Next-Gen BUIDLers: The 8 Teams Working on Ethereum 2.0

Speaking to the complementary efforts of developers working on two separate upgrades to the ethereum blockchain - one dubbed ethereum 2.0 and the other dubbed ethereum 1x - Raul Jordan insists upgrades to be included in ethereum 1x on a shorter time horizon would have benefits to ongoing research for ethereum 2.0.

Having been discussed in earnest among ethereum developers only in the last couple of weeks, ethereum 1x is intended to be an intermediary upgrade that focuses on enhancements to the current ethereum network.

While one of these components - namely ethereum's implementation of WASM - has the potential of being tested in the earlier roadmap for ethereum 1x, the majority of the work to build out ethereum 2.0 is still ongoing as a separate project.

"It's not about who's going to be the next big thing. It's more about trying to make these systems work. Rushing it just so we can catch up with another supposed ethereum killer defeats the purpose of working on this."

Fully supported by Consensys - the self-proclaimed "Venture production studio" of ethereum headed by ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin - PegaSys is building out ethereum 2.0 specifications for an existing ethereum Java client called Pantheon.

Unveiled recently at a gathering of ethereum developers in Prague, Pantheon uses an open-source software license called Apache 2.0 to enable businesses building products on top of the ethereum platform to monetize their intellectual property.

Speaking to CoinDesk, Khan highlighted that extending support for ethereum 2.0 specifications meant close collaboration with Ethereum Foundation researchers and other client development teams.

Now called simply the Harmony team, these group of developers were recently awarded $90,000 through the Ethereum Foundation grants program to build out specifications for ethereum 2.0.

Speaking to renewed efforts to build a ethereum 2.0 client within the organization, Head of Public Affairs for Parity Peter Mauric explained ethereum 2.0 was really the "Production-ready" version of the ethereum blockchain.

Recently awarded a $150,000 grant from the Ethereum Foundation, the company is building an ethereum 2.0 client called Lighthouse written in programming language Rust.