Ethereum 2.0 Beacon chain client. Someday, definitely, it will be a fully featured Serenity client. We are working to get there. Currently there is no p2p and, hence, there is no cross client communication.
Yes, Ethereum Foundation, community and other interested parties are developing successor of Ethereum without cons :). New blockchain starts from Phase 0 also known as Beacon chain, a core of Ethereum 2.0 blockchain. Phase 1 will be the next one and so on.
If you want to take part in Ethereum 2.0 development and use our code, we split everything into several modules, so anyone could easily take only the needed part. To dig into module goals, check settings.gradle.
You can build one module jar with gradle assemble task executed on desired module:
./gradlew :crypto:assemble
cp crypto/build/libs/beacon-crypto-0.2.0.jar <jar-destination>Despite lacking a network stack there is already something that everybody can play with, a standalone Beacon chain simulator.
Use Installation guide to install simulator. For additional details check out Run simulation section.
Thank you for joining our efforts to drive Ethereum forward! We are not very strict on requirements but your code should help us to reach our goal, it should be easy to get it, understand the idea, and it should be feasible to review it. Also we are trying to match Google code style but we don't like it. Feel free to choose any issue and ask how to do it better.
Ethereum 2.0 specs
Vitalik Buterin on DevCon4 about Ethereum 2.0
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