We're excited to announce our latest open source project, Anchor, a Rust implementation of the SSV Network protocol ⚓️🧵

Ever wondered what Sigma Prime devops looks like? We run ~120 servers across five different clouds and maintain our own hardware in a tier 4 datacenter. 🧵

Big news! Paul Hauner, Age Manning, and Mehdi Zerouali have been named Australian Young Entrepreneurs of the Year, winning across all 21 categories and represented regions 🇦🇺🏆

⚡️ #TrustXOnline Speaker: Mehdi Zerouali 🎙️ Mehdi Zerouali, Co-founder Director Sigma Prime, speaks about "Practical Security Measures for Web3 Founders" 📺 youtu.be/Wa--zO509bA

New *low-priority* Lighthouse release 🎉 Introduces new features and optimisations, including a new database format. Say hello to compact archive nodes 👋 This release is *not* compatible with previous versions. Once you upgrade, you need to re-sync to downgrade. Link 👇

We're honoured to join the EigenLayer Protocol Council and strengthen our collaboration with the Eigen Foundation to help secure the protocol and foster its growth. Looking forward to contributing to this important governance journey!

We're thrilled to see Commit-Boost 📻 🕶️ 🦇🔊 advancing to production 🎉 Collaborating with the team during our security review was a real pleasure 🤝 Excited to see the impact this will have on Ethereum validators 🚀 Check out the full security assessment report below 👇

Ever wondered how sharding and cross-contract calls work on NEAR Protocol ? In our latest blog post, we break down the technical details and explore their implications for scalability and security. blog.sigmaprime.io/near-sharding-…

Validators are currently voting to increase Ethereum's gas limit - a key metric that balances network throughput against the ability to run nodes on consumer hardware. Let's examine the tradeoffs...

Vitalik loves light clients and we do too: Lighthouse is enabling 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭, making trust-minimised consumers (i.e. wallets) more viable than ever! With this rollout the share of beacon nodes providing light client data is

Great to have contributed to the security of the Pectra system contracts as part of the 4th round of security review. The full report is linked below.

This article describes how to correctly configure and debug your NAT settings to maximize the effectiveness of the Lighthouse client. blog.sigmaprime.io/lighthouse-nat…

Lighthouse v7.0.0-beta.4 released 🎉 This new beta release brings support for the Hoodi testnet, and cleaned up versions of the fixes made to keep Holesky running. It is recommended for all testnets: Sepolia, Holesky, Hoodi and Chiado (Gnosis testnet).

In this article, we dive into the storage system of the NEAR blockchain. We'll explore how storage works on NEAR, how to use it securely, and highlight some of the common pitfalls. blog.sigmaprime.io/near-storage.h…

PeerDAS is really taking off 🚀 Lots of progress, more teams getting involved (ELs, L2s, research, testing etc), and a sharp coordinator Will Corcoran who's already making waves. Excited about where this is headed. Let's get more blobs on Ethereum this year!

Lighthouse Team on Fulu 🧵👇 Fulu is all about PeerDAS (EIP-7594)—the heart of this fork. Given its complexity, let's keep the scope tight and focused on PeerDAS.

🚨 New blog post: An exploration of the issues and fixes in the Lighthouse client brought on by the Pectra Holesky incident. Written by Eitan Bill 👇

We have released `Lighthouse v7.0.0` which supports the Pectra upgrade on Ethereum mainnet that will land on May 7, 2025. Let's dive in to the changes!

Common Vulnerabilities: Oracles and Pricing In this article we explore common missteps that can occur when making use of Oracles and pricing feeds in smart contracts, and steps that can be taken to mitigate these issues.