Plasma News
Following the release of our Tesuji Plasma repo, we shared progress on Plasma research progress as well as notes from the most recent Plasma implementers' call. What follows is an abridged version; you can find the full post, comment or ask questions here.
Fast Withdrawals for Faulty Plasma Chains
Fast Withdrawals make it easier for users of the OMG network to quickly withdraw their funds. Our original fast withdrawal design assumes a properly functioning Plasma chain, which doesn’t work if the chain goes bad. We developed a new mechanism that still works if the Plasma chain is faulty - read more here.
Finalizing MoreVP
We just finalized most of our documentation around More Viable Plasma, which will serve as a reference for public examination and feedback. The MoreVP smart contracts are currently being pulled into our production repo.
Robust Exit Challenges
We took a deeper dive into economic details and pointed out a few concerns with the economics of Plasma challenges, but concluded they probably weren’t an issue in practice. We’re working on a few mitigations anyway and will publish our thoughts.
LearnPlasma
We recently added some content for the Plasma MVP page. Comparison charts between the different Plasma designs and the different L2 scaling methods are in the works and coming soon! If you ever want to see specific content on the website, please make an issue on the GitHub here.
OMG Network Repo is Now Public
Our elixir-omg repo is the repository for an early alpha release of the Tesuji Plasma milestone. The repo contains instructions to download the child chain server and watcher (software which monitors the behavior of the Plasma chain and root chain), either for research or just for fun (NOT for production). See our announcement blog post and Readme for more details.
Hiring
We’re in a good spot to grow the team and set us up for the next set of challenges. Check out our job postings if you think you’d be a good fit!
Plasma Research Coordination
Recently, we’ve been working hard to coordinate and collaborate on research with teams working on other Plasma projects. A few researchers recently got together in NYC and hacked away at some hard Plasma projects, including a Plasma Debit specification and aggregating Plasma chains to decrease cost for operators.
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