Blog roll please!
Quick reads across a variety of topics
February 2020 Update
Diode
17 Feb
12:10
It’s time again for an update on our progress over the last quarter. While last September and October were busy with events, the recent couple of months we spent some time working on our Prenet. We’re getting ready to engage with the community again in several up-coming events: ETH-Denver running right now… Stanford Blockchain Conference EthCC Paris Vienna ECDON But let’s have a look what happened so far. Roadmap Update Prenet Explorer To explore and...
Getting Started with Diode
Diode
20 Jan
01:39
Last week we released a demo on YouTube that shows how to get started with Diode. It’s a simple guide to help you get a Raspberry Pi connected to the Diode network. To get started, here are the steps to follow: Install Diode go client Register a fleet contract with the Diode prenet website Add device to the Whitelist Configure proxy settings in Firefox - about:preferences Connect to the Diode P2P network Run a live...
Diode Presented at the Golang Taipei Meetup
Diode
02 Jan
22:59
On Tuesday, December 24, we had the opportunity to present our work at the Golang Taipei Meetup. The venue was the very cool MaiCoin’s co-working space in Taipei City, which Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-jen had once visited last August. Thanks to David Chang, David Chou, Evan Lin and everyone who helped out with the meetup. We had a great time seeing the excitement and energy from the Golang Taipei community. Presentations at the meetup...
4 Steps to Hosting a Decentralized Static Website using ENS and IPFS
Diode
16 Dec
00:20
In this article, we will outline the steps required to deploy a static website under your ens name. One example is my personal website hosting on IPFS using “yahsin.eth” my ENS custom domain. What it does is that anyone can visit https://yahsin.eth.link/, the browser would return an introduction of myself. It will work faster if the viewer has MetaMask readily installed. View a list of ENS+IPFS websites compiled by Almonit here: https://almonit.eth.link/ So, how can...
November 2019 Update
Diode
05 Nov
17:10
Diode, at its core, is a finality gadget with an Ethereum block header change. It’s enabled by a super-light protocol and client for constrained devices, allowing them to read contract state data and validate the corresponding merkle proofs. The finality gadget and algorithm are based on BlockQuick. View the Diode project on Github. In this blog post, we take a look back at the past few months and a look ahead to the plans for...
Diode Osaka Devcon V Recap
Events
25 Oct
10:43
This month, Diode CTO Dominic Letz and marketing team attended DevCon 5 and several off-devcon events in Osaka, Japan. In addition to meeting leaders of the Ethereum community, we also took the opportunity to discuss the challenges in realizing the Web3 vision on Day 3 at the Amphitheater. We had a great experience at the conference. It was a pleasure to meet Ethereum Research core team, developers of Remix, members of the Ethereal Name Service...
Best Resources To Learn Web3 Blockchain Decentralized Pki And Ethereum
Blockchain
19 Sep
17:30
Here is a curated list of readings and resources that ignited our interest in realizing a decentralized Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) vision for the future. We included topics such as fundamentals, Web3, blockchain, web PKI, DNS, time, IoT security, light clients, Ethereum, as well as development tools and tutorials. We are also collecting feedback for our newly published research paper about BlockQuick, a super light client protocol for blockchain validation. DM us on Twitter if...
How The Experts Are Approaching The Intersection Of Blockchain And Iot
Blockchain
03 Sep
14:06
Blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies have each received a lot of attention from industry researchers and investors alike over the past few years. However, it is only recently that the two technologies have begun to be considered together allowing participants to reimagine the potential for both, blockchain and IoT. The major benefit that IoT offers blockchain is in its ability to act as a bridge between the physical and the digital worlds. In...
Why Dns On Blockchain Is The Next Step After Dns Over Https
Decentralization
19 Aug
11:41
Last month, the trade association for internet service providers in the U.K. has nominated Mozilla for this year’s award of Internet Villain because Mozilla plans to support DNS-over-HTTPS that would bypass U.K. filtering obligations and parental controls, undermining internet standards in the U.K. At Diode, we think Mozilla’s DNS-over-HTTPS in general is a good move for increasing the privacy of end-users; however, it is not the best option for protecting an open internet as DNS-over-HTTPS,...
Mitm Attacks And Why Its Time To Start Thinking About Decentralized Pki
Blockchain
29 Jul
15:00
Picture this: you’re sitting in a coffee shop with your laptop, and find yourself trying to connect to the internet, like most people, using a public WiFi connection provided by the coffee shop. Wouldn’t it be nice to book a hotel room over the weekend, you ask your partner? You click on an online reservation website, search for a hotel room to book, and you’re looking forward to the vacation. You may not be aware...