From a5b4a92f8040be14085de0ea3e5798635271946b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 8bitmp3 <19637339+8bitmp3@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 00:14:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update Ethereum sharding FAQ, RISC-V links (Nimbus docs) --- source/docs/index.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/docs/index.md b/source/docs/index.md index a8430fa..cf50ccb 100644 --- a/source/docs/index.md +++ b/source/docs/index.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ title: An Ethereum 2.0 Sharding Client ## Overview -Nimbus aims to be a [sharding](https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Sharding-FAQ) client implementation for the Ethereum Blockchain Application Platform. Because the largest deployment of Ethereum will potentially be on embedded systems, Nimbus will be designed to perform well on IoT and personal mobile devices, including older smartphones with resource-restricted hardware. The extensible, configurable, and modular design of Nimbus will make it production ready for Web 3.0 and will ensure that it can be supported and maintained across all goals of Ethereum 2.0. +Nimbus aims to be a [sharding](https://eth.wiki/sharding/Sharding-FAQs) client implementation for the Ethereum Blockchain Application Platform. Because the largest deployment of Ethereum will potentially be on embedded systems, Nimbus will be designed to perform well on IoT and personal mobile devices, including older smartphones with resource-restricted hardware. The extensible, configurable, and modular design of Nimbus will make it production ready for Web 3.0 and will ensure that it can be supported and maintained across all goals of Ethereum 2.0. For a more comprehensive introduction, please read our Nimbus for Newbies post or proceed directly to [getting started](/docs/building.html) if you're already sold. @@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ During the deployment of Status among 40,000 alpha testers, we found that a sign 1. 2014 [SoC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_on_a_chip) architectures, such as the [Cortex-A53](https://developer.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a53) (Samsung Note 4 & [Raspberry Pi 3](https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/)) and the Apple A8 (iPhone 6) 1. [MIPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_architecture)-based architectures, such as the [Onion Omega2](https://onion.io/omega2/) -1. Open-source processors, such as [RISC-V](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC-V) +1. Open-source processors, such as [RISC-V](https://riscv.org) -When the 2020 scalability goal is fully realised, this constraint will help ensure that Ethereum runs performantly on resource-restricted hardware that is at least 6 years old. \ No newline at end of file +When the 2020 scalability goal is fully realised, this constraint will help ensure that Ethereum runs performantly on resource-restricted hardware that is at least 6 years old.