EDG Developer Update: Nov 27 - Dec 10, 2022

Status updates

All Node operators and Validators are asked to upgrade their nodes to V4.0.2

• Depth Hoar updated the Escrow Dapp, so now the IDs match the UI and the actual ID number. They have added more tests to a total of 15 unit tests. Also, the smart contract got some security updates. You can see the updates here.
• Jan Kraus started making a new widget that will make using the Edgeware EVM more user-friendly. This automates some steps when converting from WASM to EVM and back, making things easier. You can see the example here.

Ecosystem Headlines

Ecosystem & Community

• Sub0 is over. Although the events were not live-streamed, recordings of many of the talks will be available. Watch the first day recap here.
• Watch Gavin Woods’ talk where he outlined Polkadot’s path for 2023.
• The Anti-Scam team has done quite a bit to help keep scams out of our ecosystem - see here for a rundown and how it is continuing to decentralize.
• Listen to the latest Polkadot Community Call, covering what is happening in the Polkadot ecosystem.
• The Web3 Foundation research team has released a formal write-up describing improvements that allow for more efficient verification for BLS signatures for individual as well as aggregated signatures.
• Joe Petrowski has written a blog post on the roadmap for Statemint and Statemine.
• The Fellowship has been seeded with the first 45 members. The Fellowship is essentially a more decentralized version of the Technical Committee, replacing it in OpenGov (Gov2).
• On-chain Polkadot Alliance formed to recognize ecosystem contributors and establish community code of ethics.

Tools

• Polkadot-JS API v9.9.4 has been released.
• Acala has released a tool, Chopsticks, which allows you to view a “parallel reality” of any Substrate chain, to see the effects of extrinsics submitted.
• The November ink! update has been published.