oasis-core VS backstage

The way smart privacy solutions of Oasis are gaining traction thanks to the use of confidential smart contracts, this development was just waiting to happen. We already have seen a huge paradigm shift in DeFi (illumineX, CoinSender, Ocean Predictoor, Synthr, Celer cBridge, etc), web3 gaming (Pixudi), governance (Woo3), data storage (Crust Files), and cross-ecosystem (Oraichain) examples where privacy is the new normal of the new-gen web3. Now, with the NFTb (PixelRealm) partnership, Oasis is making its presence known in the NFT marketplace and will redefine web3 auctions by adding the element of confidentiality that no other protocol can provide.

I would recommend Oasis, as it is the only L1 protocol with confidential EVM in production (Sapphire) and can function as a cross-chain L2 (OPL) as well. Check out here, also the documentation, and GitHub. As the home of smart privacy, it is ideal for any web3 project. It can impact non-DeFi spaces like SocialFi, confidential voting in DAOs, confidential NFTs, confidential game logic in web3 gaming, etc, and also has applicability in account abstraction and responsible AI.

We have released Oasis Core 23.0.8 for MAINNET which includes additional signatures for the Eden upgrade genesis block (https://github.com/oasisprotocol/oasis-core/pull/5486/files) that will enable successful confidential ParaTime transition to the new chain. More details will be explained in detail shortly. All node operators on MAINNET please UPGRADE AND START YOUR NODES . For more information and links to releases see the updated MAINNET network parameters (https://docs.oasis.io/node/mainnet/). NOTE: DO NOT WIPE STATE and KEEP the SAME EDEN GENESIS FILE.

You can start with the fundamentals with a crash course into the space. Next, explore the value of using confidential smart contracts for web3 and know the various focus areas where you can build a net-gen, privacy-enabled dApp. When you are ready to build, you can start here.

The Oasis core team will participate in all these events and welcome enthusiastic developers to meet and network with them during these days. To brush up on Oasis technologies that enable smart privacy solutions in blockchain development, explore here as you learn how to build with Sapphire or integrate confidentiality with cross-chain OPL.

There are a lot of resources available out there. If you would like to get practical with a protocol, I can suggest going with Oasis Network and starting with documentation. They are the pioneers of implementing smart privacy solutions which mean developing and deploying smart contracts with customizable confidentiality settings so that end users can enjoy data sovereignty and security. Applicability is limitless, especially in boosting interoperability and ushering in account abstraction to ease the onboarding of web2 users onto the web3 ecosystem. Here is a whole range of tutorials/demos you can delve right into.

To stay updated on the Privacy4Web3 Hackathon and ensure you make the most of your virtual experience, you can keep checkin oasis' official blog, I'm sure they are gonna keep us up to date anyway!

Are you a Solidity developer or dApp builder trying to navigate the world of web3 and are bothered by the current scenario where lack of privacy is a big hurdle? Is there any chance that you will be attending the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) in July? Then heed this. Oasis Network will be present to share valuable insights on how to seamlessly add privacy to a web3 dApp on any EVM network. Not to be missed, right?

Join us for the upcoming Oasis Network Discord Community Call featuring a captivating discussion on Escrin, the secure decentralized computing network revolutionizing Web3 applications. Nick Hynes, founder at Enshrine Computing and Ecosystem Growth Advisor at Oasis Foundation, will share valuable insights during this must-attend event.

Oasis Network is a layer-1 blockchain protocol that prioritizes privacy and security while also enabling developers to build privacy-enabled applications. It goes beyond simple anonymity by incorporating features like confidential runtimes and cross-chain privacy tools. So, in the realm of privacy-focused blockchain projects, it definitely is worth keeping an eye on.

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Backstage is an open-source platform developed by Spotify for managing the entire lifecycle of developer infrastructure, including services, APIs, documentation, and more. Backstage streamlines the development process through its centralized and customizable platform, offering a unified dashboard that consolidates information on projects, services, and infrastructure. Acting as a service catalog enhances transparency by allowing teams to document and discover internal services easily. Backstage's extensible architecture supports a robust plugin ecosystem, enabling teams to tailor the platform to their specific workflows and preferences. The platform promotes collaboration, accelerates onboarding through standardized documentation, and integrates seamlessly with various DevOps tools.

It’s also well understood that having a k8s cluster is not enough to make developers able to host their services - you need a devops team to work with them, using tools like delivery pipelines, Helm, kustomize, infra as code, service mesh, ingress, secrets management, key management - the list goes on! Developer Portals like Backstage, Port and Cortex have started to emerge to help manage some of this complexity.

We use Confluence and markdown files in GitHub. I think we are moving a lot of our docs to Backstage [0] soon.

One process that ends up being really valuable for documentation purposes is our "Architecture Review Documents". This is a standard document that team leads fill out before starting work on a new Saga/Epic/Feature/whatever. It includes the scope and business value of a new feature or large block of work, high level technical architecture of implementation, the impact on existing database schemas and service APIs, etc. This document is presented in a meeting with technical leadership in our organization who deep dive on the topic and explore potential pitfalls in the plan.

The document and recording of that meeting live on forever, and this information is very useful when getting acquainted with a certain part of our product/codebase. You are able to read and hear clearly the intention of a certain service or module, and you can identify several relevant points of contact to ask questions to.

[0] https://backstage.io/

Check the Backstage repo on GitHub

Backstage - An open platform for building developer portals. [Internal Developer Portal]

So you've just bought a new platform tool? Maybe it's Hashicorp Vault? Snyk? Backstage? You’re excited about all of the developer experience, security and other benefits you're about to unleash on your company—right? But wait…

The idea is to have a central point where people can find standards, documentation, and designs. The team can do this with a specialized tool like Backstage, Confluence, Github, Google Docs, or some internal implementation. The software is not the most important thing here, but having an easy way to find what is needed for the person to be more productive.