Development Update — Testnet & Geth 1.8
As promised, here is an update on our progress as we march toward platform launch. We will update you on our progress again soon…
Testnet Status
This week we made major strides in the end-to-end testing of the platform.
During the week, we discovered two major issues that needed to be addressed:
- Neo, one of our superstar developers, discovered a serious synchronization issue within the Ethereum codebase. It’s a testament to our team when they can isolate and remedy a major problem within someone else’s code.
- Geth version 1.8 was released by the Ethereum project team, which includes several major functionality upgrades, including:
- Faster light client node synchronization
- Faster concurrent transaction tracing
- Event filtering for native DAPPs
- Initial state pruning
- Various stability improvements
We are taking the time to integrate this version into the platform so everyone can reap these benefits immediately. Had we not opted to delay our launch, we would have had to wait on this until a later release.
More information on the features of Geth 1.8 here:
https://blog.ethereum.org/2018/02/14/geth-1-8-iceberg¹/
And, here’s Vitalik Buterin’s endorsement:
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin/status/963990604341366784
So what does this mean for testnet launch? Our team is hard at work on the above items and we expect to release testnet to our beta participants in roughly a week’s time.
Launch Status
As we continue to test and debug the Halo Platform, we march closer to full launch every day. While the release date is dependent upon the testnet results, we anticipate it won’t take long before we are ready go live.
In the meantime, development work continues on the Exchange, DAppstore and Block & Chain Games.
Speaking of games, below is a teaser image from one of the games we currently have in development. We are very excited to see this game come together and provide an epic adventure to our players.
^Devin Seto
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