Erick de Moura (Cartesi): “Blockchain development is hard, it is our responsibility to make it easier.
In an opinion piece, Erick, co-founder of Cartesi, believes that the industry needs to collaborate more to make the work of blockchain developers easier. Cartesi is a second-layer protocol based on Ethereum that is committed to simplifying blockchain development and promoting the development of modular blockchain infrastructure.
The blockchain industry is at a critical inflection point. Web3 lacks consumer applications that can achieve mass adoption, but new infrastructure projects continue to emerge. We have to face an unpleasant reality: 15 years later, our dream of a decentralized web has not yet been realized.
Another week is about to end, and the new edition of Cartesi Weekly will soon be published in your feed 🐧 https://fxtwitter.com/cartesiproject/status/2002046382476329039
PRT Honeypot v2 is preparing to receive bounty deposits. Meanwhile, a new feature has been added to its page: a visual banner to display the status of ongoing disputes. Click here to view:
→ https://honeypot.cartesi.io/
Now you can witness how the PRT anti-fraud system operates efficiently to ensure the fairness of the final results. You can also track the exact transactions that triggered disputes, and even submit transactions to trigger disputes on the Sepolia testnet, thanks to the tools developed by the DevAdvocacy team:
→ merkle.mugen.builders
Speaking of DevAdvocacy, this week its head Joao Garcia guest-starred on the Developer DAO's DevNTell podcast, explaining all technical concepts to the audience together with Narb. If you missed it, you can click here to watch the recording:
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3Jv9wnkos
Portuguese users also have benefits: please read the latest article by Bruno Maia published on Livecoins, exploring the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence:
Finally, the holiday challenge event is in full swing, where both developers and non-developers can earn rewards by completing technical challenges and interactive tasks. Please keep an eye on this dynamic in the coming days, as we will welcome the arrival of Christmas with a Christmas countdown calendar from Penguin Publishing.
Congratulations to community members Divesh, dejavu, Black Adam, PrinceNonso, and Moonzz for winning the competition! So far, there’s another chance tomorrow to win peripheral gift packages. Who will be that lucky one?
Before that, have a great weekend everyone! If you want to chat, feel free to join our Telegram group: t.me/cartesiproject. Have a great weekend everyone!
Now, you can view in real-time whether a dispute has occurred and watch how Cartesi's anti-fraud mechanism PRT efficiently identifies and executes fair judgments. This is thanks to the convenient pop-up banner displayed at https://honeypot.cartesi.io/
Wondering which transaction triggered the dispute? You can view it clearly. In this case ↓
To experience the anti-fraud system, you can submit a transaction to trigger a dispute and witness the operation of PRT through the Merkle tree visualization tool presented by Shaheen Ahmed: https://x.com/riseandshaheen/status/1998317823865893245. You can also get an early preview of future dispute visualization tools, currently using synthetic data.
You can experience the tool firsthand on the Sepolia test network: https://merkle.mugen.builders/.
If you have any questions, please contact us. Don't forget that all contributors to Cartesi are on Discord, collaborating and developing openly, feel free to join: discord.gg/cartesi
Tomorrow at 4:30 PM (UTC), please tune in to the X website or YouTube channel to watch the live broadcast. Our contributor Joao Garcia will guest on Developer DAO, discussing all aspects of Cartesi and how to build using any code while inheriting the security of Ethereum.
Register to receive notifications: https://luma.com/yfjj75qb
Happy weekend! Cartesi Weekly is back with a new round of ecosystem updates🐧 https://fxtwitter.com/cartesiproject/status/1999479428162912535
Cartesi co-founder Felipe Argento discussed Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade and its renewed focus on Layer 1 scalability in a commentary piece for Benzinga. A timely commentary on the direction of Ethereum infrastructure development and why capacity enhancement remains crucial:
In Brazil, our ecosystem growth lead Bruno Maia was a guest on exame's "Future Currency" podcast, discussing Bitcoin inflation, programmable trust, and how blockchain drives financial inclusion and innovation. Definitely worth a listen:
L2BEAT's latest monthly review also reflects the progress of the ecosystem in November, highlighting several key points for Cartesi, including the upgrade of PRT v2 and ongoing machine-level improvements. If you missed it, you can check it out here:
In terms of security, PRT Honeypot v2 is now live as a Stage 2 application chain Rollup, further enhancing security standards with stronger safeguards and higher bounties. If you're interested in testing anti-fraud systems, this project is worth exploring:
For developers interested in how the underlying system works, Shaheen Ahmed shared a Merkle tree visualization demonstration that details evidence submission, data flow, and dispute resolution mechanisms in the PRT system:
Community discussion is also important. Carlo Fragni reviewed a recent discussion with a computer science professor, sharing insights on how a deep dive into Cartesi architecture transformed initial concerns into a clear technical understanding:
Before we wrap up, there's a little holiday news. Congratulations to everyone who snagged a hoodie in the latest newsletter! If you missed out, don’t worry. This Monday, our holiday exploration event will officially kick off, and it’s sure to be a lot of fun. Think surprises, daily fun facts, and all sorts of holiday snippets along the way. Remember to turn on notifications and get ready for surprises! 🎄
That's it for this week's content. Wishing everyone a pleasant weekend, take a good rest, the holiday exploration event is about to begin, and we’ll see you soon! Cartesianists, have a great weekend!
Now, thanks to the PRT anti-fraud system and guarantee mechanism, the security is higher, and the bounty is also higher, up to 20000 $CTSI waiting for you to grab.
The gameplay is simple: try to hack the application and empty the contract: honeypot.cartesi.io
November passes in the blink of an eye, but Cartesi has made a deep impression with PRT Honeypot v2 and its margin implementation, as well as its outstanding performance at ETH Latam and Devconnect ARG.
Let's review last month's technical progress, ecosystem achievements, media coverage, events, and more:
Please follow DL Research's interview with Cartesi co-founder Felipe Argento at the Devconnect ARG conference to learn about Cartesi's transformation from the AI market to a RISC-V based execution layer, as well as the second phase secured by the PRT anti-fraud system, and explore its trustless system construction methods based on Ethereum. Uncontrolled.↓
The second phase of Rollups is here! We want to meet you. https://fxtwitter.com/cartesiproject/status/1991144494373487088
But what exactly is the appeal of the second phase of Rollups? What does it mean? And why is it so important?👇🧵
The second phase aims to achieve complete decentralization, ensuring actual deployment, user safety, and minimal trusted intervention. With verifiable computation and strong security, the system uses the code itself as the ultimate authority, allowing applications to truly realize the promise of Web3.
Therefore, the second phase Rollups do not require any "auxiliary wheels" and have a permissionless anti-fraud system, allowing anyone to submit proofs. Look! Cartesi Rollups + PRT anti-fraud implementation in Honeypot, Honeypot is the first Stage 2 application on the Ethereum mainnet, addressing all L2BEAT L2 risk rose knot shards ↓
Cartesi's PRT Honeypot demonstrates the practical application of these features while testing the complete architecture. Additionally, the v2 version introduces a guaranteed refund mechanism, enhancing protection against delay attacks while providing partial refunds to honest validators.
Read the research paper for more information about the PRT algorithm: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.12439 and https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.05463. If you are at Devconnect ARG on-site, feel free to visit L2 District and engage directly with our contributors and L2BEAT.
Devconnect ARG has entered its second day. Welcome to the Ethereum World Expo L2 Zone Stage 2 Rollups booth, where you can engage with co-hosts Cartesians and L2BEAT team members. Share your insights or feelings about X, and remember to tag us at the same time to take home a Trustless T-shirt and stickers.
Our contributors are on-site, here are the people you can meet offline and chat about Cartesi-related topics: Felipe Argento, Bruno Maia, Gabriel Coutinho, Carlo Fragni, Guilherme Dantas, Henrique Marlon, Milton Jonathan, Pedro Argento, Danilo Tuler🫡
As you know, every weekend is the day for the Cartesi weekly report release 🐧 https://fxtwitter.com/cartesiproject/status/1989362828885815691
PRT Honeypot v2 has been launched on the mainnet, and its improved anti-fraud system now integrates margin and refund mechanisms. Learn more about this new version:
Contributors are preparing for Devconnect ARG, and we are incredibly excited about it. You are welcome to meet us in the L2 area. We look forward to engaging with everyone interested in Cartesi, our anti-fraud system, and the second phase aggregation application PRT Honeypot v2. → https://x.com/cartesiproject/status/1989302394266796157
The ETH Latam event was fantastic, so we are looking forward to this event as well, especially with more contributors joining aside from Carlo Fragni, Bruno Maia, and Henrique Marlon, who made a splash at ETH Latam. If you missed last weekend's event, click here to check it out:
Continuing our event theme, this week we are pleased to announce that our Developer Advocacy Lead Joao Garcia will participate in the event hosted by Lunar Strategy in Lisbon, Portugal:
For those of us who cannot be there in person, we might delve into some insightful articles. The Cartesi blog features articles from Cartesi members and ecosystem contributors, which are definitely worth a look:
ICYMI: "The Untrusting Manifesto" is a must-read. We are living in an era transitioning from trust to untrust. Untrust has now become a cornerstone, and everything else should be built upon it. So, how would we measure progress by the decrease in trust in each transaction, as co-founder Erick de Moura puts it?
Lastly, thanks to our intern for keeping up with this week's trends on X, sharing our official apology statement. Sorry, but we do not regret it; we are working hard to make Web3 development stronger and more intuitive:
Towards Devconnect ARG! Our participants are departing from Brazil to Argentina for a week filled with knowledge and交流. Please find us in the L2 area of the Ethereum World Expo, where we will set up a booth together with L2BEAT to discuss all matters related to Phase 2 sharding technology. We look forward to meeting everyone! Forward: https://x.com/efdevcon/status/1988728547461197946
PRT Honeypot v2 is now live on the mainnet, protected by the PRT anti-fraud system with a margin and refund mechanism. The new design enhances protection against delay attacks while introducing a partial refund mechanism for honest validators. Learn more ↓ In this version, only the controversial 'prepaid matching' step is refundable. The ultimate goal is to make altruistic validation as close to free as possible. How the margin works: Validators submit a margin when declaring, which helps curb spam and witch attacks while allowing honest participants to recover fuel from permissionless pre-matching. If a claim is invalid, a portion of the reduced margin will be refunded to those contributors, while another portion will reward the validators who first submitted the correct claim. This margin system is designed to be compatible with MEV-Share style incentive mechanisms, though this incentive mechanism has not yet been enabled in node implementations. Developers can view details here: github.com/cartesi/dave/tree/main/prt Ready to challenge the architecture and try to crack PRT Honeypot v2? There is a prize pool of 20,000 CTSI, and the prize is still increasing. Crack it and claim rewards by draining the contract: honeypot.cartesi.io Forward: https://fxtwitter.com/cartesiproject/status/1988970199794741582
PRT Honeypot v2 is now live on the mainnet, currently protected by the PRT anti-fraud system with a margin and refund mechanism. The new design enhances protection against delay attacks while introducing a partial refund mechanism for honest validators. Learn more ↓ In this version, only the disputed "pre-matching" step is refundable. The ultimate goal is to make altruistic validation as close to free as possible. How the margin works: Validators submit a margin at the time of declaration, which curbs spam and witch attacks while allowing honest participants to reclaim fuel from permissionless pre-matching. If a claim is invalid, part of the reduced margin will be refunded to those contributors, while another part rewards the validator who first submits the correct claim. This margin system is designed to be compatible with MEV-Share style incentive mechanisms, but this incentive mechanism has not yet been enabled in node implementations. Developers can view details here: github.com/cartesi/dave/tree/main/prt Ready to challenge the architecture and attempt to crack PRT Honeypot v2? There are 20,000 CTSI in the prize pool, and the prize is continuously increasing. Crack it, and claim rewards by draining the contract: honeypot.cartesi.io Forward: https://fxtwitter.com/cartesiproject/status/1988970199794741582
Our writers' works have now been published on the blog! From research articles to use case highlights and infrastructure analyses, come here to browse all things Cartesians. Please take a look, share your thoughts, and let us know what topic you would like to see next: https://cartesi.io/blog/ Retweet: https://x.com/cartesiproject/status/1988607822268121492
Our contributors' works have now been published on the blog! From research articles to use case highlights and infrastructure analyses, come here to browse all things Cartesians. Please take a look, share your thoughts, and let us know what topic you would like to see next: https://cartesi.io/blog/ Retweet: https://x.com/cartesiproject/status/1988607822268121492
Hello everyone! After a busy weekend at ETHLatam, our contributors Carlo Fragni, Bruno Maia, and Henrique Marlon performed excellently, representing Cartesi in various discussions, interviews, demonstrations, and speeches. It was great to connect with the Brazilian community again!
Friday is here, and Cartesi Weekly is back with the latest ecosystem news🐧 https://fxtwitter.com/cartesiproject/status/1986795868822049072
ETH Latam is in full swing, and our writers have arrived on site. Carlo Fragni and Henrique Marlon will be speaking tomorrow. The agenda also includes a talk by RIVES, as well as a lecture titled "Fraud Prevention in a Zero-Knowledge Secure Environment." If you see them, let us know.
Inteli University has been very busy this week. Additionally, students participated in a workshop hosted by our developer evangelist Henrique Marlon, and even had an offline exchange with Vitalik himself (you know what I mean):
Modular Crypto has been gaining momentum recently; guess who the guest is in their latest newsletter? Check out Carlo Fragni's article, where he reintroduces our protocol to the readers and explains all the advantages of using the Cartesi machine:
Cartesi's merchandise is back! The holiday season is approaching, and stock is running low; there might even be some Santa-approved gifts waiting for you. Stay tuned!
By the way, congratulations to everyone who received the hoodies showcased in the newsletter! Missed out? Don't worry, there will be another chance in the next issue! Click here to subscribe:
→ https://mailchi.mp/cartesi/email-newsletter
Now you know what to do: go enjoy some cannabis! Unless you're at ETHLatam, in which case just enjoy it and save the cannabis for later! Have a great weekend!