Excitement over the Ethereum project continues to grow. Speaking in front of a packed room at the Toronto Decentral meet-up, Paul Paschos delivered the latest news from the team.
According to Paschos, the projected launch date for Ethereum is still on track for this winter: between December 21st, 2014 and March 21st, 2015. Here are some of the other highlights:
- A new, more navigable, user-friendly website has been launched for developers, containing a wealth of resources including tutorials, videos, and articles.
- Both Gavin Wood (ÐΞV) and Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum inventor) have emphasized that the project will not release the genesis block until they (and many others) are satisfied with the project’s security and reliability. “We will likely stick with ASIC-resistant proof of work…and look at moving to a more comprehensive proof of stake model over time.”
- So far:
- PoC7 released
- Protocol finalized and frozen
- Alpha release series set to begin
- Internal and External Security Audit set to begin in early December
- Whisper, Solidity, Mist and other core Dapps are all being developed concurrently.
- Included at this point:
- Ethereum Client (Basic contract development environment)
- Mist – the Ethereum browser, based on Google’s Chromium browser
- Several other core Dapps
- Command-line tools (Paschos showed us what some of these would look like thus far)
Paul Paschos invited everyone to get involved in the project and stay on top of new developments through social media (r/ethereum, #ethereum, and #ethereum-dev) and by joining the Toronto Ethereum Meet-up Group (http://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Ethereum-Meetup/).
For a better sense of all the exciting developments, watch the original presentation here: (http://youtu.be/BIrEnMbe4cA)
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