Cartesi Ecosystem Recap #13

Ecosystem/Sep 6, 2024/Siannie Quartero

September 6th - Have you heard? Reinventing the wheel is out. Empowering developers with the tools they need to innovate and build is in. The Cartesi Radically Simple campaign champions simplicity in a complex space. Let’s give developers the tools they need to build bigger and better. It’s time we embrace being simple-minded.

All this and more in this latest ecosystem recap blog post—but let’s dive into the Cartesi ecosystem-wide updates first.

Keeping it Simple (Cartesi Ecosystem Updates)

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

Highlights

Core Tech

Convenience Unit (10:41)
- Running co-processor + Lambada on Nonodo
Watch the live demo here
Espresso Integration (16:17)
- Use Espresso as a sequencer and DA alongside Ethereum to enhance Cartesi’s interoperability and modularity
  - Now able to send inputs to both Espresso and Ethereum
  - Inputs can achieve fast finality
    - Without sacrificing decentralization
- Watch the live demo here

Ecosystem Updates

Developer Advocacy (25:18)
- Integration with Push Protocol and Chronicle Oracle (more on this later)
- Rust High-Level Framework (HLF) - Crabrolls 2.0
  - Reducing friction for wallet abstraction and state management
    - Improvement in convenience for Rust devs
Ecosystem Growth (30:01)
- Builders working on smart city collaborations in Brazil and Argentina
  - Bringing tangibility to Cartesi and how the stack enables novel use cases

Grantee Updates

RIVES (33:37) - onchain fantasy console
- DOOM Olympics going live September 12
- Hosted Jam #2 with Forgotten Runes
- For more info, check out their socials
  - Blog
  - Discord
World Tycoon (36:44) - SimCity simulator onchain
- Completed milestone #1 running the basic game on the Cartesi Machine
  - Improvements such as:
    - Implement all features from the C++ Micropolis Engine
    - Develop/improve UI
    - Smart Wallet Integration
    - Smart Contract Development
    - Cartesi Virtual Machine Integration
Fastlane (39:57) - Infinite Runner onchain game
- Finished the website for the game
Locale Network (42:05) - web3 lending platform
- Currently working on milestones 1 & 2
  - Created and deployed prototype SQLite + Python Node
  - Developed the baseline framework
  - Developed the baseline for front-end & offchain backend infrastructure
- For more info, check out their socials
  - Website
  - Github
ChainIDE (48:13) - full-stack developer platform to streamline developer onboarding
- Currently working on milestone 1 of the CGP
  - Milestone #1 cloud-powered IDE + full stack development platform
- Enhanced ChainIDE with new V2 features
  - VS Cose plugin integration and themes
  - AI-Code Assistant
  - Improved UX
- End goal is to onboard more developers into web3
Boardgame Framework (53:36)
- Successfully integrated Cartesi in the boardgame framework’s frontend and backend
- Deployed the game server inside the Cartesi Virtual Machine
- For more info, check out their socials
Bug Buster (1:02:55) - a trustless bug bounty platform
- Cross-compiled reth to RISC-V
- Participated in Optimism’s Demo Day
- For more info, check out their socials
  - Website
  - X

Don't forget to mark your calendar for our next monthly Keeping It Simple call on Monday, October 7th! 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

We believe that in a world full of complexity, simplicity is what drives real innovation. With the Cartesi Radically Simple campaign, we're all about giving developers the tools they need to push things forward. Web3 needs to be easier to use, so let’s focus on making it simple for developers to build the future. Let’s become simple-minded.

Learn more about the campaign in the blog post.

Be ready to see this campaign out in the wild. Perhaps Token2049 Singapore? Perhaps in the form of caps? 👀 Have you peeped the Brave ad yet?

In case you missed it, Cartesi Docs v1.5 is now live with updated tutorials, a new migration guide for Node v1.5.0, React.js frontend tutorial, CLI commands pace, and a community tools page. See it for yourself.

DCA Monster launched the Cartesi Native Yields module - smart contracts in Solidity and Python powered by Cartesi generate yields while keeping tokens fully usable in the rollup. You can read more about it here. Want to learn more about how it works? Check out this thread.

New integrations have been cooking here at Cartesi with Chronicle Protocol and Push Protocol. Test out the integration with Chronicle Protocol here.

To learn more about the integration with Push Protocol, check out the blog post here that covers how you can integrate Push Protocol with applications built with Cartesi Rollups. By the end of the tutorial, you’ll have a working dApp leveraging their notifications, making sure your users never miss out on critical updates.

Have you checked out Cartesi Jumpstart Playground? Built by João, it’s your chance to explore Cartesi in a fun way through a three-part quest. Give it a shot here and give your feedback to the team.

The Cartesi Honeypot challenge has exceeded 1,5 million CTSI, and is still going strong. It remaining uncracked demonstrates Cartesi’s resilient security. That doesn’t mean you can’t have a go at it.

Feeling confident you can crack it? Be our guest and go for it.

RIVES is about to launch on Base mainnet with their onchain fantasy console - a retro-inspired fantasy console that is fully onchain, built with Cartesi.

And there's more! To celebrate the mainnet launch, they're kicking off an onchain DOOM tournament starting September 12th. Whether you're a seasoned gamer or a complete newbie, jump into the DOOM Olympics and compete for prizes! Head over to Carlo’s blog post for all the details.

Want to participate in the tournament? Sign up here.

Bug Buster, a trustless bug bounty platform powered by Cartesi Rollups, is now live on Optimism mainnet with its first bounty targeting the Solidity compiler! Explore the dApp here to learn more or keep tabs on the bounties.

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

Grants

Wave 1 of the CGP has officially wrapped up! For a detailed breakdown, don’t miss Grants Stewardess Hellen’s recap of all the highlights and achievements from the first wave. And get ready—Wave 2 is just around the corner! Stay tuned for what's coming next.

Additionally, two other CGP projects have passed the community vote and are in full-force building mode. Congrats to Locale Network and World Tycoon! We’re incredibly excited to see the progress on these dApps.

Community

We’ve had two episodes of the IBTIA podcast last month, one with Pablo to chat about his experience building with Cartesi and developing DCA Monster, and one with Glory where she talks about how she chats about how she developed CartDevKit.

Check out the latest The Defiant interview featuring Bruno and Chandler from Avail. They dive into key industry insights, the collaboration between Cartesi and Avail, and exciting innovation milestones. The discussion covers everything from blockchain challenges to real-world use cases and what’s next for both projects.

That’s not the only Defiant interview you should check out. Carsten sat down with John, co-founder of Celestia, to chat about the importance of collaboration in crypto, why fraud proofs are such an interesting topic, Celestia’s approach to modularity and how this affects interoperability, the future of blockchain scalability, and more.

Felipe joined The Rollup's live stream to discuss ZK coprocessors with Lagrange and Brevis—catch the full stream here. He also appeared on The Crypto Conversation podcast, diving into how Cartesi is making Web3 radically simple and what that means for the future of web3 and developers. Find the episode here.

To fully grasp the radically simple movement, read Erick’s op-ed in The Big Whale, where he discusses our responsibility to simplify Web3 development and onboard more developers into the space.

Want to learn more about how Cartesi empowers developers in this space? Read it on the latest blog post written by Vanshika which covers an explanation and breakdown of the developer trilemma between tech stacks and creating a better design space for developers.

Events

Cartesi recently hosted a multi-day masterclass with the ITA Blockchain Club, where core contributor Gabriel gave an insightful presentation on fraud proofs. We're always impressed by the enthusiasm and knowledge of students keen to dive into Web3. It was an honor to be part of their learning journey, and we hope they took away plenty of valuable insights.

Contributoooor Spotlight

This month’s contributor spotlight shines on Paolo for his incredible engagement and content creation over the past month! If you haven’t spotted it, he created a song for RIVES which you can check out here. We’re continuously impressed by his creativity and love to see it.

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 Link3, Galxe, and Zealy!