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Pchain Code Review Part II
Branches
new_one_stack – Integrating PDBFT into Ethereum mining
No added tendermint, instead amount ethereum. Version added, RPC still default. Code is cleaner and neater, that’s for sure. ChainID’s accept become strings. No absolute changes in ethereum, aloof creating a node. cmd is neat. Main alternation and adolescent alternation still the aforementioned setup, still a tendermint config. Joining a new adolescent alternation agency you accept to accompany as a validator and abide stake.
cross_chain.go seems to accommodate the aggregate of the work, the blow is aloof to bureaucracy the ethereum chains. Let’s pay abutting absorption to this file.
Creating a new sub-chain. Name has to be unique. Validators charge be added than 1.
Main alternation and childChain array. As mentioned in antecedent review. Tendermint accord (BFT)
Vote aeon > Start vote > Reveal vote > Tally vote.
So, it is absolutely bigger than what we saw in the adept branch, it’s bigger organized, it’s bigger designed, but about it is still aloof a multi dimensional ethereum with tendermint BFT (ethermint or cybermiles essentially).
Better cipher than previous, but still annihilation absolutely unique. Let’s attending at the BLS to VRF annex change.
one_stack_bls_merge – BLS accord to VRF apostle selection, to one-step voting
Still BLS from what I can see, i’ll dig more, maybe utils. Can’t acquisition the VRF apostle selection.
So…. I begin area they are authoritative the aggregate of their changes.
…in the vendors folder. Guys, this is for annex management, don’t adapt files here…
Ok, so we charge to attending at accomplish logs now instead, back bell-ringer files are actuality modified. That sounds abundantly tedious. But let’s accept a look.
Ok, this is what they meant with they congenital BFT into go-ethereum. They added tendermint consensus.
Still not seeing the VRF though. The abutting annex is said to advance it alike more, let’s attending at it.
run_tx_before_vote – added able run&vote order
9th we had new_one_stack alloyed in, so let’s clue changes from here.
Vendor changes again, in go-ethereum. This hurts me to see. Code is acceptable though.
Let’s jump aback to TX3ProofData to see if it has the VRF
Not award it. Think I’m attractive in the amiss place.
Let’s go aback to new_one_stack and attending at the commits for the bell-ringer changes.
TX3PRoofData broadcast, all validators. Nice addition.
Pchain Code Conclusion (Part II):
More activity on actuality than in the adept branch, I was not assured the changes in vendor, I didn’t alike bother to attending there. The go-ethereum affiliation of tendermint is appropriate (although so is ethermint).
The cross-chain accomplishing is nice (I capital to say cute), Child chains get their own validator sets, they can use the mainchain to facilitate cross-chain communication. This is technically what they promised they were activity to build.
Bit aghast still that it is aloof re-organized / adapted / (improved?) ethereum / tendermint, and that the changes were fabricated in vendor, but at the aforementioned time I assumption I don’t absolutely apperceive what to apprehend anymore. How abounding projects accept aloft ample sums of money off of he aback of ethereum?
Do the multi / cross-chains & tendermint access ETH scalability (while sacrificing some decentralization and security), yes it does. So does ethermint though, and anybody still uses Ethereum.
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Pchain Code Review Timestamp: November 20th 2024