We are releasing a new version of our Pollen testnet: v0.3.1. The full list of changes include: Refactor message structure according to the new Tangle RFC, including support for multiple parents, updated local dashboard, new unit tests, max payload size changed to 65157 bytes and more. Add a community-based entry…

We are releasing a new version of our Pollen testnet: v0.3.0. As anticipated in our last Research Status Update, this release includes the full integration of the Decentralized Random Number Generator (dRNG) module! The full list of changes include: Add multiple dRNG committees support: Pollen, X-Team and Custom. Add clock…

We are releasing a new version of our Pollen testnet: v0.2.4. This update includes: Fixed race condition that was preventing the deletion of some entries from the missing messages db, even if they were actually received from the neighbors. Improved the Tangle-BadgerDB interaction. Improved APIs for debug with the addition…

We are releasing a new minor version of our Pollen Testnet: v0.2.3. This update includes: Fixed synchronization issue due to a bug preventing to request missing messages more than once Fixed node’s dashboard explorer crashing or not properly visualizing the payload of a given message Improved Grafana dashboard by adding…

The Autopeering Module A few months ago, we opened up the source code of GoShimmer, IOTA’s prototype and research tool to experiment and test the building blocks of Coordicide. We are thrilled to see such a big and productive engagement from the community and we want to thank you all…

In today’s blog post, we’ll have a closer look at the journey of random walkers. Similar to one of our previous posts on mixing time in the Tangle, we are interested in understanding how long random walkers have to walk to select a tip and, more importantly, how long they…