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Creating Raw Ethereum Interactions in Go: Blob Transactions, Tracing Transactions, and Others. The ethclient package from Go-Ethereum (Geth) provides an API wrapper for JSON-RPC requests to the Ethereum network, similar to web3.js and ethers.js. However, some capabilities of the JSON-RPC, like transaction tracing, are not exposed in API of ethclient (and web3.js and ethers.js). This […]

Checklist for Technical Writing Fluff Are fluff transitions removed? (” It is important to note,” Why did they do this?”, “Here’s how we can solve this problem.”) Sometimes, they are necessary for flow, but most can be removed. “It is important to note” is the most overused phrase in technical writing. Don’t use it. If […]

Layer 2 Calldata Gas Optimization Update for mid 2024 As of the Dencun upgrade, calldata optimization doesn’t have as much of an impact since the transactions on most L2s are stored on blobs, instead calldata. We keep this article for historical purposes. When developing applications on an L2, the majority of gas costs come from […]