DAPP Labs: EdgeOS and Hyperlink
DAPP Labs was recently introduced as the innovation arm of the DAPP Network, intended to demonstrate creative thinking, experimental services, and potential products. As part of this initiative for exploring conceptual ideas and unconventional prototypes, DAPP Labs is excited to announce the launch of the DAPP Labs GitHub, which includes the first two repositories: EdgeOS and Hyperlink.
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Hyperlink
The first code to be open sourced in the DAPP Labs repo is Hyperlink, which is the original name for an earlier version of the Edge platform. The Hyperlink repo contains an Alpha Release version of EdgeDSP, as well as a generic EVM to EVM bridging framework.
EVM to EVM Bridging Framework
The DAPP Network showcased its first example of a trustless bridge between EOSIO and Ethereum following a collaboration between several DAPP Service Providers connected the EOS Kylin Testnet and Ethereum’s Ropsten testnet. Two additional projects, Yup and DAPP Account DAO, launched their own cross-chain bridges which have seen millions of dollars in liquidity transferred bi-directionally between EOS and Ethereum.
With the release of the Hyperlink codebase, developers can now connect any EVM-based blockchain to any other EVM-based chain, which opens up opportunities for bridging and interoperability to entirely new ecosystems, such as Binance Smart Chain, Tron, Cardano, Matic, and several parachains on Polkadot.
EdgeDSP
EdgeDSP is a lightweight node based on cutting-edge WASM technology which can run in a web browser and allow any arbitrary code to compile and execute. One of the major benefits of the blockchain-agnostic EdgeDSP nodes is that they can not only provide the DAPP Network services that make interoperability between blockchains possible, but they can also listen to any chain and write that information to any other chain.
EdgeOS — Edge2.0
The star of this open source release is the EdgeOS repository, which contains a new operating system for WASM that is specifically tailored for decentralized applications. As part of EdgeOS creation, Hyperlink’s earlier kernel code was rewritten and revamped to include features like processing, asynchronous callbacks, a forkable filesystem, and more. EdgeOS enables fully decentralized applications to be created and deployed without relying on centralized infrastructure from the front to back end.
With EdgeOS, any DAPP token holder can potentially spawn and provision any process on any node in the network, while maintaining compatibility with non-contract code. For example, a developer could run SQL, microservices, and many others Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) compatible executables with EdgeOS.
EdgeOS could be the ideal platform for Layer-2 solutions, oracles, p2p apps, and even new blockchains. At the same time, EdgeOS’s applications go beyond blockchain-related services.
Working with DAPP Labs Repositories
The intent of the DAPP Labs initiative is to more rapidly share DAPP Network innovations and discoveries with the broader developers community, and by doing so increase the value these innovations can deliver to the DAPP Network community and blockchain industry at large. Open source repositories for projects published under DAPP Labs are to be considered Alpha Release and experimental. Both Hyperlink and EdgeOS repositories are released under MIT license and developers in the community are encouraged to review them, test them, consider them as part of their basis for code, and even to incorporate these concepts into their decentralized applications.
If you are interested in providing feedback and working more closely with DAPP Labs to improve its repositories for developers, you are encouraged to do so in the DAPP Network Telegram channels listed in the footer links.
We are excited to be continually improving the usability of the software for DAPP Network developers as we continue laying a foundation for the mass adoption of blockchain technology. We welcome and encourage your feedback on areas of interest to explore, and look forward to continually growing one of the most vibrant and innovative technology communities in the world.
