Oct 1, 2024

This Week's Tooling & Infra News: Conduct Mass Airdrop With Helius Airship, LayerZero Live on Bitlayer

Tooling 🛠

Coinbase introduced Python SDK

Ethereum

Nimbus introduced nrpc, allowing offline syncing with era1/era file support and continuous sync without p2p connectivity when connected to a CL.
Nimbus released v24.9.0, featuring beacon API improvements and stability fixes in a low-urgency release.

Solana

Helius introduced AirShip, enabling fast, open-source mass airdrops that are 1,000x cheaper, utilizing zk compression at Solana scale.

KELP v2 is in development, enabling full account recovery without a mnemonic, bridging non-custodial and semi-custodial services.
Solodit has integrated 82 of Cantina’s reports, increasing the total findings to 13,541, making it a go-to resource for security researchers.

Aztec Network introduces NoirLang, a programming language that makes zero-knowledge proofs as simple as writing in Rust.
Coinbase introduced Python SDK, enabling AI agents to operate onchain with secure wallet creation, free payments, permissionless crypto trading, and more.

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Dedaub launches "Security Suite" - offering Ethereum-compatible decompilation, monitoring, formal verification, and transaction simulation, enabling contract analysis, on-chain monitoring, and secure transaction testing.
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LayerZero live on Bitlayer

Ethereum

Stader integrated Chainlink's CCIP, enabling secure token transfers and seamless cross-chain functionality across Arbitrum, Ethereum, and Optimism.

Solana

Solana introduced Moonshot, enabling lightning-fast onboarding, getting users from zero to a fully funded wallet in just 12 seconds.
Firedancer is live on Solana Testnet, hitting 89,577.5 TPS with 35,831 transactions and 54,320 TPS with 21,728 transactions.
Helius updated its fee API with new parameters, boosting landing rates for popular programs like Raydium.

LayerZero is live on Bitlayer, enabling Bitcoin scaling with ZK proofs, BitVM, and connectivity to 90+ chains.
World Mobile launched on Base, bringing 100,000 daily active users onchain and expanding decentralized connectivity globally.
Data Lake Chain Mainnet is live on Arbitrum Nova, revolutionizing healthcare data management with secure, scalable blockchain solutions.
Polygon launched Eggfruit upgrade, boosting TPS, stability, and zkCounters, requiring infra providers to switch to the cdk-erigon RPC Node.
Metis integrated Chainlink’s CCIP, enabling cross-chain payments, multi-chain DEXs, and unlocking new use cases for builders.
Taiko Hekla testnet hardforked, adding transaction preconfirmation. Mainnet hardfork is expected mid-November.
Shape L2 launched, enabling creators to build without limits, with Gasback returning 80% of sequencer fees to contract owners.

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