AOA Bi-Monthly Technology Update| February-March 2022

1) Fixes RPC node startup failure by Reverting dashmap version bump.
2) Research EIP-4844: Greatly decreases the gas cost of transaction calldata and simultaneously caps total transaction calldata in a block.
3) Fixes aurora validator-info command to always make rent-exempt accounts.
4) Renames “accountsdb plugins” to “geyser plugins”.
5) Improves account-hash logging.
6) Exposes accounts hash when solana-ledger-tool is used with — halt-at-slot flag.
7) Aurora add ethereum account system 50% complete.
8）Research exploring incremental verification and SNARKS without pairings,25% complete.
9) Smart contract data splitting scheme has entered the development stage, through consistency hash plus virtual link points to solve the uneven distribution of data status quo, 70% completed.
10) integrate verkle trees into trie,reduce the cost of data transmission,20% completed.