Weekly Updates

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Established weight relationship between sync committee, attester and block proposer. Changes are in progress with reward and penalty algorithm.
• Work in progress to develop provider required for the Zond Chrome Extension Wallet to support Wallet connect.
• Solidity compiler, evmone customization is in progress and tests are being updated for the same

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Changes are in progress for the reward value for the block proposer, validators (both attesters and sync committee members)
• Started development of wallet connect feature for the Zond Chrome Extension Wallet
• ERC20 token support added into the Zond Chrome Extension Wallet
• Solidity compiler and evmone customization is in progress

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Changes are in progress for the reward value for the block proposer, validators (both attesters and sync committee members)
• Changes are in progress to support smart contract based tokens created on Zond for Zond Chrome Extension Wallet
• Commenced the customization of the Solidity compiler based on the opcodes supported by the Zond

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Calculated initial rough value for the staking reward, changes in the Qrysm code in progress to update the reward value for the block proposer and validators
• Changes in progress to support smart contract based tokens created on Zond for Zond Chrome Extension Wallet
• Review in progress for the changes made in the Zond related to the removal of legacy code and changes made to support new unit tests

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Reviewed code for Trie (get, insert, update, shortNode, fullNode), TrieDatabase.Reader
• Review in progress for insertChain, stateDB.commit
• Changes with the staking reward value in progress
• Unit tests added for Chrome Extension Wallet
• Looking into changes required to support Smart Contract based Token for Chrome Extension Wallet

Weekly Development

• Reviewed code for StateDB.AddLog, Beacon.Finalize, Processor.Process, Blockchain.reportBlock (bad block reporting), BlockValidator.ValidateState, Bloom Filter
• Review in progress for Processor.insertChain, Processor.writeBlockWithState, StateDB.commit
• More tests are being added for Go-Zond
• Added docker support for Ubuntu 22.04: “Jammy Jellyfish” https://github.com/theQRL/qrl-docker/tree/jammy

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Reviewed code for applyTransaction, ApplyMessage, TransitionDB, preCheck, IntrinsicGas, stateDB.Prepare, setNonce, refundGas, types.Receipt, StateDB.Finalise.
• First draft implementation for Zond chrome extension wallet finished, other features such as support for tokens, dApps, UI polishing in progress.
• Updated qrl.proto & regenerated stub files for walletd-rest-proxy.
• Updated XMSS MaxHeight limit to 30 in go-qrllib and updated panic message for the same.
• More tests are being added for Go-Zond.

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Reviewed code for newTrieReader, node (to retrieve a trie node), getDeletedStateObject, getAccount (for trie), Prefetch, other codes relevant to Prefetch in TrieDB, RawDB, CachingDB, SecureTrie, Trie
• Review in progress for blockchain.Process function in Go-Zond
• More tests are being added for Go-Zond

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Reviewed code for OpenDatabaseWithFreezer, cachingDB, OpenTrie, OpenStorateTrie, ContractCode, ContractCodeWithPrefix, ContractCodeSize
• Review in progress for TrieDB, RawDB, insertChain, Prefetch in Go-Zond
• Added 50 tracing tests for Go-Zond

Weekly Development Snapshot

• Reviewed code for reorg, StartPrefetcher, newInsertIterator, Process in Go-Zond
• Review in progress for insertChain, Prefetch function in StatePrefetcher for followup blocks in Go-Zond
• More unit tests for Go-Zond in progress
• Type description added for the Dilithium wallet in wallet.js
• wallet.js v0.1.2 is released on github

Updates and Insights: The Future of QRL AMA with lead developer Kaushal Kumar Singh

In our latest AMA session, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Kaushal Kumar Singh, the lead developer of the QRL project, to discuss the exciting advancements and future direction of Zond.

Since our last update, significant progress has been made in various facets of the project. As we gear up for the final stages of development, this AMA provides a comprehensive look at what the community can expect in the coming months, from seamless transitions for Ethereum developers to key timelines and upcoming audits.