Cartesi Ecosystem Recap #10
Dive into Tech and Community updates from across the Cartesi Ecosystem!
Written By Siannie Quartero
Absolutely brilliant turnout for the first live Monthly Dev Recap call! Thank you to everyone who tuned in and for all the questions asked - it led to a great discussion! If you missed it, catch the replay here:
And if youāre looking for a quick overview, core contributor Claudio Silva has put together this handy summary of development highlights from August - check it out:
The Cartesi Machine, which is the heart of Cartesi Rollups and Cartesi Compute products, had the following updates:
Cartesi Rollups V1.0 Beta is currently in the final testing stage!
There are also improvements in the tools for increasing the developers' experience when developing with Cartesi Rollups:
Cartesi Compute unit had significant progress and did mind-blowing experiments:
Catch the research meeting on Sequencers, Espresso design, HotShot L2 & L1, and much more:
Work on future versions for Cartesi Rollups has already started and Cartesiās fraud proof system is also under development. To keep this overview short, catch the rest in the last live dev recap here.
Got questions? Ask your questions to core developers and researchers directly on Discord!
āļø Ultrachess
Ultrachess is a fully on-chain chess application developed with Cartesi Rollups, allowing users to put real value on the line and play chess with more than just their Elo at stake.
šØ Productive
Productive is a Software Development house specialising in web & mobile development projects, with a grant to provide design, development, update, and maintenance for Cartesi ecosystem websites.
Honeypot Site development
š® Aetheras
Aetheras is a blockchain company with experience in and a deep understanding of game development, with a grant to develop Texas HODLāem Poker and Dazzle (match-3 strategy game).
Texas HODLāem Poker
Dazzle
In-progress
Follow Dazzle updates on their Twitter, join their Discord community or test out the game for yourself here!
š§ UXBoost
UXBoost is working on comprehensive user research and service flow study for Cartesi's hacker/developerās experience, including awareness, learning about Cartesi tech, hacking experience and grant applications. UXBoost aims to gain insights, identify improvement areas and devise strategies to enhance the overall user experience.
Experience research:
Service design - backstage analysis & management
Explorer
Over in DevAdvocacy, core contributor Shaheenās been hard at work making improvements to enhance your experience and engagement within our ever-growing Discord Community Server. Here's a quick rundown of what's new:
/me
command to see your chart. P.S. Check out the /top
command to see whoās most active in the community overall.These updates are a part of the broader builder-community initiatives. Stay tuned for more in the coming days!
Speaking of builder spotlights, check out this amazing weekend creation from core contributor Eduardo Barthel:
Imagine testing the Cartesi Machine effortlessly, experiencing its incredible capabilities for developing DApps in your web browser without installing anything. Eduardoās project allows you to interact with the Cartesi Virtual Machine and experiment with shell commands, making it a valuable resource for learning Linux commands!
Moreover, you'll find Python and Lua languages readily available in the terminal, allowing you to run Python scripts directly in your browser. This project is a brilliant example of integrating the Cartesi Machine into a web frontend application, opening up exciting possibilities for DApps that require deterministic computation or even running a complete Linux operating system within a web frontend. It's user-friendly, accessible, and a fantastic way to dive into the world of Cartesi. Intrigued? Burning with questions? Eduardo opened the conversation with Cartesi Redditors - take a look and join in over on r/cartesi!
Proposals are still coming in strong over on the Cartesi Discourse forum! Make sure to check them out and leave your feedback on how the proposal could be improved, or show some love if you think itās already in great shape.
Got an idea for what to build using Cartesi tech? Why wait? Check the guidelines on writing your proposal and submit! P.S. If you have an amazing idea but no time to build, throw it out to the wider community in our Blue Sky Ideas and Feedback section. Who knows, there might be a builder out there who could bring it to life!
Not a developer? Sharing your feedback, whether thatās in the Governance forum or by voting on Snapshot, is where the magic of a thriving Cartesi ecosystem comes together, so donāt be afraid to jump in and take part! If you want to shape the Cartesi ecosystem by voting, make sure youāre ready by staking your CTSI before the next vote opens.
Development updates from projects funded through the Community Grants Program:
š¢ Drand for Cartesi
Random numbers play a vital role in numerous applications and DApps, especially games. Think about how to pick a number from 1-10 in a trustless way š¤ā¦ well, with great difficulty!
This proposal is a component of a larger set of tools for generating random numbers on Cartesiās convenience layer, which in turn can help increase Cartesiās adoption and community growth.
Monorepo https://github.com/Calindra/cartesi-drand/
First Milestone presented! š
š« Complex Vouchers
A Solidity library that extends the expressiveness of the Cartesi voucher system. Providing this level of flexibility opens up the possibility of expanding the behaviour of vouchers to support more complex interactions by targeting smart contracts that extend their functionalities. Learn more about the need for complex vouchers here in the original RFP!
Developments:
š¼ļø Decentralized Painting Canvas
A playground DApp to showcase the value proposition of Cartesi Rollups as an execution layer.
The goal of the Decentralized Painting Canvas is to demonstrate the ability to have a decentralised use of open software components/libraries like Fabric.js. All states of the collective canvas will be submitted to the blockchain. In addition, the back-end application will generate snapshot images (PNG/JPG) of each state of the collective drawing (everyoneās contributions) and save them as NFTs.
Developments:
š° BlockOasis
A proof of concept for a smart water management system using IoT devices and blockchain technology. Note: This project was funded via the now deprecated CGP Rapid Grants path.
This month in events, Shaheen and Jathin from DevAdvocacy connected with the builders and Web3 enthusiasts at Web3Conf India - India's first chain-agnostic Web3 conference. Meanwhile, over in Ukraine, Cartesi ambassador Mykhailo attended a technical workshop in Lviv, promoting Cartesi tech and establishing connections within the local developer community! And what could be crazier than running the EVM in ZK? Core contributor Carsten gave a lightning talk on running Linux in ZK at zkWarsaw (click to check out the slides)!
We also wrapped up the first Cartesi builders challenge handcrafted for the Inteli blockchain team! Designed to bring the Inteli group closer to the Cartesi tech stack and build a rapport between both groups, the challenge was to create a more sophisticated auction system for the Web3 ecosystem, using the Cartesi Rollups auction example as a base to build their application. Letās give a round of applause to the winners:
Plus, we saw the biggest GBCC yet! Over 80 of you tuned in to hear OG game dev, @guiltygyoza chat infinite games as well as define on-chain reality from zero to one. Huge shoutout also to Ecosystem Growth contributor Max Hatesuer for consistently bringing on amazing guests and hosting the session! Missed out? Catch up with the replay:
And thatās just a glimpse of the events we have coming up! Stay in the loop and never miss a beat with Cartesi's exciting lineup of events - subscribe to our supercharged public events calendar, and take part in event-related campaigns over on Link3 and Galxe!
Check out what else weāve been enjoying this month from across the ecosystem and beyond:
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Dive into Tech and Community updates from across the Cartesi Ecosystem!
Written By Siannie Quartero
Dive into Tech and Community updates from across the Cartesi Ecosystem!
Written By Siannie Quartero
Dive into Tech and Community updates from across the Cartesi Ecosystem!
Written By Siannie Quartero
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