CKB Dev Log 2024-08-02

[joii2020]

Updates

Features

• CKB

  • Enabled new script verification with ckb-vm pause New script verify with ckb-vm pause #4291
  • Enabled asynchronous block download and verification Asynchronous Block Download and Verification #4365

• CKB-VM

  • Developed libcxx (C++ standard library) for CKB-VM: https://github.com/xxuejie/ckb-libcxx-builder

• CKB-Testtool

  • Introduced support for native simulator debug execution Support exec native simulator debug ckb-testtool#4
  • Introduced a more accessible debugging approach than ckb-debugger by compiling contracts into native dynamic libraries and utilizing ckb-testtool for execution, enabling direct IDE-based debugging: Add Template: Native Simulator Debug ckb-script-templates#14

• CKB Fiber Network

  • Developed version based commitment tx verification feat: version based commitment tx verification fiber-scripts#8

• Common Chains Connector Locks (CCC-Locks)

  • Implemented CCC Ethereum Lock and Solana Lock:

    https://github.com/libraries/ccc-locks/tree/eth-impl

    https://github.com/libraries/ccc-locks/tree/sol-impl

• CKB SMT Tool

  • Developed a tool facilitating integration of SMT into CKB contracts https://github.com/yangby-cryptape/ckb-smt-tool

Improvements

• CKB
  • Implemented From/Into for gen type feat: Impl from into for gen type #4512
• Nostr Binding
  • Added workshop book-app ****feat: add workshop book-app nostr-binding#41

Fixes

• CKB
  • Resovled potential transaction recovery in conflicted cache during RBF (replace-by-fee) Recover possible transaction in conflicted cache when RBF #4561
  • Fixed test random panic test: fix test random panic #4546
  • Fixed sync relayer collaboration fix: fix sync relayer collaboration #4562
• Common Chains Connector Locks (CCC-Locks)
  • Fixed inconsistency in source and data_piece_id: ‣

In Pipeline…

• CKB
  • Begin reserencing Lightning Network pathfinding method for implementing multi-hop payments.
  • Replace the HeaderSync process with the light-client protocol and implement necessary code changes
  • Improve ckb-cli.
  • Ongoing refactoring of tx-pool
• CKB-VM
  • More libcxx tests
  • Compile secp256k1 with musl
  • CKB-VM experiments (Low priority)
• CKB-Debugger
  • Develop a VS Code plugin that supports ckb-debugger
• CKB Fiber Network
  • Complete the watchtower solution based on the Daric scheme
  • Begin working on the fiber broadcasting and pathfinding components