vm.mockCall in Solidity

Posted on Mon 24 July 2023 in tech • Tagged with solidity, ethereum, programming, tutorial

mocking calls to specific addresses in solidity

Mocking a specific address signature in Solidity is useful for simulating expected behavior from an existing address or instance of a contract. In mock testing dependencies are replaced with simulated implementations to isolate the behavior of the funtion under test.

Proxy contracts that …


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History: scriptorium

Posted on Sun 23 July 2023 in dictionary

The scriptorium was the head of the monastic scriptoria or writing rooms. The scriptorium was an important monastic office and represented concerted power and influence in the monastery. These writing rooms were where monks copied sacred and important historical texts for posterity.


History: Donation of Constantine

Posted on Sun 16 July 2023 in dictionary

The Donation of Constantine was a forged document which the eighth century popes produced as a show of legal precedent and political support for papal rule of Rome and the nearby territories. The Donation of Constantine was supposed to be written by Emperor Constantine in 313 CE , in which he …


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History: Missi Dominici

Posted on Sun 09 July 2023 in dictionary

The Missi Dominici were court officials appointed by Charlemagne to be "messengers of the lord king." The Missi Dominici were charged with supervising the regional counts and verifying that they were governing in accordance with the wishes of the king.


Warfare in the Age of Crusades The Latin East

Posted on Sun 09 July 2023 in history • Tagged with books, writing, cartography

I was delighted to receive my copy of Warfare in the Age of Crusades: The Latin East We are nearing completion of Volume Two: Europe. This is a major vidication of all of our collective work.


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History: Charlemagne

Posted on Sun 02 July 2023 in dictionary • Tagged with person

768- 814 CE - Charles the Great or Charlemagne was a charismatic and powerful ruler of the Frankish peoples. He was said to be very intelligent, aggressive, capable on the battlefield, and an exceptional statesman. Charlemagne undertook fifty-four military campaigns with the small Frankish army, about 8,000 men. Charlemagne's aggressive …


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