New Plasma Framework + All Frameworks Updated!
Blockchain Dev Weekly Digest 22.04.19
Good morning boys and girls — welcome to ETHCapeTown edition of the blockchain developer weekly digest. The theme this week might as well be bugfixing as this update consists of many bugfix updates. As per usual we have the now-standard Truffle news, updates from Embark, Etherlime and Ganache, NodeSmith and new plasma framework.
Tools and Libraries updates
Truffle 5.0.13
Resource: https://github.com/trufflesuite/truffle/releases/tag/v5.0.13
Truffle has released a new version 5.0.13. This version includes major overhaul and breaking change to the truffle decoder. The new decoder can now understand and decode internal functions and contract-type variables. Also adds updates and code improvements to the artifactor and hardware-wallet-provider.
Ganache 2.0.1
Resource: https://github.com/trufflesuite/ganache/releases/tag/v2.0.1
Ganache — the local development node simulation — has a new version 2.0.1. Most of the changes in ganache are bugfixes, but notable changes come in the improved workings of the estimated gas and being able to set the gas price for your transactions to 0, which is a step closer to simulating how Quorum works.
Etherlime 1.1.1
Resource: https://github.com/LimeChain/etherlime/releases/tag/v1.1.1
Etherlime has a new version — 1.1.1. It provides the ability to add custom default timeouts to the test and coverage commands, improved IDE error handling and updated the documentation in accordance with these changes.
Embark 4.1.0
Resource: https://github.com/embark-framework/embark/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#410-beta0-2019-04-17
The release contains multiple bugfixes, UI improvements and notable addition of the beforeDeploy hook in the deploy scripts.
NodeSmith WebSocket API
Resource: https://medium.com/nodesmith-blog/announcing-websockets-filters-support-f64fa1695800
NodeSmith, the competitor to Infura, is growing leaps and bounds with amazing speed. They now support websockets API and filters API. The websocket API allows you to connect to an Ethereum node and receive events instantly. The Filters API is pretty similar to the websockets API but is based on polling mechanisms.
Plasma Chamber Framework
Resource: https://github.com/cryptoeconomicslab/plasma-chamber
Plasma Chamber is a new framework allowing you to spawn your own plasma network and build around it. It is based on PlasmaCashflow and allows you to spawn your operator and vyper based plasma smart contracts.
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Thanks to all the people that have messaged me about the news this week!
About the author: George Spasov, Co-founder and Blockchain Architect @LimeChain, has developed a multitude of blockchain projects — public and private — and is a prominent member of several blockchains communities. He is most recognized for his work on Etherlime — the ECF and ETHPrize ethers.js-based development and deployment framework, LimePay — the UX solution for executing blockchain transactions with a credit card and being one of the first members of the MetaCartel — the meta-transactions community.
