May 3, 2018
Ethereum News and Links
Protocol
Vitalik published shard fork choice POC, “a fork choice rule-based mechanism for how sharding can be bolted on top of the current ethereum main chain, with a specialized random beacon and shard block times of <10 seconds” (source with lots more)
Prysmatic Labs: sharding update
More VB: Cross-links between main chain and shards
Latest Casper standup
Justin Drake: Plasma chain for offchain gas payments
VB: Optimistic cheap multi-exit for Plasma
Kelvin Fichter: Reliable exits of “limbo exits”
Swarm POC3 released ahead of their summit in Ljubljana next week
Stuff for developers
State machine testing with Echidna
documentation for Chanterelle, FOAM’s Truffle competitor in Purescript
Proof of concept for a trustless ethereum mixer using zksnarks
Writing a dominance assurance contract
Set up a light geth node for 35 bucks
Detecting batchOverflow (and similar flaws) using Mythril. Or you can watch Bernhard’s conference talk
Releases
Geth v1.8.7 - fix for archive nodes exceeding 1 tebibyte
web3j v3.4.0 with dynamic gas support
“is live on mainnet” section
p2p video streaming platform Livepeer’s alpha release live on mainnet. See also Reddit thread.
Dharma live on mainnet, though in closed beta for bug bounty
KnownOrigin ERC721 marketplace live on mainnet
Reversible ETH with Silverwire live on mainnet, with a 5 gwei gas subsidy. Similar to Tabby from BlockCat
Ecosystem
Next cohort of Ethereum Foundation grants
18 Ideas for 0x Relayers in 2018
b0x margin trading is live on Ropsten. Their contrast with dY/dX and Lendroid
Practical Plasma game examples from Loom
PoA sidechain bridge launches May 10th for tokens
Truebit April research update
ConsenSys Academy is developing a Coursera class
Open Source Money will BUIDL the Open Source Ecosystem
Infura: 15,000 registered devs, over 6 billion daily API requests, moving 1.6 petabytes monthly
Enterprise Ethereum Alliance releases architecture stack
Governance and Standards
Hudson Jameson and Nick Johnson talk current Ethereum governance process. Or check Dan Finlay’s flowchart of EIP process. Also summaries of the EIP0 breakout sessions.
Aragon’s road to decentralization: minimum viable foundation
Discussion on ERC948 about a subscription standard
EIP1052: proposal for new EXTCODEHASH opcode
EIP1051: Arithmetic overflow detection for the EVM
ERC1056: Lightweight identity
Project Updates
Jaak launches music rights database pilot with Warner Music Group, Warner/Chappell, BMG and Global Music Rights
Brave growth stats: now over 2.2M monthly active users, 75% mobile (where it’s a must use). If you don’t use Brave yet, here’s my referral code.
How to Launch a Newsroom on Civil
Q&A on the Cellarius universe
Kyber Network to rebrand and also “facilitate ICOs”
localethereum adds 22 payment methods worldwide
Spankchain review of 1 month of beta
The Kauri stack
RightMesh video demo (2 mins)
A deep dive into Golem architecture
Hoard building an NFT exchange on OmiseGo. The FreeMyVunk idea lives.
An update to the OmiseGo roadmap
Interviews, Podcasts, Videos, Talks
Zaki Manian on Hashing It Out
Linda Xie and Avichal Garg on YC podcast
Zero Knowledge podcast does intro to zk proofs. So meta.
Text interview with Christian Reitwießner
A video walkthrough of Status Incubate
Podcast with Max Stein from Balanc3
Podcast with Nick Johnson on governance
Brian Fabian Crain on the other side of the mic with Software Engineering Daily
Tokens
Two reputation-like take on TCRs: layered TCRs and graded TCRs
Matt Lockyer on use cases for ERC998 composable NFTs
Livepeer’s “MerkleMine” token distribution method
Cofound.it’s Actionable Research, a product-market fit tool. Also their Q1 report
FOAM white paper
Wendy Xiao Schadeck: how to efficiently distribute tokens
General
Russia wants to become a leading geographic hub for blockchains, and Paul Vigna reports that perhaps American regulators want to help them. SEC and CFTC folks are meeting May 7 to discuss their approach to this space.
Joe Lubin: Ether is not a security and regulators understand that
Cosmos is “85% of the way to launch.”
Brave WSJ op-ed: The Internet’s ‘Original Sin’ Endangers More Than Privacy
GoldmanSachs to trade Bitcoin futures
Is Coinbase creating a centralized or decentralized financial system?
Next episode of HBO’s Silicon Valley is named “Initial Coin Offering.” Maybe the only surprise is that it is this season and not last.
Sergey Brin’s 2017 letter: “boom in computing . . . stemming from . . . the GPU-friendly proof-of-work algorithms found in some of today’s leading cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum.”
Dates of Note
Upcoming dates of note:
May 3-5 -- Edcon in Toronto (livestream)
May 7-11 -- Swarm Summit in Ljubljana
May 10 -- Fluidity Summit on finance (NYC)
May 10 -- CryptoCup opens for World Cup predictions
May 11-12 -- Ethereal (NYC)
May 15 -- Kleros sale
May 16-17 -- Token Summit (NYC)
May 17 -- Blockchain, Accounting, Audit, and Tax conference (NYC)
May 17-19 -- Melonport hackthon in Zug
May 18-20 -- EthMemphis hackathon
May 19-20 -- Hacketh (Warsaw)
May 25 - 28th -- EthBuenosAires hackathon
June 1 – Blockchain for Social Impact Conference (Washington, DC)
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Columbus Crew SC vs. New York Red Bulls | 2018 Conference Semifinal Preview
November 2, 20185:01PM EDT
Columbus Crew SC vs. New York Red Bulls
Audi 2018 MLS Cup Playoffs — Conference Semifinals, First Leg
MAPFRE Stadium — Columbus
November 4 — 3 pm ET
WATCH: ESPN, TSN, TVAS
After following the same script to pull off a Knockout Round upset for the second year in a row, Columbus Crew SC is looking to knock off a New York-area squad in the Eastern Conference Semifinals in back-to-back years.
Crew SC stunned a sold out Audi Field to silence Thursday night when they advanced on penalties after playing D.C. United to a 2-2 draw after 120 minutes. Meanwhile the New York Red Bulls are rested after capturing their third Supporters’ Shield title in six years with a Decision Day presented by AT&T win over Orlando City SC coupled with Toronto FC’s victory over Atlanta United.
At MAPFRE Stadium in June, the Red Bulls spent much of the game defending and Crew SC took a deserved lead on a 26th-minute goal by Gyasi Zardes before Alex Muyl leveled in the 57th minute in a 1-1 draw.
At Red Bull Arena in late July, Jonathan Mensah and Patrick Mullins struck, followed by a Sean Davis own goal to give Columbus a 3-0 lead after 31 minutes. The Red Bulls roared back after halftime and pulled to within a goal on a Mensah own goal and a Daniel Royer goal in the 69th minute, but the Black & Gold would prevail 3-2, becoming just the second team this year to win in Harrison and the only team in the East the Red Bulls didn’t beat this year.
The MLS originals have met three previous times in the postseason with Crew SC winning each matchup, including the 2008 MLS Cup and, most recently, the Eastern Conference final in 2015, prevailing 2-1 on aggregate.
Columbus Crew SC
Federico Higuain struck for a brace and Zack Steffen made a pair of saves in a penalty-kick shootout as Columbus upset D.C. in the Knockout Round Thursday night at Audi Field.
Nine minutes after Frederic Brillant gave the hosts an early lead, Higuain leveled on the half hour. The ageless Argentine playmaker netted his second on a rare header six minutes into extra time. But Nick DeLeon equalized 20 minutes later with a stunning strike and the Knockout Round would be decided in a shootout.
As he did a year ago against Atlanta, Steffen made two saves in the shootout, denying both Wayne Rooney and Luciano Acosta. Higuain, Wil Trapp and Niko Hansen scored for Columbus, who celebrated the upset when DeLeon skied his fifth-round attempt.
“I’m proud. It was a task and we didn’t play our 100 percent game, but having said that we were able to do enough,” Gregg Berhalter said. “I like the attitude of the guys, I liked the focus, just the mindset in this game. We looked confident. We weren’t fazed by the crowd and that’s going to go a long way in this next round.”
Suspended: None
Suspended after next caution: M – Federico Higuain, M – Eduardo Sosa
International duty: None
Injury Report: OUT: M – Mike Grella (left knee meniscectomy), M – Pedro Santos (right leg injury)
Projected Starting XI
(4-2-3-1, right to left)
GK: Zack Seffen — Harrison Afful, Jonathan Mensah, Gaston Sauro, Milton Valenzuela — Artur, Wil Trapp — Niko Hansen, Federico Higuain, Justin Meram — Gyasi Zardes
Notes: Higuain’s brace against D.C. United was his ninth all time for the Crew – tops for the team since 2007. … Including the playoffs Columbus is undefeated in four against the Red Bulls at home (3W-1D). They haven’t been held scoreless in Ohio vs New York since May 4, 2013.
New York Red Bulls
What seemed like a long shot became a reality last Saturday when the Red Bulls captured a third Supporters’ Shield title in six years following a 1-0 win over Orlando City SC on Decision Day.
Derrick Etienne scored the lone goal, atoning for a missed penalty kick in the first half, with a sensational solo effort in the 53rd minute. In addition to winning the Shield again, the Red Bulls also set a new MLS record for points accrued during a season with 71.
Now, the Red Bulls begin a quest to capture a first-ever MLS Cup after 22 years of postseason failure.
“We think, and I’ve said it recently, that this team, on the inside we know, is the best team we’ve ever had,” Chris Armas said. “That’s what we’re focused on, from more of an optimistic approach, what we have and what we’ve accomplished and what we haven’t in previous years.
Suspended: None
Suspended after next caution: None
International duty: None
Injury Report: OUT: M – Florian Valot (torn left ACL), D – Kyle Duncan (torn right ACL), M – Vincent Bezecourt (right MCL surgery), D – Tommy Redding (shoulder surgery), M – Ben Mines (broken left clavicle surgery)
Projected Starting XI
(4-2-3-1, right to left)
GK: Luis Robles — Michael Murillo, Tim Parker, Aaron Long, Kemar Lawrence — Tyler Adams, Sean Davis — Alex Muyl, Kaku, Danny Royer — Bradley Wright-Phillips
Notes: Bradley Wright-Phillips averaged 1.0 goals+assists per 90 in the regular season, tied for his best average in a season since joining the Red Bulls in 2013. … The Red Bulls kept 15 clean sheets in 2018, tied for the third-most ever in a MLS season. Four of those came in road games, tied for their second most in a season since 2010.
All-Time Series (Regular Season)
Overall: Columbus Crew SC 28 wins, 87 goals … New York Red Bulls 30 wins, 100 goals … 11 draws
At Columbus: Crew SC 17 wins, 48 goals … Red Bulls 12 wins, 46 goals … 6 draws
Last meeting at Columbus: Columbus Crew SC 1, New York Red Bulls 1 (June 9, 2018)
Officials
Referee: Nima Saghafi
Assistant Referees: Peter Manikowski, Jose J. Da Silva
4th Official: Armando Villarreal
VAR: Mark Geiger
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