Next-gen Blockchain Indexing for Tezos. In this post the motivation and technology behind a new generation of blockchain indexers are explained. The main takeaway is that if indexers are built on top of efficient storage layers they allow for more powerful techniques to extract, verify and analyze on-chain data which results in a richer dataset and much faster access to data.

Check the article and find out more precise details.

AirGap updated the proposal for the wallet interaction on tezos — The proposal describes the various message types and provides examples of transport layers.

Message Types — The different message types that exist between the app and wallet.

PermissionRequest SignTransaction PaymentRequest Broadcast Transactions

Transport Layers — Example of possible transport layers using these message types, they only describe two here that are distinctly different.

QR Codes Push Notification / Relay Network

Next Steps — The next steps from their side to continue this effort will happen shortly.

Adapt draft with feedback for the next iteration Implementation -> first step: wallet browser extension MVP (signing, broadcasting)

inject ops on Athens or Babylon override op polling interval defaults gas estimation improvements RPC types are now snake_case (breaking change!) new docs for transfers w/ KT1 addresses

Kiln released a new version — v0.7.1 — to address an issue in v0.7.0 surrounding the tezos protocol transition.

With v0.7.0 you must restart Kiln after the protocol transition or risk missing opportunities in Babylon’s first cycle v0.7.1 fixes this problem

Baking Bad released an early version of Mystique that mimics the TzScan API.

TulipTools is temporarily hosting a subset of the tzscan API based on conseil, this project will be open-sourced so you can host it yourself.

Introducing Test Scenarios in SmartPy.io — This small document explains a new version of these test scenarios that bring new nice capabilities.

Preparing for AZTEC Ignition — TQTezos, Nomadic Labs, and Cryptium Labs recently participated in the AZTEC Protocol’s Multi-Party Computation (MPC) ceremony, Ignition, using an air-gapped computer which has since ceased to be. As described in this blog post, the AZTEC ceremony is based on a Codex of points signed via Boneh-Boyen signatures (a specific type of mathematical relationship). In order for a transaction to be accepted by the ACE, the user must prove the transaction was generated using the Codex. The Codex is created in two stages:

1. During the Relay stage, participants hand off a transcript of points with mathematical relationships to one another. Each participant adds their own random number to the transcript, and then must destroy the number, before handing it off. Once all participants have completed, the Final Transcript is ready.

2. Post Processing is then used by AZTEC Protocol to build the final Codex, constructed from the points created during the Relay phase.

{Changes and improvements}

The last days have been focused on making tezblock ready for the Babylon upgrade as well as bring various smaller changes and improvements.

Telegram Tezos Notifier Bot integration

You can now directly subscribe to notifications about transactions, delegations and much more on Telegram with the Tezos Notifier Bot directly from the accounts page of an account by clicking the bell icon.

Improved mobile usability — They have made a few improvements in terms of readability on mobile devices, for example, the title of tables is now displayed.

{Babylon 2.0.1 Compatability}

Besides ensuring that tezblock and Conseil are compatible with Babylon 2.0.1 they’re adding the above mentioned missing features. The initial focus is on the rewards which also change with the Babylon upgrade as a new reward structure for blocks is introduced. They’ve been working on providing the rewards in tezblock and should be able to publish a version shortly.

If you’re interested in what happened last week in more detail take a look at the tezblock Weekly Update #10.

{Grantees, Funded Entities, and Other News}

Below are some updates on the grantees and other funded entities from the last week:

“In order to better assist Tezos developers who are testing their tools and smart contracts, we have been working to create a faucet tool, similar to the one that is currently deployed on the babylonnet test network. This faucet will provide small amounts of tez (XTZ) to developers that need it for development purposes. It will be ready in November and we will release additional details in the coming weeks.”

{Grantees, Funded Entities, and Other News}

Below are some updates from the last week:

{Foundation Activities}

The Tezos Foundation is thrilled to have received 84 grant proposals during its most recent Ecosystem Grants RFP, which closed on 18 October. The review process is underway and all applicants will receive communications from the Foundation on the status of their proposals in the coming weeks.