🚀 Telegram And TON Core Launch Joint Development Competition
#Telegram #TONCore #DevelopmentCompetition #Blockchain #BlockValidation #DecentralizedBridges #CrossChainTransactions #AssetTransfers #Scalability #OptimizedProcessing
According to Foresight News, Telegram and TON Core have announced a new joint development competition with a prize pool ranging from $100,000 to $200,000, which will be distributed based on participants' contributions. The competition tasks include a block validation challenge and a trustless bridge challenge, with participants having the option to choose one or both tasks.
The block validation challenge requires participants to propose a new block validation mechanism within TON. This mechanism should aim to reduce resource consumption during block validation, optimize transaction processing and confirmation, and enhance the efficiency and scalability of validators.
The trustless bridge challenge focuses on establishing reliable decentralized bridges between TON and other blockchains. This initiative aims to facilitate cross-chain transactions without intermediaries, improve the security of asset transfers between networks, and enable automatic transaction confirmation without the need for trusted parties.
The best solutions will have the opportunity to participate in a second phase, which will feature a separate prize pool of approximately the same size.#Telegram #TONCore #DevelopmentCompetition #Blockchain #BlockValidation #DecentralizedBridges #CrossChainTransactions #AssetTransfers #Scalability #OptimizedProcessing
🚀 Bitcoin Core Passes Third-Party Security Audit with High Marks
#BitcoinCore #SecurityAudit #Quarkslab #OSTIF #OpenSource #P2P #BlockValidation #BitcoinNetwork #Cplusplus #Security #FuzzTesting #TransactionValidation #DenialOfService #BitcoinDevelopment #BTC
According to PANews, Bitcoin Core has successfully completed its first third-party security audit, confirming the software's maturity and security in safeguarding the Bitcoin network. The audit was conducted by French security firm Quarkslab, commissioned by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF) and implemented on behalf of Bitcoin Core development funding organization Brink.
The audit spanned 104 days from May to September, focusing on the project's most sensitive components, particularly the P2P layer and block validation logic. Despite the extensive codebase, which includes over 200,000 lines of C++ code and more than 1,200 deployed test cases, auditors found Bitcoin Core to be "highly mature and thoroughly tested."
No high or medium severity vulnerabilities were discovered, only two low severity issues and several improvement suggestions related mainly to fuzz testing tools and test coverage. These findings did not affect the consensus mechanism, denial-of-service resistance, or transaction validation.#BitcoinCore #SecurityAudit #Quarkslab #OSTIF #OpenSource #P2P #BlockValidation #BitcoinNetwork #Cplusplus #Security #FuzzTesting #TransactionValidation #DenialOfService #BitcoinDevelopment #BTC
🚀 Ethereum's Transition to Zero-Knowledge Proofs in Block Validation
#Ethereum #ZeroKnowledgeProofs #BlockValidation #zkEVM #EIP8025 #zkAttesters #CryptographicProofs #NS3AI #BlockchainUpgrade #ETH
Ethereum is set to change its block validation process by moving from full transaction re-execution to verifying zero-knowledge proofs, as outlined in its L1-zkEVM 2026 roadmap. According to NS3.AI, the proposed Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP-8025) will allow validators, known as zkAttesters, to confirm blocks by checking cryptographic proofs without the need to run full execution nodes. The first workshop discussing this upgrade is planned for February 11, 2026.#Ethereum #ZeroKnowledgeProofs #BlockValidation #zkEVM #EIP8025 #zkAttesters #CryptographicProofs #NS3AI #BlockchainUpgrade #ETH