CESS Technology Monthly Report | Progress in June 2022

1. Important Submissions, Modifications, and Releases

1. W3F Grant

The development team's second W3F Grants Proposal has passed all milestone deliveries this month.

See more: W3F Grant Proposal (https://github.com/w3f/Grants-Program/blob/master/applications/cesdatastore.md)

2. Blockchain Network

This month, the development team released versions v0.4.1 (cess#v0.4.1), v0.4.2 (cess#v0.4.2), v0.4.3 (cess#v0.4.3), and v0.4.4 (cess#v0.4.4) of the blockchain network. Development details are as follows:

(1) v0.4.1 - Resolved the risk of panic caused by code;

(2) v0.4.1 - Resolved warning prompts during compilation;

(3) v0.4.1 - Upgraded the method of invoking transactions within the network to a signed method;

(4) v0.4.2 - Implemented the generation of random challenges in the off-chain worker;

(5) v0.4.2 - Optimized runtime/lib.rs configuration in benchmark tests;

(6) v0.4.3 - Added runtime pallet indexing;

(7) v0.4.3 - Replaced the hasher in the blockchain network;

(8) v0.4.3 - Upgraded the update_price method to increase modification time limits;

(9) v0.4.4 - Upgraded to EVM-compatible Frontier integration within the network;

(10) v0.4.4 - Updated the Readme.md of the blockchain network repository;

(11) v0.4.4 - Optimized the file upload process and storage miner storage pool, and added new test units: Filebank, Segmentbook, Sminer, Filemap.

3. Distributed Storage System:

This month, the development team released versions v0.4.1 (cess-bucket#v0.4.1) and v0.4.2 (cess-bucket#v0.4.2) of the storage miner. Development details are as follows:

(1) v0.4.1 - Upgraded the structure of the storage miner's proof submission to a list structure;

(2) v0.4.1 - Fixed a bug where the miner's staking was incorrectly calculated during registration.

4. CESS Gateway

This month, the development team released the CESS-Gateway v0.1.1 pre-release version (cess-gateway#v0.1.1).

v0.1.1 - Upgraded the file upload process of the gateway, upgraded the file query interface, upgraded the file upload interface, and the delete interface.

2. Technical Proposal Discussions

1. Adjust the expiration time of random challenges, allowing batch submission of certificates and scheduling of batch verification of certificates:

https://github.com/CESSProject/cess/pull/63

2. Discuss adding a locking time feature, where prices cannot be modified during the locking period:

https://github.com/CESSProject/cess/pull/59

3. Generate random challenges in the off-chain worker:

https://github.com/CESSProject/cess/pull/56

3. Technical Documentation Reference

GitHub