ChainCatcher news, according to Chainwire, blockchain AI solution provider ChainGPT announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba Cloud. The two parties will combine Alibaba Cloud's GPU computing resources with ChainGPT's artificial intelligence technology stack to provide scalable enterprise-level machine learning services for Web3 developers. The core outcome of this collaboration is the comprehensive open-sourcing of ChainGPT's Solidity large language model (LLM), which is specifically designed for smart contract development, auditing, and troubleshooting, now achieving global real-time access through Alibaba Cloud's GPU architecture.After the open-sourcing of the Solidity LLM, developers can use the model for free to accelerate the construction and security verification of decentralized applications. Alibaba Cloud's GPU infrastructure will provide high reliability support for the model, meeting the demands of Web3 AI solutions for computing power, security, and response speed. ChainGPT founder and CEO Ilan Rakhmanov stated that this collaboration aims to lower the threshold for Web3 developers to access high-performance AI technology, providing tool support for the next generation of decentralized applications.Alibaba Cloud stated on its official X platform account that the two parties will enhance decentralized AI infrastructure through the AIVM network, with future plans to utilize ChainGPT's AI virtual machine (AIVM) and decentralized GPU market SDK to integrate Alibaba Cloud resources, providing underlying computing power for AI tools, agents, and applications in the Web3 field. Currently, developers can deploy the Solidity LLM based on Alibaba Cloud's GPU computing power and optimize the model.As an extension of the collaboration, Alibaba Cloud officially joined ChainGPT's AIVM GPU network as a validation partner. Both parties stated that this collaboration not only provides scalability assurance for ChainGPT's AI models but also promotes the construction of a globally inclusive decentralized computing layer, eliminating geographical limitations on on-chain AI development. The next step for both parties is to deepen the integration of the AIVM network and explore ways to enhance the flexibility of AI model deployment and Web3 application development.

ChainCatcher news, ZKsync announced on social media that it has achieved full EVM equivalence, allowing developers to directly deploy EVM bytecode generated by Solidity on the ZKsync chain without the need for specialized tools like zkSolc or Foundry ZKsync. This feature was introduced through the protocol's version 27 upgrade and was officially approved for launch by the governance proposal ZIP-9.

ChainCatcher message, the secure blockchain application standard OpenZeppelin has released Solidity Contracts v5.3, with core highlights including: the new multi-token standard ERC-6909, featuring minimal implementation, metadata support, supply tracking, and content URI extension; a new proposal guardian role, added sequential proposal IDs, and new supermajority mechanism among other governance improvements.

ChainCatcher news, Paradigm's Chief Technology Officer Georgios Konstantopoulos posted on the X platform stating that there are issues with the current state of Solidity, questioning whether to continue improving Solidity, switch to Vyper, or develop a new language, even considering a Rust-based RISCV runtime.In response, Sui co-founder expressed curiosity about why Paradigm's CTO's perspective has changed after long-term involvement in the Solidity ecosystem and tool development, and mentioned that he has believed since 2018 that there are issues with Solidity and EVM, but has not seen any new events that would change that perspective recently.

ChainCatcher news, according to data from RootData, the Movement token (MOVE) has increased by 58.28% in the last 24 hours, currently priced at $1.05.According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Movement is a modular framework for building and deploying Move-based infrastructure, applications, and blockchains in any distributed environment. The team is developing a suite of products and services that enable non-Move protocols to leverage the powerful capabilities of the Move programming language without writing a single line of Move code. The team's first version, M1, redefines L1 as a vertically composable and horizontally scalable first-layer framework that is compatible with Solidity, connects EVM and Move liquidity, and allows builders to customize modular and interoperable application chains with different user bases and liquidity out of the box.

ChainCatcher news, at the "DeInsight 2024" annual summit held during Devcon in Bangkok, the RootData List 2024 annual rankings have been officially announced. Movement has successfully made it to the RootData List 2024 annual rankings as one of the "Top 50 Projects (not yet TGE)." Movement is a modular framework for building and deploying Move-based infrastructure, applications, and blockchains in any distributed environment.The team is building a suite of products and services that allow non-Move protocols to leverage the powerful capabilities of the Move programming language without writing a single line of Move code. The team's first version, M1, redefines L1 as a vertically composable and horizontally scalable Layer 1 framework that is compatible with Solidity, connects EVM and Move liquidity, and allows builders to customize modular and interoperable application chains with different user bases and liquidity out of the box.It is reported that this ranking is the second annual selection launched by RootData following its first release in 2023, aimed at showcasing the influential and innovative key players in the Web3 space and assessing the key forces that continue to drive industry progress. RootData is committed to demonstrating the core forces and trend characteristics of industry development through rigorous data analysis.The ranking statistics cover the period from October 31, 2023, to October 31, 2024, with five rankings published, specifically: Top 50 Projects (completed TGE), Top 50 Projects (not yet TGE), Crypto VC Top 50 investment institutions, Top 10 angel investors, and Top 20 best CEOs.

ChainCatcher news, cryptography researcher @LehmannLorenz stated on the X platform that his computer was nearly compromised, and just one click could install a malicious extension. The developers behind the extension were unverified, yet it garnered 1.7 million downloads within a day of release (more than any other extension) and a perfect 5/5 star rating. After downloading the malicious extension and extracting its contents, everything appeared normal - except for the obfuscated "extension.js" file that ran during installation. Log files indicated that the script ultimately encountered an error, relying on PowerShell execution, running entirely in memory without leaving any traces on the disk.In response, Slow Mist's Yu Xian stated that this is a supply chain net attack targeting Solidity smart contract developers. The editor environment is a high-risk area for supply chain attacks. They have always tried to isolate what they can, avoid installations whenever possible, and ensure the "just enough" principle. Anything flashy is thrown onto a separate computer or virtual machine.

ChainCatcher news, Arbitrum officials posted on the X platform stating that Stylus contracts are fully interoperable with Solidity contracts, which means developers can mix and match contracts within the protocol. This means more options, more optimizations, and stronger development capabilities.

ChainCatcher news, Bankless posted on X that Ethereum and Solidity have been incorporated into the high school education program in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the first course starting on August 27.Additionally, these teams are implementing an online course aimed at training 500 students aged 18 and above. This course will provide young people with the skills needed to develop DApps, further integrating blockchain into the local economy. To ensure the success of this initiative, a blended training program will also be introduced to prepare 30 educators to teach Ethereum and blockchain-related subjects.The program is organized by the ETH Kipu Foundation in collaboration with the Buenos Aires City Department of Education, aiming to cultivate tech-savvy talent for the next generation.

ChainCatcher news, Aleph Zero announced on social media that Aleph Zero EVM now supports application development using Solidity and will soon support building with Rust.ChainCatcher previously reported that Aleph Zero launched an Ethereum Layer 2 mainnet based on zkOS, which integrates Arbitrum Orbit technology and zkOS tools.It is reported that the new mainnet aims to accommodate Ethereum-compatible application development and will provide users with a "fast and efficient blockchain."

ChainCatcher news, Solidity announced on platform X that Solidity v0.8.25 has been released. This is a minor version following the Ethereum mainnet Dencun hard fork upgrade that occurred on March 13, 2024, at 13:55 (UTC).Solidity stated that the Dencun upgrade combines changes to the Ethereum consensus layer and execution layer, and with the launch of Dencun on the mainnet, v0.8.25 accordingly makes Cancun the default EVM version for the compiler to emit code.

ChainCatcher news, a16z crypto announced that applications for the Crypto Startup School (CSS) Spring 2024 are now open, with a deadline of October 20, 2023. a16z crypto plans to hold CSS Spring 2024 in London. a16z crypto will invest in each participating company, with standard terms of $500,000 in exchange for 7% equity and other standard rights.Applicants need to be builders developing crypto products or interested in learning programming languages like Solidity to develop products.

ChainCatcher message, Polygon officially announced that on September 20 at 15:30, the Polygon zkEVM mainnet Beta version will undergo the Dragonfruit upgrade, which will take approximately 2 hours.After the implementation of Dragonfruit, the Polygon zkEVM mainnet Beta version will stay in sync with the latest version of Solidity, maintaining the equivalence of Rollup and EVM by incorporating support for the latest EVM opcode PUSH0. The Polygon zkEVM cross-chain bridge will be temporarily unavailable between September 20 at 15:30 and 19:00.PUSH0 is an EVM opcode included in the Shanghai hard fork.

ChainCatcher news, the NFT lending protocol BendDAO announced that all BendDAO contracts are compiled with Solidity, not Vyper.Previous news, the Ethereum programming language Vyper announced that the recursive lock vulnerability in versions 0.2.15, 0.2.16, and 0.3.0 is currently under investigation.

ChainCatcher message, Solana Labs has launched the Solang compiler that supports writing smart contracts in the Solidity language.It is reported that its features include compatibility with Ethereum Solidity 0.8, the ability to call other Solana smart contracts, and support for Solana SPL tokens, etc. (source link)

ChainCatcher message, Ethereum programming language Solidity releases Solidity compiler version 0.8.20. The latest version includes a series of improvements to the via-IR pipeline and enhances the list of events exposed in the contract ABI, supporting the Shanghai hard fork upgrade. This compiler switches the default target EVM version to the Shanghai version. (Source link)