Nimbus: Execution Layer

Nimbus: Execution Layer

While client diversity is crucial to a resilient Ethereum, it alone would not warrant such a huge engineering effort on our part. Our high level vision, and the main reason we're rolling our own execution layer client, is for easy and seamless integration with Status - both desktop and mobile.

A wallet is a profile

A wallet is a profile

The concept of a wallet is deeply entrenched in the culture of cryptocurrency, investing, trading, DeFi, Web3. It is a requirement for participation, after all,

Zero-Knowledge Proofs II: Web3

Zero-Knowledge Proofs II: Web3

It's scaling season. The year of scaling. The decade of the scale. Thanks to modularity, coordination, and the ceaseless innovation of Web3 builders, the scalability

Zero-Knowledge Proofs I: Intro

Zero-Knowledge Proofs I: Intro

What is a zero-knowledge proof? Consider a login page. To log into your account, you typically provide a username, to identify yourself, and a password,

Modular Ethereum

Modular Ethereum

The cryptocurrency landscape has, in recent history, been dominated by monolithic blockchains. That is, blockchains that attempt to handle all of the responsibilities of execution,

Nimbus update - Pre-merge interop!

Nimbus update - Pre-merge interop!

Nimbus is nearing merge readiness. We have passed all the merge spec tests. And while we're waiting for a compatible execution client, we have everything you need to start experimenting on the consensus side.

Town Hall #79 - September 27, 2021

Town Hall #79 - September 27, 2021

Here's a recap of our Town Hall for this month—we've got updates from People Ops, Mobile, Growth & Retention, Security & Infrastructure, Keycard, Vac, Marketing, and

Why discourse on Twitter is awful

Why discourse on Twitter is awful

[T]here's a widespread belief that existing social media platforms suck, and that we need better ones. And this is true for different reasons: centralized

Crypto as a Public Good: Liberty

Crypto as a Public Good: Liberty

You may remember Vitalik's EthCC address, in which he discussed the need for a broader Ethereum ecosystem that transcends just finance. That DeFi is great,

Status Node Program

Status Node Program

Join the Status Network. Defend privacy. Run a Status Node. Mainstream messenger platforms suffer from a series of inherent design flaws. They lack privacy, hoard

What is a Status Node Really?

What is a Status Node Really?

At its core a Status Node is software that allows relaying of messages of application users in a way that is as pseudonymous and as private as possible while still maintaining resource requirements that can be fulfilled by a mobile device or a low end laptop.