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    os
    16 Mar 2022

    PluGeth-Parity Tracing Suite

    An open source plugin now offers Parity trace capabilities in PluGeth.

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    rivet
    14 Feb 2022

    Rivet.cloud's Cardinal Rollout Plan

    An in depth look at the design of Cardinal

    ethercattle cardinal rivet
    rivet
    14 Feb 2022

    Cardinal Architecture

    An in depth look at the design of Cardinal

    ethercattle cardinal rivet
    os
    14 Feb 2022

    PluGeth: The Geth Fork to End All Geth Forks

    As part of our initiative to create Cardinal, we started with creating an extensible fork of Geth we hope will be useful far beyond its application in Cardinal.

    plugeth
    rivet
    14 Feb 2022

    Why We Built Cardinal

    A look at the problems Cardinal solves that EtherCattle couldn't

    ethercattle cardinal rivet
    rivet
    14 Feb 2022

    Introducing Cardinal!

    The EtherCattle Initiative started us down the path to operationally manageable Ethereum node infrastructure. Soon it will be time for Cardinal to take up the mantle.

    ethercattle cardinal rivet
    xyz
    21 Jun 2021

    Retiring The OpenRelay Order Book

    The OpenRelay team is shutting down the 0x Order Book to focus on other products.

    openrelay 0x
    security
    09 Feb 2021

    A Framework for Understanding Vulnerability Lifecycles in Ethereum Clients

    Patching security updates requires a careful balance of multiple concerns. We present a framework for considering the impacts of different approaches to handling updates at different phases in the life-cycle of software.

    geth
    os
    16 Nov 2020

    Geth: It's Time for Long Term Support

    An LTS release of Geth likely could have prevented the November 11th chainsplit. Here's how we can get there.

    rivet geth
    rivet
    11 Nov 2020

    Rivet's Operational Process is not Just a Talking Point

    The Ethereum ecosystem was rocked by an Infura outage lasting nearly five hours. It's not just luck that Rivet was unaffected.

    rivet
    rivet
    25 Sep 2020

    A Look at the Pocket Network

    The Pocket Network is a decentralized network of blockchain node providers.

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    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Epilogue — A Look at Ethical Hacking

    A look at the concept of Ethical hacking in the context of the attacks on Rivet.

    dos rivet
    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Saturday — A Stunning Confession

    A University professor admits to the attacks.

    dos rivet
    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Friday — A Break in the Case

    The Rivet team finally gets a clue of where the attacks are coming from.

    dos rivet
    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Thursday — Waiting for the Next Wave

    After putting protective measures in place, the Rivet team awaits the next wave.

    dos rivet
    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Wednesday — Batten Down the Hatches

    Realizing these attacks aren't going away, the Rivet team prepares for more.

    dos rivet
    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Tuesday — Attacks Intensify

    Late Tuesday night, the Rivet team faces the most aggressive attacks yet.

    dos rivet
    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Monday — A Reprieve

    After a night of Denial of Service attacks, the Rivet team gets a day to regroup.

    dos rivet
    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Sunday — Attacks Begin

    The Rivet team handles the first attacks of the week.

    dos rivet
    dos
    06 Aug 2020

    DoS Series: Introduction

    At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rivet team was forced to deal with persistent denial of service attacks executed by researchers at a major US University. We came out on top, and now we're here to tell the story.

    dos rivet
    rivet
    30 Jun 2020

    Multitransaction Gas Estimation

    You can now estimate gas for a chain of dependent transactions on Rivet

    rivet geth
    rivet
    23 Jun 2020

    Flume

    Rivet is happy to announce indexed event logs

    flume rivet
    xyz
    02 Apr 2020

    Announcing Support for 0x v3

    OpenRelay now supports version 3 of the 0x exchange contracts on Rinkeby and the Ethereum Mainnet

    openrelay 0x
    dev
    13 Feb 2020

    Storing Data in Ethereum

    In the Ethereum blockchain, sometimes information that seems simple can be painfully hard to retrieve. Today we dive into the structure of the data stored in clients and where that difficulty comes from.

    geth rivet
    security
    02 Nov 2019

    Privacy and Web3 — The Stats

    On the anniversary of the adoption of EIP-1102, we're publishing the results of our Web3 Analytics experiment

    privacy stats
    rivet
    01 Sep 2019

    Rivet Released for General Availability

    Rivet.cloud - the hosted service based on OpenRelay's EtherCattle initaitive - is now generally available.

    rivet
    rivet
    01 Aug 2019

    Rivet Beta Update

    How we've used feedback from the Rivet Beta to make some big enhancements, which feed back into the open source Ether Cattle Initiative.

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    rivet
    16 Jul 2019

    Rivet.cloud: Now In Beta

    OpenRelay is proud to announce the beta of Rivet.cloud - A cloud hosted service offering Ethereum RPC APIs based on the open source Ether Cattle Initiative.

    rivet
    security
    13 Jul 2019

    New 0x Exchange Addresses

    The 0x team recently became aware of a potential exploit, and has replaced the 0x exchange contracts. OpenRelay has updated to the new contracts.

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    os
    10 Jun 2019

    Ether Cattle - Operationally Manageable Ethereum Clients

    OpenRelay has built a set of tools for managing Ethereum infrastructure at scale, and we're announcing a new service

    ethercattle geth rivet
    os
    16 Apr 2019

    Websockets

    OpenRelay now supports the Websockets component of the 0x Standard Relayer API

    openrelay sra 0x
    os
    26 Feb 2019

    EtherCattle Initiative: Request for Testers

    OpenRelay needs your help testing a new kind of Ethereum client

    ethercattle geth
    misc
    25 Feb 2019

    ETHDenver 2019: Crypto Cattle

    The OpenRelay team went to ETH Denver last weekend and built a game to showcase OpenRelay's ERC721 capabilities.

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    dev
    15 Feb 2019

    Free ETHDenver Pool On OpenRelay

    OpenRelay has launched a free pool for ETHDenver

    ethdenver pools openrelay
    os
    14 Feb 2019

    A Look at 0x Fee Structures

    There are a variety of ways for application developers to collect fees on 0x. We'll take a look at some of the options.

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    misc
    06 Feb 2019

    A Bunch of Hacks: Join Our Team at ETHDenver?

    OpenRelay is looking for the fourth member of our ETHDenver Hackathon team! Are you an ETHDenver-bound frontend developer who needs a team? Hit us up!

    ethdenver
    misc
    02 Feb 2019

    Analyzing The Blockchain with OpenRelay Lens

    OpenRelay deals with a lot of data on the blockchain. We want to make that data available to you.

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    policy
    23 Jan 2019

    Digital Assets, the SEC, and The Pecora Report

    The SEC has been around for a long time, faithfully executing its mission to protect investors from fraudulent securities offerings. But the means they've traditionally employed just don't make sense for digital assets. Learn why in this post.

    securities compliance
    os
    16 Jan 2019

    Introducing Pools

    Pools - A new OpenRelay feature with many uses

    pools openrelay
    policy
    08 Jan 2019

    Black-Grey-Green: OpenRelay's Token Vetting Paradigm

    We’ve already implemented an updated Terms of Use mechanism that requires Makers to sign before their account is permitted to create orders. Our next step is to begin an exhaustive process of *Howey*-testing to classify tokens according to a three-class color-coded paradigm. Read on to learn how it will work.

    securities compliance
    xyz
    02 Jan 2019

    V0 Endpoint Deprecation Accelerated Timeline

    Previously we laid out a deprecation timeline for our v0 endpoint. Following the Embiggen Airdrop, the v0 orderbook is empty, so the v0 endpoint will be deprecated on an accelerated schedule.

    openrelay deprecation
    xyz
    29 Dec 2018

    Embiggen: The End of an Airdrop

    The Embiggen Airdrop is coming to a close!

    mbgn airdrop
    policy
    14 Dec 2018

    New Terms of Use

    OpenRelay has a new Terms of Use which must be signed to submit orders.

    compliance
    xyz
    20 Nov 2018

    V0 Endpoint Deprecation Timeline

    Over the next couple of months, OpenRelay will end support for 0x v1 and our /v0/ endpoints

    openrelay deprecation
    policy
    12 Nov 2018

    OpenRelay and Securities

    Recent SEC announcements have cast legal shadows on decentralized trading technologies. Here's what OpenRelay is doing to stay on the right side of the law.

    securities compliance
    policy
    31 Oct 2018

    Think Instrument: Tokens Aren't Just Securities

    If you think of a token as an instrument, then it isn't a forgone conclusion that the natural home of token commerce is on an exchange.

    tokens vision philosophy economics
    security
    11 Oct 2018

    Gaslighting DEXes For Fun & Profit

    While decentralized exchanges help eliminate certain types of trust issues, they introduce some brand new ones.

    security 0x
    misc
    25 Sep 2018

    September Update

    This month OpenRelay has had a lot going on - here's an update.

    openrelay nalit widgets ethercattle
    os
    29 Aug 2018

    Standard Relayer API v2 Compliance

    OpenRelay now implements Version 2 of the Standard Relayer API

    openrelay sra 0x
    misc
    27 Aug 2018

    ERC721 Support on Kovan

    OpenRelay now supports ERC721 for 0x v2

    erc721 0x
    dev
    09 Aug 2018

    Screenside Chats - Now On YouTube

    OpenRelay is now on YouTube!

    screensidechats
    xyz
    30 Jul 2018

    Announcing the OpenRelay.xyz Affiliates Program

    OpenRelay.xyz now has a formalized affiliates program. Sign up today!

    affiliates
    xyz
    16 Jul 2018

    Announcing Support for 0x v2 On Kovan

    OpenRelay now supports version 2 of the 0x exchange contracts on Kovan.

    openrelay 0x
    misc
    30 Jun 2018

    OpenRelay moves from Alpha to Beta

    OpenRelay has moved from Alpha to Beta. Here's what that means.

    openrelay xyz
    misc
    23 Jun 2018

    Introducing Fling

    We built a tool for flinging ERC20 tokens and ETH to lots of addresses in one transaction.

    fling tokens
    dev
    12 Jun 2018

    Embiggen Airdrop: Pruning an Order Book With 27 Million Orders

    For the Embiggen Airdrop, we loaded OpenRelay's order book with 27 million orders. How do we prune an order book at that scale?

    mbgn openrelay
    dev
    09 Jun 2018

    Embiggen Airdrop: Ingesting 27 Million Orders

    Pumping 27 Million Orders into OpenRelay was tricky business. Here's how we did it.

    mbgn openrelay massive
    dev
    07 Jun 2018

    Embiggen Airdrop: Creating 27 Million Orders

    For the Embiggen Airdrop, we created one 0x Order for each of the 27 million addresses that existed in Early May of 2018. Here's how we did it.

    mbgn airdrop massive
    dev
    04 Jun 2018

    Embiggen Airdrop: NotCoin

    NotCoin is the trick that made Embiggen's 0x-based Airdrop Possible. Here's how it works.

    mbgn notcoin airdrop
    xyz
    03 Jun 2018

    Embiggen Airdrop

    Help OpenRelay test our backend by claiming your free Embiggen at get.embiggen.me

    mbgn airdrop
    security
    08 May 2018

    A Word on Back Doors In Encryption

    Once again, people are talking about putting back doors in encryption. Here's why it's a bad idea.

    encryption
    xyz
    05 May 2018

    Endpoint Deprecation Notice

    On May 13th the /v0.0 Endpoint for OpenRelay.xyz will be disabled

    openrelay deprecation
    dev
    28 Apr 2018

    Introducing Massive

    Massive is a command line toolkit from OpenRelay for manipulating 0x orders in bulk

    massive openrelay 0x
    misc
    15 Mar 2018

    Embiggen

    Introducing MBGN: The embiggening ERC20 Token.

    mbgn tokens
    misc
    07 Mar 2018

    Using Smart Contracts to Make Digital Assets More Accessible

    One of the biggest challenges facing the blockchain ecosystem is the vital importance of keeping account keys safe. If your keys are lost or compromised, you lose everything. But it doesn't have to be that way.

    keysplit
    dev
    21 Feb 2018

    KeySplit Architecture & Security

    At the ETH Denver hackathon, Austin spent a weekend working on KeySplit. Here he delves into its architecture and security.

    keysplit ethdenver
    misc
    20 Feb 2018

    ETH Denver Update

    Austin went to ETH Denver representing OpenRelay. This is some of what came out of it.

    ethdenver
    security
    11 Feb 2018

    Privacy and Web3

    If you're reading this with a web3 plugin installed, it's already too late. Your web3 client is telling us way more about you than you probably want us to know. We already know whether you're using web3, and if your account is unlocked we know your Ethereum address.

    privacy
    misc
    15 Jan 2018

    New Order Book Engine, Testnet Support & More

    At launch, OpenRelay used DynamoDB as a storage engine for the order book. We're making the switch to a PostgreSQL backed orderbook, and we've also added support for the Ropsten tesetnet.

    openrelay
    security
    26 Dec 2017

    Security in Decentralized Exchanges

    Last week EtherDelta, a decentralized exchange on the Ethereum network, experienced a security breach that impacted their users' tokens.

    security
    misc
    29 Nov 2017

    November Update

    In the month since the initial release of OpenRelay we've had a lot of developments.

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