devcon 7 / cls formal verification hangout
Duration: 00:00:00
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Type: Mixed Formats
Expertise: Intermediate
Event: Devcon
Date: Nov 2024
Categories
Keynote: Lessons learned from Tor
I will share lessons learned during Tor's twenty years as free software fighting for privacy and human rights. We'll talk about distributed trust and privacy by design, how to help people understand the good uses of your tech, getting allies in both cypherpunks and government, why transparency and community-building are so essential to trust, and successes from other spaces. It may seem like the crypto wars never really end, but we all have a part to play in saving the world.
Farcaster frames: building embeddable Ethereum apps
Frames are an open standard for creating embeddable, interactive apps in social media feeds and on the web. They help solve one of the hardest problems for Ethereum dapp developers: distribution. Although frames originated on Farcaster, it's now possible to build cross-platform frames that work on Farcaster, Lens, XMTP, and the open web. In this hands on workshop we'll introduce the core concepts behind frames and build a simple frame app that interacts with a smart contract.
Hunt the Bug, Save the Chain: Uncovering Bugs in EIP Implementations
In this workshop you can find a bug in an EIP implementation on a test network! The Ethereum Foundation Testing Team oversees cross-client execution specification testing, which is critical to avoid consensus issues at the smart-contract execution level. You'll implement tests for a new EIP from scratch using the ethereum/execution-spec-tests framework and execute them on a local test network with a faulty client. Anyone attending has the chance to find the issue and break the network!
Bad Proofs in Formal Verification
Formal verification can be a huge boon to smart contract security as it checks all possible execution paths. Unfortunately, even verified code can be faulty if the formal specification contains mistakes. "Bad" proofs can lead to false confidence in the code and premature deployment. This talk will discuss different types of "bad" proofs and how to avoid them.
Keynote: Ethereum in 30 minutes
Vitalik Buterin, Founder of Ethereum, opens Devcon with a comprehensive overview of Ethereum’s evolution as a decentralized “world computer,” explaining its layer 1 trust machine and layer 2 scaling solutions for security and scalability, emphasizing improvements in decentralization and client diversity, and encouraging developers to build innovative applications that leverage Ethereum’s robust and evolving ecosystem.
Keynote: Redefining boundaries in the Infinite Garden
Aya Miyaguchi, Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, opens Devcon by emphasizing the importance of nurturing Ethereum as an infinite garden—a decentralized, long-term ecosystem built on shared values, overlapping spheres of influence, and collaborative growth beyond singular control.
Keynote: This year in Ethereum
Josh Stark from EF Leadership opens Devcon with an overview of the Ethereum ecosystem's progress and status in 2024
Tending the Infinite Garden: Organizational Culture in the Ethereum Ecosystem
This presentation will discuss the findings of the academic paper "Tending the Infinite Garden: Organisational Culture in the Ethereum Ecosystem" by Dr. Paul-Dylan-Ennis and Ann Brody. Our study examines the decision-making processes fundamental to Ethereum's protocol governance, drawing on interviews with Ethereum's core developers. We identify a central worldview in Ethereum known as the "Infinite Garden" and discuss how Ethereum's social layer is crucial for upholding cypherpunk values.
Keynote: Programmable Cryptography and Ethereum
Programmable Cryptography is a "second generation" of cryptographic primitives - primitives that allow arbitrary programs to be executed "inside of" or "on top of" cryptographic objects. Programmable cryptography provides three key affordances that complement and amplify the affordances of Ethereum--verifiability, confidentiality, and non-interactivity. We'll discuss how these technologies can reshape the Internet over the next 50 years.
[CLS] Ethereum Magicians Infinite Endgames: Ethconomics
Once again, Devcon will host Ethereum Magicians gatherings for the community to come together and discuss the most important topics in Ethereum's roadmap. Join us here to discuss the "infinite endgame" for Ethereum's economic model. We'll cover the role of Ether in the network's security, issuance proposals, out-of-protocol economic influences, and more! For more context, see: https://bit.ly/ethmag-sea