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Story: Ethereum Classic (ETC) Is in the Working List of Mantis: IOHK Development Update Out for…

By James Thorp

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There has been an Ethereum Classic - Mantis: IOHK Development Update for April 2021.  Those who want to know the technical details will have to visit the You Tube video.

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Dom Zajkowski, Technical lead stated, they have completed:  Download block headers via header skeleton, implement branch resolving during fast sync.

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In progress:  Reorganization to how block fetching is performed.  Further investigations in check pointing.  Automating check pointing test coverage, and more.

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There are naysayers for what IOHK are trying to do for ETC, but those who are level headed feel it is awesome progression.

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Those who are new to ETC should, check the presentation covering the current state of ETC, its history from inception, to the last upgrade and more during Afternoon Tea & ETC?

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Running your own node according to ETC is a method to decentralize the network.  Also, when it comes to facilitating privacy and security in transaction, they claim it…

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Further they have announced that Hyperledger Besu v21.1.5 Released. A link to download it is also provided.

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For clarity, Hyperledger Besu is an Ethereum client designed to be enterprise-friendly for both public and private permissioned network use cases.

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It is important to note that Hyperledger Besu is different from Hyperledger Fabric.

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ETC Cooperative previously tweeted:  'Besu Launcher' is a CLI option that helps to launch and configure the Ethereum Classic mainnet and its testnets—including Astor (SHA3).’

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Those who are interested can take a look at their short video which shows how simple it to use on an Enterprise grade client for ETC like Besu.

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The video points to how this helpful tool (Besu Launcher) created by the developers at Hyperledger Besu permits users to interactively configure and start their nodes with the…

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Regardless of how Besu was installed, users should simply add the option `- -Xlauncher` or `- -Xlauncher-force.`

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Those who have already created a config file. Besu Launcher asks a series of questions and generates a configuration file.

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Meanwhile your node has already begun its initial sync and download. This incredibly simple yet robust tool supports the public Ethereum Classic and Kotti, Mordor, ECIP1049_DEV,…

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