Nimbus Beacon Chain
https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2
Nimbus Beacon Chain (NBC) is an implementation of an Ethereum 2 client.
Audit scope
Network Core (leveraging the libp2p framework)
| Sub-topic |
|---|
| Discovery Protocol (discv5) |
| Publish/Subscribe protocol |
| Eth2 Request/Response protocol |
| SSZ - (De)serialization & tree hashing |
| Wire encryption |
ETH2 Specification core
| Sub-topic |
|---|
| State transition logic |
| Signature verification |
| Epoch finalisation and justification |
| Reward processing |
| Eth1 data processing |
| Fork choice logic |
| Block processing and production |
| Attestation processing and production |
| Block synchronization |
| Peer pool management |
Validator core and user experience
| Sub-topic |
|---|
| Block/attestation signing |
| Slash-prevention mechanisms |
| RPC API |
| Accounts management & key storage |
| Command Line Interface (CLI) |
High-level view of the stack
https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_kvfytDI=/
Diagram
TODO
Specifications
We target v1.0.1 phase0 of https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs
The p2p-interface specs in particular describe the subset of libp2p spec that are used to implement Ethereum 2
Resources
Ethereum 2.0 Ask Me Anything: