With the continuous development from various teams in blockchain space, e.g., Parity and Web3 Foundation, we’re on a fast track towards Web 3.0.
To keep track of all the progress, from 9 Dec 2019 on, I’ll start to curate the latest Web3.0 information and publish a biweekly briefing.
Web 3.0 Biweekly I (9 Dec 2019–22 Dec 2019)
- Parity Ethereum will be transitioned to OpenEthereum with DAO ownership & maintainer model.
- SEC proposes to update accredited investor definition to increase access to investments.
- Joint statement by the Council and the Commission on “stablecoins”: No global “stablecoin” arrangement should begin operation in the European Union until the legal, regulatory and oversight challenges and risks have been adequately identified and addressed.
- a16z Crypto Startup School: learn how to build blockchain projects from top entrepreneurs and thinkers, e.g., Chris (GP@ Andreessen Horowitz), Jutta (CEO@Parity) and Brian(CEO@Coinbase).
- The Web3 Stack 2019 Edition.
- Hold Tight, Here Come the Blockchain Wars: There’s no low-hanging fruit for projects and investments in blockchain space anymore.
- Substrate Builders Program: offer builders technical/BD/marketing/funding/media support.
- A Deep Dive Analysis of Cyberspace Economies: Three eras of blockchain design space innovation: Protocols (2009–2013), Smart Contracts (2014–2019) & Interoperability (>2020).
- Substrate Playground: Start to build substrate runtime modules online.
- An overview of Kusama network.
- Kusama Upgrade (1031): Increase the minimum treasury bond, enhance id module, etc.
- Kusama’s remarkable treasures.
- Reflection on Polkadot 2019 of Web3 Foundation: from the Research and Communications to Infrastructure and Community & Growth.
- Federal office for information Security (BSI) of Germany published a report titled “Towards Secure Blockchains”.
- An annual report on Ethereum ecosystem and Web3 stack.
- Unlock an ads-free Forbes: Forbes introduced their first membership to unlock an ads free experience using blockchain technology.
- Polymath will build Polymesh using Substrate, a blockchain optimized for regulated securities and open finance.
- Parity Ethereum v2.5.12-stable and v2.6.7-beta: add Istanbul hardfork block numbers for POA and xDai networks, implement ECIP-1056 and implements EIP-2384/2387.
The path to Web 3.0 twists and turns, may our persistence pay off. — Yaoqi
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