and dreams for everything related to blockchain, decentralization, and disruption. It would be really cool. Please look forward to the video!

even closer

In addition to the ongoing work to launch PoC-8 and the alpha series, we are happy to report that the Solidity project is progressing by storm under Christian’s stewardship. The first contract compiled with Solidity has been delivered and tested on the testnet, and as I write this, I’ve seen another Pull Request about state mapping. This is great stuff.

Alex has also been working tirelessly on our crypto code and is now starting work on the p2p layer. The full strategy for this can be found in his address at ÐΞVcon. Marek and Marian have also been busy working on the Javascript API, and I can guarantee that Javascript ÐApp developers will have a lot to look forward to in PoC-8.

summation

There are a few other developments and announcements I’d like to make, but once again I’m afraid they’ll have to wait until next time. Watch this space for updates after ÐΞVcon!

gave.