MImichaelsbradley·Aug 1, 2023
Lots of high-quality Nim projects and libs are being worked on and used by the folks at Status:
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Nim implementation of the Ethereum Beacon Chain
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What it is
Nim implementation of the Ethereum Beacon Chain
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What people are saying
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- chainsafe/lodestar · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- consensys-incorporated/teku · linked in 2 of the same discussions
- offchainlabs/prysm · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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HN mentions by month13 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2021-04-06 21:48:04 UTC to 2023-08-01 14:46:44 UTC.
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| Apr 2021 | 2021-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| May 2021 | 2021-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2021 | 2021-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2021 | 2021-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2021 | 2021-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2021 | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2021 | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2021 | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2021 | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jan 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 2022 | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2022 | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2022 | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2022 | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2022 | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2022 | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2022 | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2022 | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 2022 | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2022 | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2022 | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2023 | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2023 | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May 2023 | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2023 | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2023 | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 2023 | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
13 sourcesAgreed! There's a couple of fairly large projects in Nim: https://nimbus.team/ (https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2) or https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
Though there's still friction points I've been happy seeing the ecosystem grow lately. The compiler has seen a lot of bug fixes lately too which helps.
In Crystal 1.9.1The only thing close is some ethereum tools like these:
- https://github.com/status-im/nwaku
- https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2
But I think the real killer feature to me is the javascript target. It seems like a real dream for a fullstack experience.
In A cost model for NimAsk HN: Is Ethereum's Merge one of the biggest successes in Open Source?
It certainly seems it will be remembered as a major success story for open p2p protocols on the global Internet of our time.
A great multitude of developers and enthusiasts belonging or contributing to diverse teams spread across the world: developing, debating, and collaborating for years to arrive at the big event.
And it's all been done very much in the public view:
https://weekinethereumnews.com/
https://hackmd.io/@benjaminion/eth2_news
https://github.com/ethereum/pm
https://www.youtube.com/c/EthereumFoundation/videos
Consensus Clients:
https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse#readme
https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar#readme
https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2#readme
https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm#readme
https://github.com/ConsenSys/teku#readme
Execution Clients:
https://github.com/akula-bft/akula#readme
https://github.com/h
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yperledger/besu#readme
https://github.com/ledgerwatch/erigon#readme
https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum#readme
https://github.com/NethermindEth/nethermind#readme
https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth1#readme
And there are many Open Source specs and libraries underlying those clients that have also involved non-trivial development and collaboration, e.g. libp2p.
For what it's worth, SQLite works just fine for some blockchains without Rust extensions, e.g. nimbus-eth2[+] uses SQLite with `journal_mode = WAL` to locally persist Beacon Chain data.
Other Beacon Chain client implementations (there are several in wide use) may use SQLite, or something else, I'm not sure at the moment.
[+] https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2#readme
In Extending SQLite with RustThere is a specification of the protocol, which is open source: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs
And there are over 5 interoperable, independent and open source implementations of said specification:
- https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/
- https://github.com/ChainSafe/lodestar
- https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2
- https://github.com/prysmaticlabs/prysm
- https://github.com/ConsenSys/teku
- https://github.com/sifraitech/grandine
...
In Ethereum Proof-of-StakeOn technical merits or.......?
We use Nim to prototype many things (though not all things), and in many cases they go into production with `-d:release` just fine:
https://github.com/orgs/status-im/repositories
A good example is nimbus-eth2, which is one of the (The?) most energy-efficient Beacon Chain clients, with real money at stake:
https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2#readme
In Computer Programming with Nim> If you care about the environment even a little bit (like turning off lights in rooms you're not occupying) then you will reject Web3. Even the most efficient blockchains use more energy than the status quo unnecessarily.
On an Intel NUC (Core i3, low power mode) I'm running a non-mining Ethereum 1 full node[1] plus a staking Ethereum 2 node[2] (comprising two active validators) on mainnet. Measured with a Kill A Watt[3] since genesis of the beacon chain, it's using approximately USD 140 kWh of electricity per year (about USD $15/year where I live), and makes use of the Internet connection that I use for everything else personal and work related. The Ethereum 1 node also acts as my personal gateway to Ethereum vs. say my needing to connect through Infura.
There are today 279235 active validators[4] on Ethereum's mainnet beacon chain. No
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w, I know that Ethereum hasn't made the switch over to Proof of Stake yet (that's what Eth 2 is all about) but it's coming this year. Let's ignore the kWh usage of my non-mining full Eth 1 node and assume the 140 kWh is split evenly by the validators (it's not even close, the Eth 1 node is a pig in comparison, but for sake of argument), then round each one up to 100 kWH per year and assume that's the average per validator going forward, and let's grow the beacon chain to 1 million active validators. So that's 100k MWh per year. Amazon reported[5] that they consumed 24 million MWh in 2020.
I'm not sure how many combined MWh are consumed by the data centers for VISA, traditional banks, etc., but I'm guessing it's nothing to sneeze at. According to Statista[6], it costs about 150 kWh for VISA to process 100k transactions. According to VISA[7] they processed about 206 billion transactions over 12 months. So that's about 309k MWh.
A couple of things to consider also. Ethereum devs are concerned about energy consumption, and there are active efforts to drive down the energy cost per validator by the various projects (nimbus, teku, etc.). Also, my Core i3 Intel NUC is pretty heavy-duty compared to lower-end hardware capable of running a validator node. So I expect the energy cost/year of Eth 2 to improve in coming years.
[1] https://geth.ethereum.org/
[2] https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2#readme
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_A_Watt
[4] https://beaconscan.com/
[5] https://sustainability.aboutamazon.com/environment/sustainab...
[6] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1265891/ethereum-energy-...
[7] https://usa.visa.com/dam/VCOM/global/about-visa/documents/ab...
Windows stack corruption – a journey into the bowels of the beast
2 points · Open discussionDirect link: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2
In Nim 1.6Status R&D | p2p, Cryptography, Consensus (and many more) | Full-time | Remote (Anywhere)
- https://status.im/our_team/jobs.html?gh_jid=3191441
- https://status.im/our_team/jobs.html?gh_jid=3098802
- https://status.im/our_team/jobs.html?gh_jid=3157984
- many more at - https://status.im/our_team/jobs.html
Hey HN! Status is developing a range of tools, protocols and solutions for secure communication, p2p storage and distributed consensus. We're looking for highly skilled and motivated individuals to come work with us on a variety of technically challenging and high impact projects.
Our teams has successfully shipped an Eth2 (Proof of Stake consensus) client (https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2) and a p2p stack implementation (https://github.com/status-im/nim-libp2p), among many others. For full list make sure to checkout - https://git
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All our work is opensource and dual licenced under both Apache v2 and MIT.
You'll be joining an amazing team of highly skilled and motivated individuals - https://nimbus.team/ and https://vac.dev/.
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> I don't think you've studied how the attack would work.
It's my day job to implement proof-of-stake https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/865
In Bitcoin mining hash rate drops as blackouts instituted in ChinaCurrent numbers re: adoption were discussed in Status' most recent Town Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98wsQe6hHHs&t=365s
As for dev support: Status has teams of full-time devs working on various projects related to the mobile[1] and desktop[2] (beta) apps, as well projects that are related to the larger Ethereum ecosystem, e.g. nimbus-eth2[3]. Our teams aren't particularly large, but are working steadily to squash bugs and add/improve features. We also have teams dedicated to UX and design.
[1] https://github.com/status-im/status-react
[2] https://github.com/status-im/status-desktop
[3] https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2
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