Internet Computer Updates: Global R&D Highlights, SNS-1 Coming, AstroX Demo

A digest of the latest developments within the Internet Computer ecosystem and ICP community.

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ICP Ecosystem

• Review the latest Global R&D meeting with important updates:

• SNS-1 is coming: a test run to make sure the entire Service Nervous System feature operates as is should. Stay tuned to join and make history!
• This demo of AstroX’s ME Wallet, a multichain wallet for the IC that secures assets without seed phrases.
• BTC<>ICP integration updates from @manudrijvers and @dieter_icp: see the Developer Forum.
• Internet Identity canisters were moved to subnets, and 32GiB of stable memory was added to all canisters. See the updated public roadmap at: http://internetcomputer.org/roadmap.
• Rotation of IDKG encryption keys + ECDSA key resharing is coming soon, where no single party knows the full key and any set of keys is only used for a short period of time.
• The Internet Computer was recently ranked the most sustainable and green blockchain! See: Internet Computer Footprint: Assessing IC Energy Consumption and Sustainability.
• The current energy consumption of the IC is less than 100 US households annually. The carbon footprint is less than 275 tons of CO2 per year.
• Read about SEO support for on-chain websites.
• Read more about Canistore in this article.
• An article regarding the Catalyze beta release.
• Review ICP highlights courtesy of @WeekInDfinity.
• The Boundaryless Autonomous Organization in the Era of Web3, an AMA article with NnsDAO.
• What is ECDSA signing? A blog post shared by @infinity_swap.
• Building a front-end dapp on the IC, from Kyle Peacock.
• A thread on DeFi and regulation by @AntonioMJuliano.
• An article regarding regulation, shared by Infinity Swap.
• A complete primer on NFTs, shared by @ICPSquad.
• Infinity Weekly, issue 027.
• A written report of an interview AMA with Infinity Swap and Yumi.
• Plug V0.6.1 release!
• A thread regarding the idea of an NNS treasury, by @WeekInDfinity.
• Episode 9 of Let’s Talk ICP podcast.
• Introducing the Quark 2nd testnet!
• A Twitter Spaces recording of a community discussion hosted by @lightning_lad91.
• How to reset your recovery phrase.

ICP NFTs

Updates

• Distrikt PODs are now also Helmets. By using a multi asset canister you now own both assets within the same NFT.
• Ludo shares an updated roadmap for the Flower Power DAO and Pineapple Punks. Cherry Punks airdrop and Clown with Banksy both mentioned.
• 1:1 Poked Studio artwork auction coming to Entrepot on Nov 9th.
• Updates from IC Pxy on their NFT staking platform.
• Eimolad releases 100% on-chain game demo.
• DSCVR had a really fun Halloween Portal Hunt in which users solved puzzles at 5 portals and unlocked 6,766 NFTs. Floor prices are .24 portal 1, .39 portal 2, .859 portal 3, 1.79 portal 4, and 65 for portal 5.
• IC Kitties share a sneak-peek of the Paws Arena game main menu.
• Vizmotor received a big grant from Dfinity for the first ever 3D NFT Animated Series, Singularity Time.
• Flower Power DAO Q4 updates and 12 month review are shared on Twitter.
• Triple Ice Cream Poked Bot Gen 2 had to be made and one other Gen 2 teaser.
• 3d Motoko Mechs are done. Check them out on Entrepot.
• Kontribute is about to launch an alpha version of their interactive stories. Features include digital collectibles and more.
• Soarsa Labs Genesis II sneak-peek of their live-ICP_data-driven artworks. Learn more about the project and their 221B app on this Medium article.
• Another game map teaser/update from IC Dinos in their Discord.
• ICP.Dog has airdropped ICP.Dog Badges of Honor to the first one hundred holders. Current floor is 5 on ICP Swap.
• Beta Testing is opening for the D-City metaverse. Here are the steps.

Getting to know you

• @realsixfig dropped an amazing instructional video on how to shop and play/build on Cubetopia.
• ToniqLabs talks with @pokedstudiouk about all things Poked Bots.

Recently Minted

• Catalyze is taking pledges on CrowdFund NFT. Less than 30% left after just 1 day.
• Ape warriors are minting on Yumi.
• Hallows En, Dragon Inside Egg, Trip Drip, and Halloween-Gem are minting on Entrepot.
• Vizmotor’s Singularity Time sold out on Entrepot. Current floor price is 16.5.
• 3D Ghosts are minting on Entrepot. 70% of proceeds go towards burning $GHOST.
• ICP Flowers were auctioned, and airdropped to qualified BTC and ETH Flower holders. Current floor price is 60 and total sales volume of 10.75K.
• Catalyze is taking pledges on CrowdFund NFT. NFT’s represent $Cat tokens.
• Landmark is minting on Entrepot.
• Infinity Symbol is minting on Entrepot.

Upcoming Mints

• Nov 4 — Energy Ghost is minting on Entrepot.
• Nov 6 — IC Socks is minting on Entrepot.
• Nov 7 — Last Warrior is minting on Entrepot.
• Nov 8 — The Satoshi Code is minting on Entrepot.

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