Simple Overview

Release 1.4.0 marks the fourth Mainnet version upgrade of the Casper protocol. The team has identified several areas of opportunity where the protocol will benefit from performance and sustainability fixes.

This release will focus on Performance & Sustainability.

The goal is to patch Mainnet with the fourth round of sustainability features:

• Fast Sync

• NFT support

• Event stream enhancements

• Update documentation at http://docs.casperlabs.io

Detailed Overview

Node

• https://github.com/casper-network/roadmap/issues/19 → downstream dep for SRE

• https://github.com/casper-network/roadmap/issues/7

• https://github.com/casper-network/roadmap/issues/16 → changes in the fetcher

• https://github.com/casper-network/roadmap/issues/20 → tests, change the order of the checks

Execution Engine

• https://github.com/casper-network/roadmap/issues/16 → spike created in Gov

• Account Unification (Design)

• Tech Debt work

Protocol

• https://github.com/casper-network/roadmap/issues/12

• Finality signatures improvements

SRE

• Permissioned network performance measurement

• Archival strategy

• Tooling to Spin up a permissioned network in AWS

  • specify the number of nodes, keys, & Associated weights -> new permissioned network.

Ecosystem

• https://github.com/casper-ecosystem/roadmap/issues/11 (proposaldesign & implementation) (Mateusz Gorski )

• Bridge implementation (blocked by #11 Light client, so Q4)

• https://github.com/casper-ecosystem/roadmap/issues/12 (blocked by #11 Light client, so Q4) ?

• https://github.com/casper-ecosystem/roadmap/issues/13 ( Jan Hoffmann (Unlicensed) Maciej Zielinski (Deactivated) )

• https://github.com/casper-ecosystem/roadmap/issues/2 ( George Williamson (Deactivated) Jan Hoffmann (Unlicensed) )

  • Signer: Integrate Phishing module (src: https://github.com/MetaMask/eth-phishing-detect ) ( George Williamson (Deactivated) )

• Hackathons

  • 6-week effort for Maciej Zielinski (Deactivated) (2 weeks prep, 4 weeks support during the hackathon)

  • SRE support during non-EU work hours Joe Sacher

• Adjustment of contracts and tutorials to 1.3 ( Former user (Deleted) , Zoltán Lovas )

• Developer experience portal & NFT Workflow Doc (example: https://examples.near.org/NFT )

• NFT Base Contracts, Auction Contract (Former user (Deleted) , Zoltán Lovas )

• Assembly Script ecosystem push - Upgrades for AssemblyScript ( Former user (Deleted) )

• Support Make with NFT ( Jan Hoffmann (Unlicensed) )

• Encryption dApp , - in 2 weeks - ( Mark Greenslade )

• Document mgmt Demo dApp - ( Mark Greenslade ) → deploy to testnet, build UI around it

• Example Upgrade Contract: Example contracts calling contracts ( Maciej Zielinski (Deactivated) Former user (Deleted) Zoltán Lovas )Signer: Integrate Phishing module (src: https://github.com/MetaMask/eth-phishing-detect ) ( George Williamson (Deactivated) )

• Example dApp for 'Casper' events using a named key + event querying.

Pro Services

Metacask/Civic

PM: Robby Gillis

Dev: Maciej Zielinski (Deactivated) Former user (Deleted)

Economists: Alexander Limonov Former user (Deleted)

Solution Architect: Greg Skerry (Unlicensed)

Go-Live: September 2021

Key Items

Civic Dapp & Gateway Integrations

• Casper Client Integration

• Civic Gatekeeper Smart Contract

NFT Contract (CEP 47) 

• Master NFT Contract enabling whiskey cask mints

  • Methods (Token Burn)

  • Whitelisting/Permissions

  • Metadata Storage Model

  • Escrow/Bonded Facility Model [Regulatory]

• Civic KYC Smart Contract (CEP47) [Contract Expansions, CVC Minting)

AuctionHouse (Master) Smart Contract 

• Auction Governance (Multi-Commissions, Permissions, Funding/Settlement)

Auction Smart Contract 

• Auction Mechanics (Start/Stop Bidding, KYC check, Pricing, NFT Transfer)

CasperSigner 

• Wallet Compatibility / Civic Token

• Metacask Custody SDK (Key Generation)

Ariadne

• PM Mohamed Omar

• DEV Mark Greenslade Maciej Zielinski (Deactivated) Zoltán Lovas Ed Hastings (Deactivated)

• Deadlines

  • 3 months

• Develop smart contract and integrate with the SolixT application

• Key items

  • smart contract internal development

  • Java SDK

IPwe

• PM Mohamed Omar

• DEV Mark Greenslade Maciej Zielinski (Deactivated) Zoltán Lovas Jan Hoffmann (Unlicensed) Ed Hastings (Deactivated)

• Deadlines

  • MVP testnet release 01 Aug 2021

  • MVP mainnet release 14 Aug 2021

• Key items

  • CEP 47 smart contract internal development

  • JavaScript library