Weekly update 2021-01-29

[artob]

Weekly update 2021-01-29

The weekly update on the forum is at:
https://gov.near.org/t/2021-01-29-evm-update/530

The recording is available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9xR6dWEC8&list=PL9tzQn_TEuFV2O7twBM-41lCDq5nr8nLm

Summary

• This week, we formulated the Q1'21 milestones and roadmap, began organizing the upcoming bug bounty, implemented ERC-721 benchmarks, and worked on recruiting more developers.
• Next week, we are planning to upgrade the EVM with Berlin HF support, continue work on load testing the EVM, finish all architectural deliberations, and begin work on the EVM protocol upgrade proposal.

Agenda

• Current goal
• This week
• Roadmap
• Next week
• Discussion

Current goal

• TestNet release by the end of Q1.
• Tasking out the things to be done.

This week

Alex

• Primary focus was roadmaps for Bridge and EVM.
• Some organizational work for the governance work.
• Some recruiting.
• Some partner calls.

Arto

• Primary focus was recruiting.
• Also, roadmap for EVM in collaboration with Alex.
• Project management, planning, and tasking.

Evgeny

• Reading protocol documentation.
• Deep dive into nearcore code base.
• Tutorials and videos, and working through examples.
• Ready for first tasks.

Frank

• Submitted initial ERC-721 benchmark. (#3866)
• Investigating unexpected revert from EVM.

Illia

• Working on architectural experiments. (NEP-106)

Kirill

• Read forum discussions about bridge, base token, etc.
• Watched Lunch & Learn video series, nearcore runtime walkthrough.
• Worked through tutorials in the onboarding guide.
• Looking into upgradability of Solidity contracts.
• Beginning on first tasks: bridge docs, changing some birdge contracts.

Mike

• No updates this week.

Roadmap

• Feb 16 -- EVM protocol upgrade proposal posted in forum
• Feb 22 -- EVM upgraded to OpenEthereum 3.2 on BetaNet
• Mar 1 -- Truffle and Hardhat how-tos posted in forum
• Mar 1 -- EVM supports ETH balances
• Mar 1 -- ETH connector implemented
• Mar 1 -- Replayer deployed on BetaNet
• Mar 1 -- Bug bounty program starts on BetaNet
• Mar 15 -- Internal instructions (deployment, monitoring, tooling for alerts) & on-call handbook documented
• Mar 15 -- Bridge supports Eth1 testnet ETH bridging
• Mar 16 -- EVM protocol upgrade proposal finalized
• Mar 22 -- Decision point on the TestNet release
• Mar 29 -- EVM available on TestNet
• Mar 29 -- Bug bounty program ends on BetaNet
• Mar 29 -- Bug bounty program starts on TestNet
• Mar 29 -- Internal partner EVM satisfaction report ready
• Mar 29? -- Bridging ERC-20 to EVM available

Next week

• Alex: governance for EVM and Bridge, bug bounty prep, ZenHub
• Arto: OpenEthereum upgrade, architectural decisions, ZenHub
• Evgeny: Pet Shop local setup, initial tasking
• Frank: finish benchmarking (#3866), begin on replayer
• Kirill: initial tasks from Alex for the Bridge team

Discussion

• Storage accounting discussion