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Patrick O'Grady πŸ”Ί

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CS @Stanford ➑️ Crypto Engineer @Coinbase ➑️ Head of Engineering @AvaLabsOfficial ***opinions are my own and will probably change***

Banff 8 - PROXY Protocol

πŸ› οΈ πŸ› οΈ #Avalanche Banff 8 is out: https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.9.8 πŸ› οΈ πŸ› οΈ This version (v1.9.8) is backwards compatible to v1.9.0. It is optional but recommended. πŸ” Release Focus: PROXY Protocol v1/v2 Support + Optimized P-Chain Validator Lookup + P2P Network Client Helper

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Ava Labs Hiring

Looking for a job in crypto? @avalabsofficial is HIRING for the following roles πŸ› οΈ : * Consensus Engineer * Consensus Researcher * Cryptography Engineer * P2P Network Engineer * Storage Engineer * Virtual Machine SDK Engineer * Virtual Machine Engineer * Bridge Engineer

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Banff 7

πŸ› οΈ πŸ› οΈ #Avalanche Banff 7 is out: https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.9.7 πŸ› οΈ πŸ› οΈ This version (v1.9.7) is backwards compatible to v1.9.0. It is optional but recommended. πŸ” Release Focus: Dynamic State Syncing Support + Improved Chit Handling + NAT-PMP Fixes

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Avalanche Warp Messaging

At 6:42:29 AM UTC (1:42:29 AM ET) this morning, December 22nd, 2022, the first native Cross-Subnet Message was sent on #Avalanche Mainnet using **Avalanche Warp Messaging**.

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Banff.4 - VM BLS Access

πŸ› οΈ πŸ› οΈ #Avalanche Banff 4 is out: https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.9.4 πŸ› οΈ πŸ› οΈ This version (v1.9.4) is backwards compatible to v1.9.0. It is optional but recommended. πŸ” Release Focus: Cross-Subnet Messaging Prep + PeerList Networking Optimizations + ChainData Directory for VMs

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ProposerVM Overivew

ProposerVM (Snowman++ implementation in AvalancheGo) sequences conflict-free block production without time-based slots over thousands of participants. πŸš€ πŸš€ TL;DR faster VM, validators, and/or networking => faster block production πŸš€ πŸš€ https://twitter.com/_patrickogrady/status/1593400384684363778?s=20&t=qwK99gfskos0zJSbLnLHsA

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Banff 3

πŸ› οΈ πŸ› οΈ #Avalanche Banff 3 is out: https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.9.3 πŸ› οΈ πŸ› οΈ This version (v1.9.3) is backwards compatible to v1.9.0. It is optional but strongly recommended. πŸ” Release Focus: Enhanced Tracing + VM Testing Improvements + Networking Optimization Prep

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Avalanche Rust SDK

πŸ¦€ πŸ¦€ Building a #Blockchain but ONLY code in #Rust? πŸ¦€ πŸ¦€ Say hello to the BRAND NEW #Avalanche Rust SDK: https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanche-types-rs Don't know where to start? Here are 2 examples: * timestampvm-rs: https://github.com/ava-labs/timestampvm-rs * spacesvm-rs: https://github.com/ava-labs/spacesvm-rs

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Banff 1: VM2 Messaging

β„οΈπŸ‚ #Avalanche Banff 1 is out: https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.9.1 ⛄⛷️ This version (v1.9.1) is backwards compatible to v1.9.0. It is optional but recommended. πŸ” Release Focus: VM2 (VM<>VM Communication) and OpenTelemetry Tracing

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Banff: Elastic Subnets

❄️ ❄️ I'm THRILLED to announce Banff: Elastic Subnets ❄️ ❄️ https://medium.com/avalancheavax/banff-elastic-subnets-44042f41e34c Banff unlocks the ability for Subnet creators to activate PoS validation and uptime-based rewards using their own token on their own Subnet.

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