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Chainsafe is rewriting web3.js into a modern, smaller v4x: ES2020 and TypeScript, handcrafted RPC wrappers instead of the old generator spaghetti, removal of Whisper/Swarm, and a modular plugin system that lets SDKs (example: Sushi SDK) auto-wire providers. Current installs show 270,000 downloads/week and ~3,000 dependent projects; v4x keeps broad backwards compatibility, emits per-call or global type preferences (BigInt/number/hex), and aims to cut bundle bloat so real web apps load and RPC fixes land fast.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:56Introduction
3. 2:02About Chain Safe
4. 2:48About Webs
5. 13:23The Future Custom Types

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