Hey everyone!
Welcome to Weekly Update 53. This weeks update will be jam-packed with sources and information, I’ll try to keep it concise. This update will look at the development progress of the upcoming release on the path towards Ithaca and will also briefly cover Raiden attending GörliCon. Speaking of events, don’t forget that Raiden is participating at CryptoMonday (Raiden - 2nd Layer Scaling on Ethereum).
GörliCon Berlin
On January 31st the Raiden team were participants at GörliCon Berlin. The event attracted a number of experts from the crypto field where they did short presentations of their projects and discussed new ideas. Raiden was represented by the person responsible for the communication, Franziska.
At the event, Franziska did a short presentation during which she updated everyone on the mainnet launch, current functionalities, future plans and the challenges of the Raiden project. Video of the presentation can be found here.
The event itself was centered around the launch of the Görli testnet. Görli Testnet is the first proof-of-authority cross-client testnet, synching Parity Ethereum, Geth, Nethermind, Pantheon, and EthereumJS. It’s a community-based project, completely open-source. The idea first being introduced in September 2018 during ETHBerlin.
The launch of Görli testnet is important for Raiden as it’s a better alternative for devs that need a single testnet for both major clients (geth + parity). Previously, the only available cross-client testnet was Ropsten which was comparatively unstable. With Görli, Raiden can finally use a single testnet for both major clients. It’s planned to have the next version of contracts on the Görli testnet.
Development progress
Since the Red Eyes release, the development team’s working hard towards the next major milestone, Ithaca. In the last development update it was announced that on the path towards Ithaca they’ll no longer do regular testnet releases and will instead strive to do less regular releases directly on the mainnet. The milestone goal “Next Release” was created shortly after the Red Eyes release and the development team started working on completing issues within the milestone. The previous week’s milestone goal was updated with the target release date. There is still a possibility that due to unexpected events release will be postponed, but the development team seems fairly committed to this goal.
One of the most sensitive part of the Raiden protocol is settlement algorithm. Settlement algorithm is responsible for settling funds inside channels on-chain. Simplified version of settlement algorithm can be found in Weekly Update 51. To prove that settlement algorithm is always capable of correctly settling funds on chain, Raiden team created a mathematical proof to validate it. Proof was written in Isabelle language which allows mathematical formulas to be expressed in a formal language and provides tools for proving those formulas in a logical calculus.
Oliver Bestwalter is a code testing expert who spends his time jumping into a big project he doesn't know yet, in a problem domain that’s completely unfamiliar with the mission testing. One of the latest projects that got his attention is Raiden. Oliver spent a significant amount of time looking at every aspect of the test code Raiden and created a detailed and lengthy report containing all his remarks and suggestions. Overall, he was very satisfied with how Raiden team approached testing. Nevertheless, Lefteris went through the report, and for each suggestion Oliver had created, Lefteris opened a corresponding issue in the Raiden’s github. These issues will assist the development team in how they want to approach the notes and suggestions Oliver brought up.
Conclusion
In conclusion to this weeks update, GörliCon/Görli testnet had some interesting potential positive impact on Raiden (community ELI5), target dates for the next release on the path towards Ithaca were introduced. Importantly we’ve seen an external Raiden Network code review. With the goal of keeping this concise, a special thanks to Loredana (/u/loredanacirstea) for all her contributions to the Raiden project. Her contributions on MicroRaiden, the Raiden contracts, the demos (Raiden remote car and drone) CryptoBotWars (+more here). Thank you to everyone in the community supporting this update, please leave a comment /u/mat7ias and I will get back to you the best we can.
Cheers!
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