✍️ CEO’s Introduction
Welcome to the second edition of our Newsletter, and a very happy New Year 2024 to all of you!
It's astonishing to reflect on how quickly the last three months have flown by. Perhaps it's the relentless pace of innovation and the sheer volume of exciting developments in web3 that makes time seem so fleeting.
In the last quarter, Eiger has not only delivered several key projects but also witnessed an unprecedented surge in demand for new implementations. It's as if the entire industry has simultaneously awakened.
2024 is going to be very interesting. With numerous 'under-the-radar' projects about to go to mainnet and themes like Zero-Knowledge (ZK) proofs and modular blockchain stacks gaining momentum, we're at the cusp of a transformative phase in blockchain technology.
As we navigate this journey, I want to express my gratitude to our partners for their continued support and to our engineers for their excellence. Together, we're not just observers; we're builders, shaping the future of blockchain technology.
- Daren Tuzi, CEO of Eiger
📚 Blogs That We’ve Published
- Unveiling the Zcash UniFFI Library: The Zcash UniFFI library represents a bridge between languages, fostering collaboration and accessibility in blockchain development. We've leveraged Mozilla's UniFFI tool, enabling the automatic creation of foreign language bindings tailored to Rust libraries. This makes it more accessible for developers to contribute and innovate within the Zcash ecosystem.
- Enhancing Rust RPC Client and Nodes for Celestia Network: A case study of our project with Celestia, which focused on elevating the functionality of the Rust RPC client and Rust nodes within the Celestia network. Through this work, we’ve created Lumina - a Rust implementation of Celestia’s light node optimized for sampling efficiently in the browser.
- Overview of Blockchain-Based Gaming: Games are low-stakes, high-requirement applications, which makes them perfect for pushing innovation and testing the limits of what blockchains are capable of. Yet, the gap between traditional and blockchain-based game developers remains as large as ever. This comprehensive overview aims to bridge that gap by covering terminology, existing categories as well as benefits and drawbacks. We also touch on questions related to the tech stack for anyone interested in building a game that incorporates blockchain components. If you want to discuss this in more detail - don’t hesitate to get in touch!
- Introducing the MoveVM Substrate Pallet: To help bring Move to Substrate and the Polkadot ecosystem, we've been developing a MoveVM Substrate pallet that seamlessly integrates the MoveVM. This allows Substrate blockchains to execute Move smart contracts - opening up new possibilities for developers and users alike.
🔥 News and Announcements From Our Partners
- Celestia Mainnet Launch: Celestia, a leading data-availability network, launched on mainnet on Oct 31st. Congratulations to the entire team! We look forward to working together.
📸 Recruitment and Employee Highlights
Eiger provides high-value add engineering services to accelerate Web3 mass adoption. If you’re interested in joining us and solving challenging problems with the leading companies in the space - look at our open positions.
LinkedIn Snapshots:
Tua Wikholm: An operational superpower that oversees a wide spectrum of HR functions and other operations behind the scenes at Eiger.
Eloy López: A Rust maestro who flourishes in our remote work environment and consistently conquers complex engineering tasks.
Aki Häkkilä: A Golang expert, who among other things played a crucial role in developing backends and integrated services for Membrane Finance’s EUROe project.
🎤 Events
Meet us at these events:
- NFT Paris: Paris, 23-24 February
- Finnovate Europe: London, 27-28 February
- Hamburg Game Conference: Hamburg, 2-3 March
Recap of events we visited:
- Chainlink SmartCon: Mobin Naser spent a few days in Barcelona getting more familiar with the Chainlink offering and meeting participants within the wider Chainlink ecosystem. Particularly the discussions around CCIP and its potential left a lasting impression.
- Fireblocks Spark’23: The annual Fireblocks conference took place in Tulum, Mexico this time and Mobin Naser was on the ground. His two main takeaways from the event were that stablecoins offer a massive opportunity as a settlement layer for asset tokenization initiatives and that digital custody is more than just key management, it's about creating a complete ecosystem.
