Cartesi Ecosystem Recap #14

Newsletter/Oct 11, 2024/Marketing Unit

October 11th - From the DOOM Olympics and Singapore events to IBTIA Podcast Season 2 and a wave of dApp development, September has been a busy but exciting month for the Cartesi ecosystem. There’s so much happening, and we’ll cover all of it in this blog post. But first, let’s dive into the ecosystem-wide updates and see what’s been going on across the ecosystem.

Keeping it Simple (Cartesi Ecosystem Updates)

Check out the last Keeping it Simple recap to hear from the units pushing forward on development.

Highlights

Grantees Updates

* note that some dApps and components may still require fine-tuning. Since the project is decentralized, these updates are not curated or filtered by Cartesi.

Bug Buster (7:35) - A trustless bug bounty platform
- Solidity bounty to the latest version (0.8.27)
- Re-deployed to OP Mainnet
- Check out their socials: X, Telegram @BugBusterApp
DeVolt (11:32) - Decentralized infrastructure for electric charging for vehicles
- Frontend revamp with optimized UX
Cartesi Godot (14:59) - Godot Engine plugins to simplify porting games to Cartesi
- Completed first example project
  - Message board showcasing its functionality
    - Similar to Explorer that ships with the Cartesi CLI
- Built native RISC-V port and Ether.js wrapper
- Check out their socials: GitHub, X
Oware (20:58) - Onchain version of the Oware board game
- Completed the project and now deployed
- Currently in the testing and optimizing phase before mainnet
- Check out their socials: X
RIVES (24:47) - Onchain fantasy console
- First version on Base Mainnet
- Launched DOOM Olympics
  - 1000+ tapes created
  - 150+ players competed across 7 contests
- New cartridges added
DCA.Monster (29:55) - AMM offering finest dollar cost averaging onchain
- Completed first deliverable of second grant
  - Cartesi Native Yields module enables ETH and ERC20 tokens to generate passive yields.
- Check out their socials: X
Boardgame Framework (35:30)
- Successful integration of SQLite with the backend of the framework within the CVM.
- Working on
  - Lobby and in-game chat
  - Simple States for gaming
- For more info, check out their socials: Discord, Github, Think&Dev
Fastlane (40:58) - Infinite Runner onchain game
- Implemented
  - 1st community track
  - Multiplayer system

Ecosystem Updates

Developer Advocacy (46:23)
- Account abstraction
  - New tutorials in docs
  - UX improvement
- TLSN integration
  - This library implements zkTLS
    - Enabling users to prove web2 requests onchain
    - Enables identity verification and decentralized on-and-off-ramps within the Cartesi Machine
- Farcaster frames for Cartesi
  - Mini-app frontend
- Build dApps with Cartesi - video seriesvideos
Ecosystem Growth (54:43)
- Focus on building strong network of partners
- Raising awareness in the Brazilian market

Core Tech

Rollups Unit (59:01)
- Gearing up for 2.0 release
  - Released migration guide for application devs from V1 to V2
Cartesi Coprocessor
- Exploring combining Cartesi Machine and EigenLayer
  - Deployed early version of the coprocessor and its supporting infrastructure on Ethereum mainnet.
Technical Evolution Plan
- Completed components: Dave on Compute, Nonodo, Cartesiscan.

Don't forget to mark your calendar for our next monthly Keeping It Simple call on Monday, November 4th! Connect with core contributors directly and learn about what they’re shipping. Feedback is always welcome, so please if you have any, let them know over on Discord!

Ecosystem News

RIVES launched on Base Mainnet and kicked things off in a big way with the DOOM Olympics—a week-long event packed with 7 challenges over 7 days with $15K up for grabs in prizes. Huge thanks to the amazing participants who joined in, sharing their tapes, and making this event a blast! RIVES is not stopping though. Stay tuned for what they’ve got cooking!

Build with Privado ID and Cartesi. You can now check out a video tutorial by Shaheen, demonstrating how to verify an issued credential on-chain to whitelist a user in a Cartesi Rollup. Watch it here.

What is Bug Buster? Think of it as the internet’s immune system. The Cartesi Foundation recently exploited a vulnerability in the current Solidity compiler, leading the team to update the Solidity bounty to the latest version. It's all about keeping things secure in a decentralized way.

Farcaster Frames interface with a verifiable Linux VM? Check.

Check out Shaheen’s video on building a frame integrating Cartesi and check out the GitHub repo for all the details.

That’s not all Shaheen has been working on. You can now integrate Cartesi with Push Protocol, allowing users of Cartesi dApps to get updates on their activities within the Cartesi Rollups environment. Developers can send on-chain messages or simple in-app notifications that keep users informed and engaged. Read more on the integration here.

The DevAd bois keep cooking with their IBTIA podcast, now rolling into season 2, 'Modularity, Simply Put.' We’re lucky to have amazing guests like Ben from Espresso and Kyle from Avail join us. If you missed any episodes, you can catch the full playlist here and be sure to sign up for the next one.

They’ve also been hard at work creating video tutorials for building with Cartesi, available in multiple languages! Since Cartesi is an execution layer with a Linux runtime, you can stick to the languages you’re already familiar with, like JavaScript, Rust, and Python. Be sure to check out the tutorials here.

Co-founder Augusto jumped on The Rollup livestream with RISE Chain, Reya Labs and Superseed for a discussion on general purpose rollups vs usecase specific chains. You can watch the full livestream here in case you missed it.

The Cartesi Honeypot dApp is still live and standing, holding 1,700,000+ CTSI. The Honeypot is a challenge to any hacker out there that wants to help us test the security of Cartesi Rollups. Think you can crack it and take all that CTSI home? Be our guest!

Curious about other projects in the Cartesi ecosystem? Go to rolluplab.io for an overview of all projects built with Cartesi.

Cartesi Grants Program

Wave 1 of the CGP has wrapped up and the council has been prepping for Wave 2 where we’re introducing CGP Intents. Read more on the proposed Intents here and leave your thoughts and feedback to help shape the direction of the CGP.

Community

A quick shoutout to everyone building on Rives and contributing to the community with their cartridges! It’s fun to see how these projects are bringing the ecosystem to life. A special appreciation goes to those sharing their cartridges for everyone to enjoy. A quick appreciation for the ones building on RIVES and sharing their cartridges for everyone else to play. Check out Paolo’s cartridge Bomb Flip, and Battier by Ed. Want to add to this community? You can build your own cartridge on the platform!

Meanwhile, the Brazilian community is making waves as they’ve recently been featured in CointelegraphBR with Henrique being at the Modular Crypto event. The article talks about key happenings, including Binance’s new license and Coinsxyz launching in Brazil—read more about it here.

We love fireworks, and so does Korea. We’re super excited that we were able to take part in the Seoul Fireworks Festival alongside other amazing projects in the space.

Events

Participating in Epic Web3 events is always a pleasure, especially when they’re in Singapore and when the focus is on Modularity and L2s. Bruno hosted a panel session featuring Avail, Nubit, DapDap, and Crestal Network, diving into the customization and optionality in modularity and discussing its trade-offs.

Henrique delivered a presentation at the Modular Crypto event in São Paulo, where he dove into the potential of Cartesi Linux-powered rollups. It was a great chance to showcase how Cartesi tech is unlocking new possibilities, allowing developers to push the boundaries of what’s possible in blockchain development.

Where to next? We’re gearing up for DevCon.You’ll also find us at the ETHGlobal hackathon rocking our own track and booth.

Contributoooor Spotlight

Shoutout to Bubbalex for always being super active in the Cartesi and RIVES community! Whether it’s creating cool content or just being a good sport with the on-chain fantasy console, he’s always making things more fun and inspiring others to get involved. Keep up the awesome work!

Upcoming Events

Keep posted on where we are and say hi to us when you get the chance by subscribing to our live public events calendar. Also don’t forget to take part in event-related campaigns over on Galxe, and Zealy! In the past month we’ve distributed 6,000 CTSI tokens to our Galxe quest fans, so join in on the fun!