November 2024 – April 2025
This report summarizes the actions and accomplishments of Web3j, an LF Decentralized Belief undertaking, from November 2024 to April 2025. Throughout this era, the undertaking made important strides in bettering the framework’s performance, enhancing consumer engagement, and bolstering general neighborhood interplay.
Key highlights embody profitable library upgrades, a noteworthy LF Decentralized Belief mentorship initiative, and demanding integrations that elevate Web3j’s capabilities and compatibility. This doc outlines the achievements in opposition to beforehand set objectives and offers an summary of further developments that enrich the Web3j ecosystem.
The present undertaking roadmap is public and will be discovered right here.
Targets Achieved
Over the last six months, the undertaking has achieved the next objectives:
Improve web3j-android department to the newest model and launch libraries as Android artifacts – this was accomplished throughout the 2024 mentorship beneath Hyperledger Basis:Organized the First Web3J Hyperledger Ecosystem Summit – an occasion at which we related with the enterprise customers of Web3j and picked up suggestions:Join with the neighborhood by means of varied occasions:Solved bugs and closed a part of the open points: Closed 15 open points throughout all Web3j repositories;Applied, reviewed, and merged over 20 Pull requests within the Web3j repositories that mounted totally different bugs or improved the functionalities, reminiscent of:Repair ENS CCIP, ERC-3668Fix construct scripts on web3j-androidFix Web3j Transaction logic to return the anticipated chainId when interacting with Solidity 0.8.26 or 0.8.27 Clear subscription after EVM websocket disconnectsCatch all of the exception throughout EVM response parsingImprove codebase by fixing Sonar reported issuesExtended ENS integration help (particulars on this weblog submit):Added help for HoleskySet Major Identify functionalityManage ENS report metadataManage ENS Service metadataRefactor the off-chain gasoline supplier contained in the library to work dynamically: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/pull/2142Enhanced Web3j libraries by migration to Java 21, Kotlin 2.1.0 and integration with a newer model of the EVM shopper, Besu:Prague/Electra Improve:EIP-7702 help: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/pull/2178
Different Accomplishments
Besides the objectives talked about above we managed to attain different accomplishments additionally for Web3j undertaking:
Eliminated “Hyperledger” from the undertaking identify to streamline the Web3j model beneath LF Decentralized TrustSubmitted and received approval for 2 Web3j mentorship applications, which is able to happen in 2025, beneath Linux Basis Decentralized Belief Membership Program:LFDT – Web3j Libraries Full Improvement Lifecycle – This undertaking goals to reinforce the core Web3j by bettering and bringing updated its part libraries as web3j-unit, web3j-evm, web3j-openapi, specializing in lowering current points and integrating the lacking EIPs. By bettering the extra Web3j libraries, we intention to streamline growth workflows, improve testability, and create a extra sturdy framework that simplifies Ethereum growth for Java and JVM-based initiatives.LFDT – Web3j: Enhancing JVM Android Help with Kotlin Wrappers for Solidity Good Contracts – This undertaking proposes to construct upon the accomplishments of the prior mentorship by additional enhancing and increasing the functionalities of the Web3j-Android library. Given Kotlin’s prominence as the popular programming language for Android growth, this initiative goals particularly to facilitate the technology of Kotlin-based good contract wrappers.Added help for Solidity variations 0.8.27, 0.8.28, 0.8.29 in web3j compiler (web3j-sokt) for processing new Solidity Good ContractsFixed exterior imports of the Solidity Good Contracts for the ensuing Java Wrappers with a purpose to handle complicated good contracts that are utilizing totally different libraries throughout the web3j: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j-solidity-gradle-plugin/pull/78Improved the Java Wrapper good contract technology for information which have duplicate occasion names: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/pull/2124Added RPC help for Linea networks: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/pull/2150Added help for Solidity Customized Error Kind: https://github.com/LFDT-web3j/web3j/pull/2173Released three variations for the library throughout this era:
The previous six months have marked appreciable progress for the Web3j undertaking. The profitable completion of main updates, together with the numerous improve to web3j-android and improved ENS integration, exemplifies the group’s dedication to steady enchancment and innovation.
Moreover, proactive neighborhood engagement, highlighted by the primary Web3j Hyperledger Ecosystem Summit and frequent contributor interactions, has fostered a extra vibrant and collaborative surroundings. Wanting ahead, authorised mentorship applications and ongoing enhancements underscore a promising trajectory for Web3j, making certain it stays a strong, versatile software for Ethereum and good contract builders.
