With the recent successful launch of BandChain Phase 2, Laozi, we are ready to enable one of our key features of the upgrade: IBC. …

Band Protocol has successfully launched BandChain Phase 2 on the Mainnet, upgrading from GuanYu to Laozi which supports streamed revenue for data providers and IBC integrations. The BandChain Phase 2 upgrade enhances all facets of the decentralized oracle network to consistently provide reliable external information to the rapidly growing demands…

With the launches of the Laozi Testnet #1–4 and stable network performance over the past months, we are ready to move on to the final step before the launch of BandChain Phase 2. …

TL;DR: Our oracle remains active and secure, no partners were affected, and no funds were affected. The Mainnet launch of BandChain Phase 2 will have a revised timeline as the team eliminates the issue moving forward. Summary On Wednesday July 13 11:02 UTC, the Band Protocol team along with the public…

With the success of the Laozi Testnet #1 upgrade and stable network performance over the past months, we are ready to move on to the final step before the launch of BandChain Phase 2. …

Road to Phase 2: Guanyu Testnet #4, Validator Setup and Migration Timeline — Since our successful mainnet upgrade of the GuanYu version, our community has grown in both validators and developers alongside an exponential increase in the number of oracle requests signifying a rapid increase in adoption. …

Band Protocol has successfully upgraded BandChain from Wenchang to GuanYu, completing Phase 1 which supports the permissionless creation of customizable data oracle scripts that can query public and permissionless data sources leveraging a decentralized network of 67+ validator nodes. The upgrade brings the ability of all BandChain validators to fulfill…

With the success of the GuanYu Testnet #3 upgrade and stable network performance over the past weeks, we shared a draft proposal for the Wenchang to GuanYu upgrade on Discord for our validators to review and provide feedback. …

Dear Band Community, Last Thursday, we announced our test upgrade from Wenchang to GuanYu in preparation for the official launch of BandChain Phase 1 on the Mainnet. …