Synchronous Cross-shard Transactions

Project Name

Synchronous Cross-shard Transactions

Project Tagline/Description (140 Characters Max. Will be used on table card for judging)

A prototype of synchronous cross-shard transactions that resolve deadlocks.

Team Members. First and Last Names

Status.im ID for Each Team Member (we will use this to contact you and your team)

Detailed Project Description (no more than 3-4 sentences)

Ethereum 1.0 is famous for it's composability that relies on synchronous calls, and it would be desirable to have such synchronous calls in a sharded environment. We designed a message format and data structures that allow shard chains to detect deadlocks and make progress without relying on any centralized chain, such as the beacon chain in the current Ethereum Serenity design. The hack provides a prototype implementation of the aforementioned message format and data structures, as well as a simulation and visualization for a few scenarios.

Describe your tech stack (e.g., protocols, languages, API’s, etc.)

It's a barebone python prototype

Track for which you’re submitting (Open or Impact)

Open

All Bounties Completed/Incorporated

https://github.com/SkidanovAlex/xshardsynccalls