About
ChainSafe is one of the few multi-chain research and development firms. We support the decentralized web through high-impact contributions to leading protocols. Our work comprises node implementations, smart contract engineering, distributed systems research, blockchain applications, tools, audits, and much more.
Everything we work on is open-source and community-oriented. And our work in various ecosystems reflects the conviction that the full vision for web3 cannot be realized without persistence, collaboration, and an open mind.
Founders meet at Ethereum Developers Meetup Toronto
ChainSafe joins the Alpha Start-up Initiative at Web Summit in Lisbon
Curriculum created for Ethereum Developer course at York University
Started consulting, auditing, and node implementations for external clients
ChainSafe initiated the Goerli testnet for Ethereum, becoming the predominant testing ground for all developers building on Ethereum
Consulting relationship with Polymath and Shyft Network established
ChainSafe initiated the Goerli testnet for Ethereum, becoming the predominant testing ground for all developers building on Ethereum
Development begins on Gossamer, a Go implementation of the Polkadot Runtime Environment
ChainSafe starts hosting Ethereum Developers Meetup Toronto
Development begins on Forest, a Rust implementation of the Filecoin Protocol
ChainSafe closes pre-seed round led by ConsenSys
ChainSafe takes over development and maintenance of web3.js
ChainSafe hosts first annual conference: CSCON[0]
ChainSafe began developing ChainBridge, a modular multi-chain interoperability layer
Closed Seed Round-A funding from lead investor Consensys Labs, with Fenbushi Capital and ETC Labs
ChainSafe acquires blockchain R&D firm NodeFactory
ChainSafe opens a satelite office in Berlin
The ChainSafe team grows to 100+ members
ChainSafe releases web3.unity, an open-source gaming SDK for web3, providing game engines with blockchain access
ChainSafe receives two Chainlink Community Grants
The ChainSafe Gaming SDK, web3.unity, extends support to Cronos
ChainSafe releases FilSnap on MetaMask Flask to enable Filecoin support within MetaMask
The ChainSafe Gaming SDK, web3.unity, adds two new features, NFT minting and an NFT marketplace.
ChainSafe receives a grant from the Web3 Foundation to maintain and develop SubstrateSnap
The Lodestar team was heavily involved in The Merge
ChainSafe releases Lodestar v1.4.0
ChainSafe develops Multix
ChainSafe develops the prototype Zipline Casper
ChainSafe is selected as a relaying partner for Sygma
Forest becomes a fully operational consensus node
ChainSafe Gaming develops Sanctuary, a custom NFT marketplace for Parallel
Our values
01/ Openness
We welcome differing ideas and beliefs without judgment and practice candor and respect in all communications.