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Light clients are getting better and better!

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Helios 0.9.0 is now available! This release is packed with new features and improvements: • A functional TUI • Historical block access support • Parallel transaction processing • TypeScript bindings on NPM • A new interface for custom VM integrations

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New and improved Helios demo showing off Helios running on four separate networks all in the browser. https://helios.a16zcrypto.com/demo

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New Helios release! Version 0.8.6 enables pectra on Ethereum mainnet. This is a required upgrade and most be installed by the fork on May 7th. Upgrading is as simple as running heliosup in your terminal. https://github.com/a16z/helios/releases/tag/0.8.6

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We've added @linea support to Helios! This makes Linea our second supported L2 with more to come soon. Huge shoutout to the @mendifinance team for building the implementation! Head over to our GitHub to get started using Helios on Ethereum, Linea, or the Optimism Superchain! https://github.com/a16z/helios

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Does your favorite wallet actually check the chain?

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Nice talk by @hsyodyssey about Mobi, a wrapper for Helios that adds light client support to Android!

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My talk is on stage 5 at 5:30! Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

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Light clients are coming to an L2 near you.

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Helios is becoming a multichain light client for Ethereum. Light clients are fundamental to Ethereum scaling. A future with thousands of rollups doesn’t feel far away, and the closer we get, the more critical rollup interoperability will become. 🧵👇

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Want to work on something cool involving Solana, EigenLayer, and light clients? Shoot me a DC.

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I'll be speaking about the future of light clients @devcon! Excited to see you all there! https://devcon.org/en/sea/schedule/UL8U8B/

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The proliferation of light clients will drive the costs of RPCs down. Without light clients there is a strong centralizing pressure on RPCs since their most valuable asset is reputation. This should in theory lead to high prices. With light clients, trust is no longer a factor, allowing more competition and lower prices. Be stingy, run a light client.

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Ran through a downpour today in NYC. Would highly recommend. Good for the soul.

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Should Farcaster decouple clients from algorithms and moderation? We could design a common api specification that allows algorithm providers to be plugged in to any existing client. The main thing against this I think is that it's not clear to me whether the algorithm is actually the main product a client provides.

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stated preference: 4 revealed preference: 1 or 2 lord please help me to stop buying random gear I don't need

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it's a good day to make espresso

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Came up with a new NYC route. I tried running over the Williamsburg Bridge into Brooklyn and followed under the elevated J/M line for the rest. Took the train back when I was done. There's a stop every quarter mile or so and most importantly you don't have to run over the bridge twice.

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Why are people proposing switching the state to a starked binary merkle tree instead of a ternary merkle tree? The total amount of hashed data should be proportional to log_a(n)*a where a is the arity of the tree. This function has a minimum at e, which is closer to 3 than 2. This correlates to a ~5% savings in amount of hashed data by using ternary over binary.

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Nice shoutout of Helios and light clients by @vitalik.eth at edcon! Kudos to @cottenio for the video.

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