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DeFi Developer Road Map

Here we collect and discuss the best DeFi & Blockchain researches and tools - contributions are welcome.

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Basics Explore
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Frameworks Explore
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Security Explore
DeFi Explore
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NFT Explore
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General Info Explore
Side Chains Explore
MEV Explore
Tools Collection Explore
ETH 2.0 Explore
Front End Explore

Basics:

Ethereum

  • Learn the basics of Ethereum
  • Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM): turing complete
  • Learn about Wallets, Accounts (EOA), Private/Public Keys
  • Learn about transactions, Gas, Metamask
  • Ethereum clients/Nodes, Geth
  • Infura infrastructure

Smart Contract

Smart Contract Standards

  • ERCs - Ethereum Improvement Proposals

Tokens

Others

  • ERC-165 - Creates a standard method to publish and detect what interfaces a smart contract implements.
  • ERC-725 - A standard interface for a simple proxy account.
  • ERC-173 - A standard interface for ownership of contracts.

General Development Skills

Try this tools:

  • eth-cli - CLI tools.
  • REPL - Solidity REPL.
  • Remix - Online realtime compiler and runtime.
  • gencall-cli - An interractive smart contract encoder and sender from your ABI file
  • Optimize Solidity Function Name - Optimize function names to reduce costs
  • solc-typed-ast compiler - TypeScript package providing a normalized typed Solidity AST along with the utilities necessary to generate the AST (from Solc) and traverse/manipulate it.

dApps

  • Get familiar with tools that you will be using:

Package Managers

IDE's

Practice

ZK-SNARKs

General info

  • ZoKrates - A toolbox for zkSNARKS on Ethereum
  • The AZTEC Protocol - Confidential transactions on the Ethereum network, implementation is live on the Ethereum main-net
  • Nightfall - Make any ERC-20 / ERC-721 token private - open source tools & microservices
  • Proxy Re-encryption (PRE)
  • NuCypher Network - A proxy re-encryption network to empower data privacy in decentralized systems
  • pyUmbral - Threshold proxy re-encryption cryptographic library
  • Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE)
  • NuFHE - GPU accelerated FHE library

ZK-STARKs

Frameworks

Truffle Suit

ZeppelinOS

Labs.Superblock

Note: Superblocks is depreciated

Infura (A Gateway to Ethereum)

Other Frameworks

  • Frameworks List - Ethereum Frameworks Listing.
  • Hardhat - Flexible, extensible and fast Ethereum development environment.
  • Brownie - Brownie is a Python framework for deploying, testing and interacting with Ethereum smart contracts.
  • Embark - Framework for DApp development
  • Waffle - Framework for advanced smart contract development and testing, small, flexible, fast (based on ethers.js)
  • Dapp - Framework for DApp development, successor to DApple
  • Etherlime - ethers.js based framework for Dapp deployment
  • Parasol - [Depreciated] Agile smart contract development environment with testing, INFURA deployment, automatic contract documentation and more. It features a flexible and unopinionated design with unlimited customizability
  • 0xcert - JavaScript framework for building decentralized applications
  • OpenZeppelin SDK - OpenZeppelin SDK: A suite of tools to help you develop, compile, upgrade, deploy and interact with smart contracts.
  • sbt-ethereum - A tab-completey, text-based console for smart-contract interaction and development, including wallet and ABI management, ENS support, and advanced Scala integration.
  • Cobra - A fast, flexible and simple development environment framework for Ethereum smart contract, testing and deployment on Ethereum virtual machine(EVM).
  • Epirus - Java framework for building smart contracts.
  • Ether Jar Java integration library for Ethereum blockchain
  • Starport - A CLI tool for building sovereign IBC-enabled blockchains.

Interacting with Smart Contract

Python Ethereum Eco System

Distributed Storage Systems

Test Blockchain Networks

  • Ethnode - Run an Ethereum node (Geth or Parity) for development, as easy as npm i -g ethnode && ethnode.
  • Ganache - App for test Ethereum blockchain with visual UI and logs
  • Kaleido - Use Kaleido for spinning up a consortium blockchain network. Great for PoCs and testing
  • Besu Private Network - Run a private network of Besu nodes in a Docker container
  • Orion - Component for performing private transactions by PegaSys
  • Artemis - Java implementation of the Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain by PegaSys
  • Cliquebait - Simplifies integration and accepting testing of smart contract applications with docker instances that closely resembles a real blockchain network
  • Local Raiden - Run a local Raiden network in docker containers for demo and testing purposes
  • Private networks deployment scripts - Out-of-the-box deployment scripts for private PoA networks
  • Local Ethereum Network - Out-of-the-box deployment scripts for private PoW networks
  • Ethereum on Azure - Deployment and governance of consortium Ethereum PoA networks
  • Ethereum on Google Cloud - Build Ethereum network based on Proof of Work
  • Infura - Ethereum API access to Ethereum networks (Mainnet, Ropsten, Rinkeby, Goerli, Kovan)
  • CloudFlare Distributed Web Gateway - Provides access to the Ethereum network through the Cloudflare instead of running your own node
  • Chainstack - Shared and dedicated Ethereum nodes as a service (Mainnet, Ropsten, Rinkeby)
  • Alchemy - Blockchain Developer Platform, Ethereum API, and Node Service (Mainnet, Ropsten, Rinkeby, Goerli, Kovan)
  • ZMOK - JSON-RPC Ethereum API (Mainnet, Rinkeby, Front-running Mainnet)

Test Ether Faucets

Front End

UI Components

Further Readings

Inspired by:

Security & Safety:

DeFI

Ethereum Name Service

Non-Fungible Token (NFT):

Stable-Coins:

General information:

Side-Chains

EIP - 1559

Ethereum 2.0

MEV - Maximal Extractable Value / Miner Extractable Value:

Discucssion

Hack Incident Reporting

  • Rekt News - Anonymous platform for whistleblowers and DeFi detectives to present their information to the community.
  • Blockchain Threat Intelligence - Newsletter covering the latest security news, tools, events, vulnerabilities, and threats in the cryptocurrency landscape. Also supports this repo.
  • Blockchain Graveyard - A list of all massive security breaches or thefts involving blockchains.

Tools Collection

Ethereum Tools

Libraries

  • dapp-bin - Ethereum repo providing implementations for many common data structures and utilities in Solidity, Serpent and LLL.
  • Solidity Collections - Collections of code snippets and utility libraries.
  • OpenZeppelin - Framework to build secure smart contracts.

Popular Smart Contract Libraries

  • Zeppelin - Contains tested reusable smart contracts like SafeMath and OpenZeppelin SDK library for smart contract upgradeability
  • cryptofin-solidity - A collection of Solidity libraries for building secure and gas-efficient smart contracts on Ethereum.
  • Modular Libraries - A group of packages built for use on blockchains utilising the Ethereum Virtual Machine
  • DateTime Library - A gas-efficient Solidity date and time library
  • Aragon - DAO protocol. Contains aragonOS smart contract framework with focus on upgradeability and governance
  • ARC - an operating system for DAOs and the base layer of the DAO stack.
  • 0x - DEX protocol
  • Token Libraries with Proofs - Contains correctness proofs of token contracts wrt. given specifications and high-level properties
  • Provable API - Provides contracts for using the Provable service, allowing for off-chain actions, data-fetching, and computation
  • ABDK Libraries for Solidity - Fixed-point (64.64 bit) and IEEE-754 compliant quad precision (128 bit) floating-point math libraries for Solidity

Patterns for Smart Contracts

Upgradeability

Developer Tools

  • CryptoFin Solidity Auditing Checklist - A checklist of common findings, and issues to watch out for when auditing a contract for a mainnet launch.
  • MythX - Security verification platform and tools ecosystem for Ethereum developers
  • Mythril - Open-source EVM bytecode security analysis tool
  • Oyente - Alternative static smart contract security analysis
  • Securify - Security scanner for Ethereum smart contracts
  • SmartCheck - Static smart contract security analyzer
  • Ethersplay - EVM disassembler
  • Evmdis - Alternative EVM disassembler
  • Hydra - Framework for cryptoeconomic contract security, decentralised security bounties
  • Solgraph - Visualise Solidity control flow for smart contract security analysis
  • Manticore - Symbolic execution tool on Smart Contracts and Binaries
  • Slither - A Solidity static analysis framework
  • Adelaide - The SECBIT static analysis extension to Solidity compiler
  • solc-verify - A modular verifier for Solidity smart contracts
  • Solidity security blog - Comprehensive list of known attack vectors and common anti-patterns
  • Awesome Buggy ERC20 Tokens - A Collection of Vulnerabilities in ERC20 Smart Contracts With Tokens Affected
  • Free Smart Contract Security Audit - Free smart contract security audits from Callisto Network
  • Piet - A visual Solidity architecture analyzer

Frontend Ethereum APIs

  • Web3.js - Javascript Web3
  • Eth.js - Javascript Web3 alternative
  • Ethers.js - Javascript Web3 alternative, useful utilities and wallet features
  • light.js A high-level reactive JS library optimized for light clients.
  • Web3Wrapper - Typescript Web3 alternative
  • Ethereumjs - A collection of utility functions for Ethereum like ethereumjs-util and ethereumjs-tx
  • Alchemy-web3.js - Javascript Web3 wrapper with automatic retries, access to Alchemy's enhanced APIs, and robust websocket connections.
  • flex-contract and flex-ether - Modern, zero-configuration, high-level libraries for interacting with smart contracts and making transactions.
  • ez-ens - Simple, zero-configuration Ethereum Name Service address resolver.
  • web3x - A TypeScript port of web3.js. Benefits includes tiny builds and full type safety, including when interacting with contracts.
  • Nethereum - Cross-platform Ethereum development framework
  • dfuse - A TypeScript library to use dfuse Ethereum API
  • Drizzle - Redux library to connect a frontend to a blockchain
  • Tasit SDK - A JavaScript SDK for making native mobile Ethereum dapps using React Native
  • useMetamask - a custom React Hook to manage Metamask in Ethereum ĐApp projects
  • WalletConnect - Open protocol for connecting Wallets to Dapps
  • Subproviders - Several useful subproviders to use in conjunction with Web3-provider-engine (including a LedgerSubprovider for adding Ledger hardware wallet support to your dApp)
  • ethvtx - ethereum-ready & framework-agnostic redux store configuration. docs
  • Strictly Typed - Javascript alternatives
  • elm-ethereum
  • purescript-web3
  • ChainAbstractionLayer - Communicate with different blockchains (including Ethereum) using a single interface.
  • Delphereum - a Delphi interface to the Ethereum blockchain that allows for development of native dApps for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android.
  • Torus - Open-sourced SDK to build dapps with a seamless onboarding UX
  • Fortmatic - A simple to use SDK to build web3 dApps without extensions or downloads.
  • Portis - A non-custodial wallet with an SDK that enables easy interaction with DApps without installing anything.
  • create-eth-app - Create Ethereum-powered front-end apps with one command.
  • Scaffold-ETH - Beginner friendly forkable github for getting started building smart contracts.
  • Notify.js - Deliver real-time notifications to your users. With built-in support for Speed-Ups and Cancels, Blocknative Notify.js helps users transact with confidence. Notify.js is easy to integrate and quick to customize.

Backend Ethereum APIs

  • Web3.py - Python Web3
  • Web3.php - PHP Web3
  • Ethereum-php - PHP Web3
  • Web3j - Java Web3
  • Nethereum - .Net Web3
  • Ethereum.rb - Ruby Web3
  • rust-web3 - Rust Web3
  • ethers-rs - Ethers-rs
  • Web3.hs - Haskell Web3
  • KEthereum - Kotlin Web3
  • Eventeum - A bridge between Ethereum smart contract events and backend microservices, written in Java by Kauri
  • Ethereumex - Elixir JSON-RPC client for the Ethereum blockchain
  • Ethereum-jsonrpc-gateway - A gateway that allows you to run multiple Ethereum nodes for redundancy and load-balancing purposes. Can be ran as an alternative to (or on top of) Infura. Written in Golang.
  • EthContract - A set of helper methods to help query ETH smart contracts in Elixir
  • Ethereum Contract Service - A MESG Service to interact with any Ethereum contract based on its address and ABI.
  • Ethereum Service - A MESG Service to interact with events from Ethereum and interact with it.
  • Marmo - Python, JS, and Java SDK for simplifying interactions with Ethereum. Uses relayers to offload transaction costs to relayers.
  • Ethereum Logging Framework - provides advanced logging capabilities for Ethereum applications and networks including a query language, query processor, and logging code generation

Ethereum Clients

  • Besu - an open-source Ethereum client developed under the Apache 2.0 license and written in Java. The project is hosted by Hyperledger.
  • Geth - Go client
  • Erigon - a mostly Go implementation of Ethereum client built on the efficiency frontier
  • OpenEthereum - Rust client, formerly called Parity. On path to deprecation in favor of Erigon.
  • Aleth - C++ client
  • Nethermind - .NET Core client
  • Infura - A managed service providing Ethereum client standards-compliant APIs
  • Trinity - Python client using py-evm
  • Ethereumjs - JS client using ethereumjs-vm
  • Seth - Seth is an Ethereum client tool—like a "MetaMask for the command line"
  • Mustekala - Ethereum Light Client project of Metamask
  • Exthereum - Elixir client
  • EWF Parity - Energy Web Foundation client for the Tobalaba test network
  • Quorum - A permissioned implementation of Ethereum supporting data privacy by JP Morgan
  • Awesome Quorum - A curated list of awesome softwares, libraries, tools and more to build on ConsenSys Quorum.
  • Mana - Ethereum full node implementation written in Elixir.
  • Chainstack - A managed service providing shared and dedicated Geth nodes
  • QuikNode - Blockchain developer cloud with API access and node-as-a-service.

Storage

  • IPFS - Decentralised storage and file referencing
  • Mahuta - IPFS Storage service with added search capability, formerly IPFS-Store
  • OrbitDB - Decentralised database on top of IPFS
  • JS IPFS API - A client library for the IPFS HTTP API, implemented in JavaScript
  • TEMPORAL - Easy to use API into IPFS and other distributed/decentralised storage protocols
  • PINATA - The Easiest Way to Use IPFS
  • Swarm - Distributed storage platform and content distribution service, a native base layer service of the Ethereum web3 stack
  • Infura - A managed IPFS API Gateway and pinning service
  • 3Box Storage - An api for user controlled, distrubuted storage. Built on top of IPFS and Orbitdb.
  • Aleph.im - an offchain incentivized peer-to-peer cloud project (database, file storage, computing and DID) compatible with ETH and IPFS.
  • Fleek - similar to netlify but uses ipfs for hosting websites.

Bootstrap/Out-of-Box tools

  • Truffle boxes - Packaged components for the Ethereum ecosystem
  • Create Eth App - Create Ethereum-powered frontend apps with one command
  • Besu Private Network - Run a private network of Besu nodes in a Docker container
  • Testchains - Pre-configured .NET devchains for fast response (PoA)
  • Blazor/Blockchain Explorer - Wasm blockchain explorer (functional sample)
  • Local Raiden - Run a local Raiden network in docker containers for demo and testing purposes
  • Private networks deployment scripts - Out-of-the-box deployment scripts for private PoA networks
  • Parity Demo-PoA Tutorial - Step-by-Step tutorial for building a PoA test chain with 2 nodes with Parity authority round consensus
  • Local Ethereum Network - Out-of-the-box deployment scripts for private PoW networks
  • Kaleido - Use Kaleido for spinning up a consortium blockchain network. Great for PoCs and testing
  • Cheshire - A local sandbox implementation of the CryptoKitties API and smart contracts, available as a Truffle Box
  • aragonCLI - aragonCLI is used to create and develop Aragon apps and organizations.
  • ColonyJS - JavaScript client that provides an API for interacting with the Colony Network smart contracts.
  • ArcJS - Library that facilitates javascript application access to the DAOstack Arc ethereum smart contracts.
  • Arkane Connect - JavaScript client that provides an API for interacting with Arkane Network, a wallet provider for building user-friendly dapps.
  • Onboard.js - Blocknative Onboard is the quick and easy way to add multi-wallet support to your project. With built-in modules for more than 20 unique hardware and software wallets, Onboard saves you time and headaches.
  • web3-react - React framework for building single-page Ethereum dApps

Ethereum ABI (Application Binary Interface) tools

  • ABI decoder - library for decoding data params and events from Ethereum transactions
  • ABI-gen - Generate Typescript contract wrappers from contract ABI's.
  • Ethereum ABI UI - Auto-generate UI form field definitions and associated validators from an Ethereum contract ABI
  • headlong - type-safe Contract ABI and Recursive Length Prefix library in Java
  • EasyDapper - Generate dapps from Truffle artifacts, deploy contracts on public/private networks, offers live customizable public page to interact with contracts.
  • One Click dApp - Instantly create a dApp at a unique URL using the ABI.
  • Truffle Pig - a development tool that provides a simple HTTP API to find and read from Truffle-generated contract files, for use during local development. Serves fresh contract ABIs over http.
  • Ethereum Contract Service - A MESG Service to interact with any Ethereum contract based on its address and ABI.
  • Nethereum-CodeGenerator - A web based generator which creates a Nethereum based C# Interface and Service based on Solidity Smart Contracts.

Testing Tools

  • Truffle Teams - Zero-Config continuous integration for truffle projects
  • Solidity code coverage - Solidity code coverage tool
  • Solidity coverage - Alternative code coverage for Solidity smart-contracts
  • Solidity function profiler - Solidity contract function profiler
  • Sol-profiler - Alternative and updated Solidity smart contract profiler
  • Espresso - Speedy, parallelised, hot-reloading solidity test framework
  • Eth tester - Tool suite for testing Ethereum applications
  • Cliquebait - Simplifies integration and accepting testing of smart contract applications with docker instances that closely resembles a real blockchain network
  • Hevm - The hevm project is an implementation of the Ethereum virtual machine (EVM) made specifically for unit testing and debugging smart contracts
  • Ethereum graph debugger - Solidity graphical debugger
  • Tenderly CLI - Speed up your development with human readable stack traces
  • Solhint - Solidity linter that provides security, style guide and best practice rules for smart contract validation
  • Ethlint - Linter to identify and fix style & security issues in Solidity, formerly Solium
  • Decode - npm package which parses tx's submitted to a local testrpc node to make them more readable and easier to understand
  • truffle-assertions - An npm package with additional assertions and utilities used in testing Solidity smart contracts with truffle. Most importantly, it adds the ability to assert whether specific events have (not) been emitted.
  • Psol - Solidity lexical preprocessor with mustache.js-style syntax, macros, conditional compilation and automatic remote dependency inclusion.
  • solpp - Solidity preprocessor and flattener with a comprehensive directive and expression language, high precision math, and many useful helper functions.
  • Decode and Publish – Decode and publish raw ethereum tx. Similar to https://live.blockcypher.com/btc-testnet/decodetx/
  • Doppelgänger - a library for mocking smart contract dependencies during unit testing.
  • rocketh - A simple lib to test ethereum smart contract that allow to use whatever web3 lib and test runner you choose.
  • pytest-cobra - PyTest plugin for testing smart contracts for Ethereum blockchain.

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