Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 News: Multi-Client Testnet, Security Audit, New Platforms

Recently Raul Jordan of Prysmatic Labs development studio unveiled the latest progress updates on the Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 public mainnet launch.

More clients, more stability

According to Mr. Jordan, the Schlesi testnet environment that merged the functionality of the Lighthouse and Prysm validators is now joined by ConsenSys' Teku Java implementation. As a result, the new three-client testnet united 25-30 peers and 240 validators.

I just published Eth 2.0 Dev Update #49 — ‘Multiclient Testnet + Security Audit’ https://t.co/g1It4Hboah @prylabs #Ethereum

— Raul Jordan (@raulitojordan) May 8, 2020

Mr. Jordan outlined that the system performs better than expected. Also, the Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 product has chosen a security audit vendor.

The Quantstamp cybersecurity team was chosen as the official security auditor. So, every element of code will be carefully checked to avoid any flows. 

Furthermore, the graphic user interface (GUI) for Windows is delivered to on-board future Topaz contributors with no experience with command prompts or Linux.

Community-driven efforts

As reported by the Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 community, the Prysmatic Labs Topaz testnet environment validation instrument can co-exist with three nodes of the current Ethereum (ETH) network on one machine.

Haters will say it's photoshopped

Huge thank you to @DAppNode and everyone else for making it possible to run not 1, not 2, but 3 Ethereum nodes on the same machine!

With a @prylabs Eth 2 testnet validator!

Can't wait for Eth 2 ? pic.twitter.com/J9WMy3z65V

— Harry Glynn (@harrycanuck) May 11, 2020

Ethereum (ETH) developers around the globe are guessing which operations platforms will allow running Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 nodes. FreeBSD and  RISC-V have already been mentioned.

I'd love to see #eth2 run on some whacky platforms. Maybe:

* FreeBSD
* Linux on seL4
* RISC-V

Any other ideas?

— Michael Sproul (@sproulM_) May 10, 2020

It is worth noting that Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 is a proof-of-stake version of the Ethereum (ETH) network. It may be rolled out this year to replace mining with staking and split the single consensus into a couple of shards.

The minimum stake for validating ETH2 transactions is 32 ETH. That said, according to some analysts, during Phase 0 (Beacon chain, the initial stage of the ETH2 roll-out) early birds may enjoy high annual yields of 17-20%.