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    March 06, 2018

    Ethereum Vitalik says hey hey heyyy! ❤️

    Vitalik says hey hey heyyy! ❤️

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 07:14 AM PST

    Vitalik in alpacca Tshirt at Singapore meetup now omg!!

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 02:52 AM PST

    Ethereum Sharding Update— Prysmatic

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 10:57 AM PST

    Coinbase Announced Crypto Index Fund (Cap weighted ETH, BTC, LTC)

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 03:06 PM PST

    What’s so great about true ownership of virtual game items?

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 06:49 AM PST

    "If you’ve ever run an Ethereum node, you have a copy of my sci-fi short story." Simon de la Rouviere revisits hiding a story in early Ethereum block.

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 10:58 AM PST

    Trust Wallet integrates with FundRequest

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 09:10 AM PST

    So a friend and I recently launched a crypto newsletter: we curate the top stories of the day, summarize them in 400 characters news bites and email them to you once per day. No bias, trading or price action talk. fundamentals only. (latest issue in comments).

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 05:46 AM PST

    Ethereum's future is bright, the DApps are coming! (x-post from r/ethtrader)

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 11:19 AM PST

    The DApps are coming, the DApps are coming!

    Chin up boys and girls – the DApps (Decentralized Apps) are finally coming. Utility, not speculation/manipulation/shilling etc., is what, in the end, will give/justify the value of blockchains.

     

    Of the top 100 tokens, 91 of them are on the Ethereum blockchain (ERC-20). The most valuable non-Ethereum tokens by market cap are USDT (4) and GAS (25). Eventually, ICX (6), VeChain (3) and EOS (1) and several others will be migrating to their own blockchains. Still, this leaves Ethereum with an overwhelming market dominance for tokens (aka DApps) and Ethereum has been clearly recognized as the blockchain to launch ICOs/DApps.

     

    We have already seen several DApps successfully launch on mainnet including CrytptoKitties, Crypto Sportz, Edgeless, Etherbots, Ethercraft, Etheroll, Forkdelta (RIP Etherdelta), and 0xBitcoin, among others. Check out a whole list on DappRadar and track the progress of some lesser known, smaller projects on StateoftheDApps (Note: I cannot vouch for all of these DApps. There have been and always will be scammers in the crypto space. Please, always do your own research!)

     

    For the rest of March + Q2 (April - June) we are going see the biggest implementation of DApps on the Ethereum mainnet to date. Below I've laid out, in alphabetical order and in varying detail, what's happening between now and the end of Q2 of this year. (I've also added some info, where especially relevant, of big stuff coming after Q2). I hope any biases I may have do not come through too much in the writing.

     

    To hammer home on utility once more: One year ago today, the daily transaction count was at 57,000. Yesterday, the network confirmed over 752,000 transactions (a 13x increase) (And remember, ATH in January was 1.349 million txns!) [Source]

     

    On to the DApps:

     

    Airswap

    Subreddit

    • AirSwap is a decentralized exchange for trading Ethereum based tokens. It allows its users to trade tokens in a peer-to-peer fashion across the Ethereum blockchain. The token trader is currently live, in a limited capacity, trading AST and (W)ETH.

    • More token pairs will be added before the end of the Q1, as part of the upcoming release, Token Marketplace. A mobile app is also in development and will be entering beta soon.

     

    Aragon

    Subreddit

    • Aragon is a project that aims to disintermediate the creation and maintenance of decentralized organizational structures by using blockchain technology. "We provide the tools for anyone to become an entrepreneur and run their own organization, to take control of their own lives." Originally slated for a February release, Aragon Core v0.5 (which is a fully functioning version of the DApp on mainnet) should be released any day now.

     

    Augur

    Subreddit

    • Augur is a fully-decentralized, open-source prediction market platform built on the Ethereum blockchain for any and all predictive markets. Augur Beta is currently live on Kovan testnet and launch is "months away."

    • In order to mitigate bugs and problems, the first market on mainnet will be something along the lines of 'Will there be a critical vulnerability discovered in Augur by a certain date?" Given Augur's development history, this could be launching a little after Q2, but the progress looks promising.

     

    BlockCAT

    Subreddit

    • BlockCAT lets anyone create, manage, and deploy smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain with just a few clicks. No programming required. BlockCAT will be releasing their first visual smart contract on the mainnet on March 14 (the full details of exactly what this contract does, will also be released when it goes live.)

     

    Ethorse

    Subreddit

    • Ethorse is a DApp for betting on the price of Cryptocurrencies and winning ETH from everyone who bets against you. Users bet with ETH on one of the listed coins or tokens to have the highest price gain in a fixed period. Currently live on the Kovan testnet, with mainnet launch before end of Q2.

     

    FunFair

    Subreddit

    • FunFair is a decentralised gaming technology platform which uses the Ethereum blockchain, smart contracts and their own Fate (State) Channels to deliver casino solutions with games that are "fun, fast and fair." FunFair has been on testnet for many months now and the Showcase has been live for even longer. Currently on-boarding casino operators, FunFair is on schedule to launch with its first operator in early Q2.

     

    FundRequest

    Subreddit

    • FundRequest is a decentralized marketplace for open source collaboration. It introduces an easy and secure way to reward bugfixes and feature builds on any project. The FundRequest platform will be going live on mainnet in Q1-Q2 and will allow users to fund and crowdfund open source issues on GitHub using the FND token. Developers can claim the FND token after they've successfully resolved the GitHub issue. Q2 will also bring the ability to use any ERC-20 token to fund Open Source Issues on GitHub.

     

    Giveth

    Wiki

    • Giveth is an Open-Source Platform for Building Decentralized Altruistic Communities. The first working prototype of their "Minimum Loveable Product," the Giveth Donation Application, is live on testnet and they "expect to fully open the platform for the public in March 2018."

     

    Golem

    Subreddit

    • Golem has branded itself as "the worldwide supercomputer." Golem Brass beta will be releasing on the mainnet before end of Q2, allowing users to sell their computing power and earn real GNT for the first time.

     

    Kyber

    Subreddit

    • Kyber network is an on-chain protocol which allows instant exchange and conversion of digital assets and cryptocurrencies with high liquidity. Launched on mainnet in February and was at first only available to people on the ICO whitelist but has since slowly started allowing new user on the platform. Currently only has a few tokens listed but that list will continue to grow and will hopefully bring along with it a surge in daily users/volume.

     

    Melonport

    Subreddit

    • The Melon protocol is a portal to digital asset management on the blockchain. The frontend operates on top of IPFS, while the backend leverages off a set of Ethereum smart contracts. Melonport just launched on mainnet and they currently have a bug bounty with 500 MLN in it. In a few weeks, the current version will be shut down for fixes and a new version will roll out. Melonport: "Disrupting the US$84.9 trillion asset management industry, one block at a time."

     

    OmiseGO

    Subreddit

    • OmiseGo is the Plasma decentralized exchange, hosting an open-source digital wallet platform created by parent company, Omise, connecting mainstream payments, cross-border remittances, and much more. They just had their White Label Wallet SDK public release.

    • In Q2, OmiseGO will deliver the OmiseGO network and lay the foundations in preparation for Plasma. In Q2 we will see the OmiseGO Proof of Stake public blockchain release, meaning staking will be possible.

    • (OMG's cash in/out interface and the Plasma mainnet launch are scheduled for the tail end of 2018/early 2019. Learn more about Plasma from the most cheerful person I know, Karl Floersch, here

     

    Request

    Subreddit

    • Request is a decentralized network that allows anyone to request a payment for which the recipient can pay in a secure way. The first iteration of Request working with Ethereum on mainnet is still on track to launch before March 31. The code for mainnet is currently being audited and when the audits are done, a bug bounty program will follow.

     

    Spankchain

    Subreddit

    • A cryptoeconomic powered adult entertainment ecosystem built on the Ethereum network. Basically, a decentralized cam site (plus a lot more!) Launching on mainnet in Q2 is SpankChain Camsite v1 which will allow for ETH + ERC20 payments and public and private shows all while implementing a low 5% fee for performers (According to their whitepaper, most adult camsites take between a 30-50% cut of performer earnings on top of payment processing fees).

     

    status.im

    Subreddit

    • A mobile Ethereum OS. Currently in Alpha with mainnet Beta scheduled before end of Q2 (likely even sooner).

    • (Bonus: some other cool working Ethereum OS apps: Cipher and Toshi)

     

    The 0x Protocol

    Subreddit

     

    Also, an informative article about some of the differences between the various decentralized exchange protocols here.

     

    Some general Ethereum news to be excited about:

     

    • Vitalik recently hinted, in a since deleted tweet, that the sharding testnet will be coming online in the near future (I think Q2 isn't too early a guess).

      • What is sharding? Sharding is where the entire state of the network is split into a bunch of partitions called shards that contain their own independent piece of state and transaction history. In this system, certain nodes would process transactions only for certain shards, allowing the throughput of transactions processed in total across all shards to be much higher than having a single shard do all the work as the mainchain does now. [Source]

     

    • Alpha Casper FFG testnet has been successfully running since Dec. 31, 2017.

      • What is Casper? Casper FFG aka Vitalik's Casper is a hybrid POW/POS consensus mechanism. This is the version of Casper that is going to be implemented first. In a Proof of Stake system, validators stake a portion of their Ethers and start validating blocks. Meaning, when they discover a block which they think can be added to the chain, they will validate it by placing a bet on it. [Source]

     

    • The Ethereum Community Conference (ETHCC) is March 8-10 in Paris. Talks will focus around "scalability, anonymity, development tools, governance compliance" among other topics.

      • Speakers include representatives from the Ethereum Foundation, Ledger, Metamask, Shapeshift, Oraclize, Uport, Web3Foundation, Melonport, ConsenSys, JP Morgan, Coinbase – Toshi, Parity, SpankChain, FunFair, Aragon, AirSwap, EEA, IExec, Cosmos, OmiseGO, Circle, Gnosis, among others.

    • The Ethereum Developer Conference (EDCON) is May 3-5 in Toronto. This will be the biggest ETH dev conference since DEVCON 3 last November. The agenda is still being worked out, but speakers include representatives from the Ethereum Foundation, Polkadot, Parity, Plasma, OmiseGO, Cosmos, Tendermint, Giveth, Maker, Gnosis, and many others.

    • The Enterprise Ethereum Foundation (EEF) just keeps growing and growing and growing.

     

    More, because I just can't stop:

    • Metamask recently passed 1 million installs!
    • 5.6 billion requests per day for Infura.io (Decentralized web3 infrastructure)

    • 280,000 downloads of TruffleSuit (ETH development framework)

      [Source]

     

    • ConsenSys has grown to over 600 employees in six major offices located around the world. I personally think ConsenSys is important (and awesome) because they are huge Ethereum evangelists and provide (in)valuable resources to help bring DApps come to life!

      • From their website: "The ConsenSys "hub" coordinates, incubates, accelerates and spawns "spoke" ventures through development, resource sharing, acquisitions, investments and the formation of joint ventures. These spokes benefit from foundational components built by ConsenSys that enable new services and business models to be built on the blockchain."

     

    • Several of the projects I listed above are ConSensys formations including AirSwap and MetaMask.

     

    Thanks for reading this far! Hopefully it wasn't too exhausting of a read.

     

    I am certain I have forgotten some DApps, so please feel free to comment/PM any and all suggestions/corrections to make this list more informative/inclusive/accurate and I will update it.

    TL;DR

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    LEXIT announces partnership with Polymath

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 10:20 AM PST

    Ledger Nano S seems to have an exploit - urgent mandatory update released

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 05:33 AM PST

    district0x Dev Update - March 6th, 2018

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 09:56 AM PST

    The Dapp Daily — March 6th, 2018 – The Dapp Daily

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 10:05 AM PST

    Brazilian State Bank to Tokenize Brazilian Real on Ethereum's Public Blockchain

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 12:29 PM PST

    Enabling Ethereum tokens and networks to become cross-chain using Witnet (Aragon case study)

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 10:25 AM PST

    New firmware update 1.4.1 available for the Nano S - Ledger

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 04:32 AM PST

    How to hack Ethereum ? 34,200 Ethereum contracts are potentially buggy.

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 01:40 AM PST

    Why Africa’s Emerging Blockchain Movement is Growing So Rapidly. ConsenSys is planning to host, sponsor, and participate in seven events across the region.

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 07:32 AM PST

    Hi Reddit, I have created the first ETH vanity address generator powered by your browser ⚡

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 07:30 AM PST

    Don't hesitate to tell me what you think about it, or how I could improve it! Access Vanity-ETH here: git.io/veth

    P.S: today is my cake day ! 🍰

    What's a vanity address?

    A vanity address is an address which part of it is chosen by yourself, making it look less random.

    Examples: 0xc0ffee254729296a45a3885639AC7E10F9d54979, or 0x999999cf1046e68e36E1aA2E0E07105eDDD1f08E

    Usage

    First of all, visit git.io/veth, which is a shortcut for bokub.github.io/vanity-eth

    Enter the prefix of your choice, then click 'generate' to start. Your browser is going to generate a ton of random addresses until one of them starts with your prefix.

    Once an address is found, you can reveal the private key, or click the 'save' button to download a password-encrypted keystore file.

    You can increase the number of working threads to reach higher speeds, or decrease it if you computer struggles.

    Security

    As explained above, everything is computed only in your browser. Nothing ever leaves your machine, or even your browser tab. There is no database, no server-side code. Everything vanishes when you close your tab.

    Vanity-ETH cannot and will never store your private key, and if you don't trust it, you have 3 ways to ensure your key remains private:

    • Once the web page is loaded, you can turn off the internet and continue playing, it will work seamlessly
    • You can also download the latest build of Vanity-ETH here and use it on a completely offline computer
    • The code is 100% open source and available on Github. You can review it as much as you want before using it

    Vanity-ETH uses a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) to generate Ethereum addresses.

    The keystore file is encrypted with a AES-128-CTR cipher using the BKDF2-SHA256 derivation function with 65536 hashing rounds.

    Performance

    For some reason, the performance of Vanity-ETH can vary a lot from a browser to another. Right now, Chrome seems to be the one providing the best results.

    Using Vanity-ETH on your phone or tablet will work, but don't expect to reach the speed of a good old computer.

    Compatibility

    Any address generated with Vanity-ETH is ERC-20 compatible, which means you can use it for an ICO, an airdrop, or just to withdraw your funds from an exchange.

    The keystore file is 100% compatible with MyEtherWallet, MetaMask, Mist, and geth.

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    Crypto Disrupdate #2

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 09:03 AM PST

    Casper is Pretty Close, Sharding Number One Priority Says Vitalik Buterin

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 06:22 AM PST

    Radix overview

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 04:20 PM PST

    ERC223 is a modern token standard that has cheaper fees and protects investors from losing tokens. Rados.io team shows how to upgrade existing ERC20 tokens.

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 12:26 PM PST

    EU Privacy Law Ready To Collide With Blockchain Tech

    Posted: 06 Mar 2018 02:38 AM PST
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