ETH2 Progress Update Summary
source|What’s New in Eth2
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Author | Ben Edgington
preferred reading
Danny Ryan's updated article on the Ethereum podcast:"Eth2 Update Quick Facts #19"
Announced the deposit contractFreshly baked
Phase 0: Beacon Chain
Phase 0: Beacon ChainIf you have paid attention to Ethereum in the past two weeks, you should have heardIt was officially released on November 4th. Actually three weeks agodeploydeployup with mepredicted time
The way it is deployed adds another intriguing dimension to the Ethereum narrative. deploy fundsfromfromTornadoCash is therefore virtually untraceable. The remaining ETH isAdded Wikileak's donation address. I guess this means that 1) no one has control and 2) we embrace openness and resistance to censorship. This is similar to Bitcoin in itsGenesis blockGenesis block
The declaration in is the same.While announcing the deposit contract, regulatev1.0.0 versionAlso met with you, with some very minor changes. It's an incredible milestone: some 28 months of work finally come to an end, including fromMore than 80 people
Contributions, large and small, from participants, as well as numerous discussions and studies.
Client Team Update
NimbusIn this issue, I've specifically added an update from the client team as Genesis approaches.
, and its latest news
Most importantly, all client teams want to release client software between November 24th (the genesis state reveal) and December 1st (the earliest genesis date). This client release will incorporate the genesis state and a large number of bootstrap nodes (and all the latest fixes), the agreement gives us a one week grace period.email pushandandtwitter account
testnet
testnet
at presentat presentMedalla Testnet
Still running, with 71,000 validators, but only slightly above 70% participation, with entry and exit queues three weeks away. Developers generally agree that Medalla is doing well, but can now be stopped. Medalla is not running the latest version of the spec, and the lengthy queue keeps validators out who just want to test configurations or get their hands dirty.We kickstarted aToledo Testnet, which can accommodate 16,384 validators, is only open to client teams. which hasEth2Stats Monitoring. Its purpose is just to test the full mainnet specification in a good environment. After Toledo stabilized, it has been inworks perfectly
, according to plan its life span is only a few days.
The next large public testnet will be Pyrmont, which will launch on November 18th UTC. Initially 100,000 validators will be run by the client team, which will then be opened up for community participation. Unlike Medalla, we want each participant to run a small number of validators in order to reduce queuing times and reduce the risk of stalling. It's not yet certain whether Pyrmont will be in the long run.
Tools and AnalysisThe most important information in this section is that the Ethereum Foundation releasedanalyze
analyze
ususlast timeSpeaking of the Medalla data race. Since then, EthStaker has invited some authors onlineshow their work
Barnabé MonnotvisualizationvisualizationWell done! Condensing a large amount of information into a visual experience, I have watched it more than a hundred times. inAlso provides some valuable observations.
tool
Alex Stokes is working on the Beacon Chaincreatecreatefork monitor
, which will play a big role. We are currently using it in the Toledo developer testnet, and there have been no problems yet.chaindJim McDonald Has Updated Its Beacon Chain Data Extraction Tool
, to work with the latest versions of Teku, Lighthouse and Prysm.Sigma Prime Has Released Beacon Chain FuzzingUpdate 09
. Recently, fuzzers found two critical vulnerabilities in Prysm and one minor unexploitable bug in Teku.Stakefish created abulk deposit contract
, in order to save gas costs when making multiple pledges. They are gathering feedback and suggestions. As stated below: Always exercise caution before sending deposits to any unofficial channels.Yorick Downe compiles "unofficial" Eth2 clientdocker build guide, in order to bring a better experience for Docker users. besides。
youtube video tutorialOn the tools side, EthStaker's Superphiz is contributing to the Ethereum Due Diligence Committee (EDDC)looking for participantsbench chat, to evaluate the tools in our ecosystem. See also his
Staking
, get in touch with him if this is your area of expertise.
deposit progresshttps://launchpad.ethereum.org/
The address for deposit pledge is:
LaunchpadDo not use any other site that claims to accept Eth2 deposits without doing a thorough research!Dune Analytics dashboardprovides more information. even inherehereThe GraphView pending transactions, and in the
Browse historical deposits in .TetranodeAs of the release of the translation, the deposit progress has reached 23.2%. It seems that the progress is relatively slow in the early stage, but according toAnd Jutsin's tweets and votes, most people haven't acted yet, I'm expecting to see a big climb as the 24th approaches. Anthony Sassano calls for everyone to join，VitalikGenesis prepares for war。
Mission accomplished
(Reminder: If you want to become a genesis verifier, you need to send the deposit to the contract before noon on November 24th UTC time (that is, 8:00 pm on November 24th, Beijing time), which is the week before the genesis time. If you make a deposit after that, you may need to join the validator queue after genesis)
the taxNow coming to everyone’s favorite topic: the taxation of Eth2 deposits, the debate over which has been raging on Twitter over the past few days. The key question is whether the act of sending ETH to the deposit contract suffices for capital gain purposes (it is a "taxable event" under US tax law, and I presume the same is true in the UK). This again may depend on whether the ETH on the Eth1 chain and the ETH on the Eth2 chain are the same asset. James PrestwichVigorouslyclaimThe two are different assets; Justin Leroux () butthinkthinkTokenTaxIt's actually the same property. There are also various other characters joining the fight, including
, which has been discussed in a number of series of tweets.No one knows the various tax authorities around the worldmay make
What decision. As with many taxation matters, authorities may take a variety of views, and they will issue decrees according to their own purposes. Based on this premise, we should adopt a cautious attitude towards tax issues. You can do your own research or get professional advice, but please don't make decisions based on some tweets.LiquidstakeAlso mention here this week'sThe BlockQuoting Andrew Keys: "If you're going to do a deal, you need to have a clear understanding of the regulatory and tax issues. Water can carry a boat, and it can capsize."
Interpretive resources
Interpretive resources
…I’ve collected a mess of other media sources, which I’m going to list here:About on the mainnetGuidelines for Participating in Stakingintegration, and aboutHow to run Teku on Ubuntu
Bankless continues their Eth2.0 podcast series. Previous guests haveVitalik Buterin、Danny Ryanas well asPreston Van Loonas well asYouTube. also available at
Take a look at the 4 short videos of Bench Chats sent by Superphiz: You can watch them in one go, but the 5-minute short videos are full of dry goods (1, 2, 3,and4and). Superphiz probably becomes me nowfavorite
An Ethereum contributor.Yield TVSuperphiz also made some long videos about Staking, you can watch the episode he participated in with Defi Dad
TechRadarvideo. I haven't had time to watch it yet, but I'm sure this video will be great.
Eth2 content on the (There are too many pop-up windows on the web page, alas)The Defiant issuedsoul torture
:quick! Now you can stake! But should we stake?A 6 minute short video by my good friend Conor SvEnsson, CEO of Web3 Labs,Overview of Eth2
. Last month he asked me some questions about staking services; now he is planning to run his own Eth2 node, great!Tetranode on Twitterlive text
fourth periodPhase IIIandfourth period。
research work
research workCollin Myers and Mara Schmiedt co-authored an excellent paper"Internet Bonds"
: Digital Work Protocols in the Web 3.0 Era. They use the economic framework of bonds to analyze the Eth2 staking model and model the participation market for Eth2 Staking.Vitalik suggested to deal with "quadratic leak" (inactivity leak)make some changes
. This mechanism will be activated when blocks are not finalized to expedite kicking inactive validators out of the network and allowing the network to recover. The main lesson from the Medalla testnet is that we punished too harshly some validators who were really trying their best to maintain the network, but were struggling due to poor network conditions. The goal of the proposal is to reduce penalties for validators who remain active intermittently, while still penalizing validators who are completely offline.Alex Vlasov of the TXRX team wants to make the Eth2 specification more testable. To this end, in his articleregular meeting
regular meeting
implementers meeting
implementers meeting
There were a few issues about testnets discussed in the meeting, but it was mainly Vitalik's proposal to clearly separate future work on sharding, light client support, and Eth1/Eth2 mergers that caught my attention. This means that the above three tasks can effectively be carried out in any order, which means that we need such asexecutable beacon chainSuch a design, that is, before we have launched shardingBeforeBefore
Now this proposal will change according to demand, and it remains to be seen how it will be implemented in the future. At the same time it is very practical and definitely an "engineering method". It's just that I have to say that I have to mourn our beautiful, pure phase 0, phase 1, phase 2 roadmap, and the execution engine and beautiful blueprint it contains. Also, I regret the loss of the original Web3 vision built on top of Ethereum, Whisper and Swarm. Obviously, I've always had an obsession with designs that were beautiful but couldn't be rolled out.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming EventsHudson Jameson at 5 a.m. Beijing time on November 15thlive streamingHow he setup his Eth2 staking node. Click the link to look back：
live streamingEthStaker Community Conference Call
It will be held at 2 o'clock in the morning on November 17th, Beijing time.Eth2 Genesis AMA
It will be held on November 18th at 9pm.Hosted by StakedETH Staking Webinars
EthStakerIt will be held at 1 am on November 20th, Beijing time. Registration is required.Hosted staking workshops - livestreams explaining how to set up a staking client. Time: 9:00 pm on November 21st, Beijing time. Details to be worked out - seefor more information.
other news
ethereum.orgother newsThe Eth2 page on is already trial running. minefirst PR
has mergedQuantstamp completed. We're happy to see results like this: "Quantstamp says Teku's codebase is of the highest quality". A full audit report can beclick hereclick here
download."VITALIK: Proof-of-Stake Proof-of-Work (November 2020)"
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