Phore Blockchain Second Quarter 2018 Development Report
The last 6 months have been an extremely exciting time for Phore. We set out with an ambitious first two quarters and have managed to address all the critical roadmap items. In Q1, some highlights were that we re-branded Phore to Phore Blockchain and launched a new logo and website, we launched an Android mobile wallet, incorporated Phore Blockchain in Gibraltar, and launched the Phore Marketplace DApp. Below you will find a summary of our progress in the second quarter (refer to phore.io for detailed information on past quarters).
SegWit Integration: Integrate Segwit to improve functionality, security, speed, increase the number of transactions per block and set the stage for atomic swap interoperability and lay the foundation for a lightening network to the Phore blockchain. This is a major upgrade and Phore is the first PoS coin with Masternodes in the world to implement this technology.
Progress (Complete): Segwit integration has been completed and can be viewed in the Phore Github. Wallets are available for download. When greater than 50% of wallets have upgraded, SegWit will be officially activated.
Continued Team Recruitment: Increase development staff to focus on blockchain and marketplace improvements and work towards decentralized crowdfunding integration.
Progress (Complete): We were delighted to welcome two new core developers to the project. This will now allow for our development to greatly increase. As Julian is focusing on the core blockchain technology, our new developers have been busy burying themselves in code and for the marketplace as well as the iOS wallet.
Decentralized Crowdfunding Testing: Test crowdfunding efforts using blockchain technology and work towards integrating this into the marketplace.
Progress (Complete): We completed a (successful) crowdfunding effort to contribute to listing Phore on a Top 25 exchange. As part of this, a web-based real-time tracker was created by a community member. This same approach will be used in the marketplace for public crowdfunding. The ability to make use of public and private transactions will be one of the unique components of crowdfunding integration.
Creation of the Phore Foundation: Establish a corporation that aims to develop long-term e-commerce solutions, investments, and partnerships. Its aim is to strengthen and sustain Phore, allowing it to quickly react and pivot to challenges in the future.
Progress (Complete): In this quarter Phore became an officially registered corporation in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. This was a monumental achievement in legitimizing Phore Blockchain as a major player in the blockchain industry. This paperwork for official “Foundation Status” has been submitted as is pending formal approval. In the future, it is expected that the Phore Foundation will receive funding from corporate partners and private donors. This income will go into further developing the Phore ecosystem, blockchain development, and improve funding for the team.
iOS Mobile Wallet & App Development: Develop an iOS app to use as a wallet and, eventually, to integrate other uses based on the Phore blockchain.
Progress (Complete- Pending Apple review): All the design and front end work is now complete. Once approved by the Apple App Store it will be available for public use.
At Phore, we always like to overdeliver. Here are the additional accomplishments we have made in this quarter:
- Reddcoin Partnership with Phore Marketplace: https://phore.io/phore-blockchain-and-reddcoin-announce-partnership-with-phore-marketplace/
- UniFox Partnership to add support for Phore into their global network of POS Terminals, ATM Machines and Online Exchange: https://medium.com/@phoreblockchain/unifox-and-phore-blockchain-announce-partnership-to-bring-phore-to-atms-pos-terminals-and-online-4c3d30276ae5
- Phore Labs Funded a budding crypto project: https://www.cryptotex.net/
- Completed a successful crowdfunding effort with the Phore Community to raise 50,000 PHR to be listed on IDAX, a top 25 exchange: https://twitter.com/PhoreCrypto/status/1004706000769896448
- Indacoin enables Phore purchases via Visa and Mastercard: https://twitter.com/PhoreCrypto/status/997194213375840258
- New exchange Listings: IDAX, BiteBTC, Fubt.Top, and Cryptowolf.eu:https://phore.io/buy-phore/
- White Paper translated into multiple languages; Chinese, French, Italian, Japanese, Dutch: https://phore.io/information/
- Website translation available in 24 different languages: https://phore.io
- Integration in to Blocknet interoperability/atomic swap ecosystem: https://twitter.com/PhoreCrypto/status/997514588320092161
- Submitted code changes for Ledger Hardware Wallet support and added to Ledger roadmap: https://twitter.com/PhoreCrypto/status/989509501366743040
- Continued work on Phore Marketplace improvements
- Grew our Twitter community by over 7,000 new followers: https://twitter.com/PhoreCrypto
- Media coverage and reviews of the Phore project published (Cliff on Crypto Review here): https://youtu.be/z5zQT0r_AOY
- Listed as the Top 3 Coin (out of 21) in 21 Cryptos Magazine (May edition): https://www.21cryptos.com/blog/inside-mays-issue-of-21cryptos/
- Fintech times Articles: https://twitter.com/PhoreCrypto/status/986642924686454784
- CEO speaks at the Block Chain Summit: https://youtu.be/n_BQrmFrMLc
- Consistently topping Omni Analytics masternode research: https://twitter.com/OmniAnalytics/status/1008727569041100800
- Nominated for Best Cryptocurrency of 2018 by “The Block Awards”: https://twitter.com/PhoreCrypto/status/999623356147290113
- Recognized by masternodes.today as a top 10 Masternode coin: https://twitter.com/masternodes_td/status/1007264808952004610
- Added support for OP_CHECKTIMELOCKVERIFY and OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY opcodes. This added the technology to support Atomic Swaps.
We want to thank the community for their tremendous support. Phore has never had an ICO or premine and is completely self-funded. Phore is a decentralized community project driven by an ambitious team seeking to further develop the Phore platform and its ecosystem. We hope you are happy with our progress up to this point and look forward to a productive third quarter.
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