Internet Computer Updates: Spinner BTC Features, ICPSwap Official Launch, Terabethia ETH/ICP Bridge
A digest of the latest developments within the Internet Computer ecosystem and ICP community.
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4 min readAug 4, 2022
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ICP Ecosystem
- The beta release of the Bitcoin direct integration is live!
- IC roadmap updates will be released monthly, see the latest summary for July 2022.
- Take a look at this thread from Spinner regarding two new features: Transact BTC (testnet) coins, and transaction logs.
- BTC, tECDSA, and HTTP support coming soon to canisters written in TypeScript with Azle. (Read more about Azle here.)
- ICPSwap has released its official version, see this article by ICP League giving an intro to the product.
- Understanding the privacy advantages of the Internet Computer, an article by InfinitySwap.
- Watch Austin Fatheree, of ORIGYNTech, introduce ORIGYN NFTs.
- DSCVR raised $9M in seed funding!
- Check out the recording of DFINITY’s Global R&D for July 2022.
- A new guide on using an agent has been published for IC devs.
- Check out several available jobs at DFINITY.
- The Internet Computer reached 7500 TPS during the Pineapple Punk whitelist mint.
- Episode 21 of Neurotic Podcast.
- Take a look at a BTC integration update.
- Coming soon, Daowabunga, a cross-chain DAO framework on the IC.
- Coming soon, Psychedelic’s Terabethia bridge between Ethereum and the IC.
- Terabethia addresses some confusion with the IC’s upcoming ETH integration.
- Developer tooling, and why it matters for the IC — an article by @icpipeline.
- Rebuilding the Internet Computer, an article by @ArthurFalls.
- New cycles feature for NFTgeek.
- You can now share your blog posts from Papyrs to DSCVR in a few clicks!
- Infinity Weekly: Decentralized Mail, issue #14 discusses Dmail.
- How do dapps work? See this article by D.A.P.O.
- See the Internet Computer Consensus paper.
- Check out this Toniq Blog featuring @BobBodily explaining storage on the Internet Computer.
- Contribute to a conversation about DAO governed NFT projects on this tweet from @BobBodily.
- Take a look at the MODCLUB white paper.
- A thread from @DukakisTejada about how @dfinity can compete with other platforms.
- If you could magically do one thing to impact the IC ecosystem what would it be? Share thoughts and read others on this post from @icpmaximalist.
- Week 7 of ICP Community Newsletter by @DigiMarthie.
- @dominic_w shared a poll to standardize the capitalization of DFINITY in a sentence.
ICP NFTs
Updates
- Learn more about dSquad’s “engage-to-earn” NFT model.
- Ludo’s Pineapple Punks are coming! Pineapple Punks will be revealed August 3 at 2pm UTC.
- Get the full Pineapple Punks rundown in the Flower Power DAO Medium article!
- OG Medals reached 70K in total sales volume.
- Pyramidion: UFOs were airdropped to members of the NFT Judgment portal on DSCVR. Members were required to sacrifice 2 NFTs to the belly of Hefe.
- Video teaser shows IC Kitties companion in the Fae Folk game. Fae Folk will be CrowdFunding on August 10.
- Spears were airdropped to Obsidian Tears Fighter holders and are available on Entrepot.
- Dionysus’ Masks were airdropped today by @olisav are now available on Entrepot.
- Boxy Dude $boxy tokens are now available for trading and liquidity providing on Sonic. Check Boxy Dude Discord for details on upcoming $boxy airdrops for partner projects.
- Plethora game implements floating billboard for displaying NFT partners in the game.
- Update from Galactic Guardians on some of their recent achievements.
- A new chapter for Dfinity Gang DAO: Raising Capital.
- PC demo of IKUZO market is available for preview.
- Dfinity Space Ape’s Discord announcement about recent game development and upcoming Planet airdrops.
- $Ghost was airdropped to holder of DogFinity and Early Dog Trophies that had verified with ICLand.
- IKUWAYO will be airdropped to IKUZO holders on CCC Marketplace Aug 5th.
- Yumi Marketplace NFT Art Festival announced.
- Animal Guardians Discord announcement that Serval Spy will be launching on CCC Marketplace this next week.
- Sneak peak of adult IC Dinos. Grow your Dinos coming soon.
- Details for holders to claim their Crypto90s swag stickers.
Getting to Know You
- Learn more about the FaeFolk genesis collection, including population mechanics.
Recently Minted
- Pineapple Punks are minted and trading on Entrepot with current floor price of 24 and total sales volume over 21,000.
- Astronautics HQ are minting on Entrepot.
- 3D Dream Whale, IC Partymania and AOKI are minting on Entrepot.
- Cosmicrafts Spirats are funding on CrowdFund NFT.
- OBJCT is minting on Yumi Marketplace.
- VRST PRP-KIX minted on Yumi and current floor is 35.
- Brando’s Friends, ICPuzzle Reward and The Club all airdropped and are trading on Yumi.
Upcoming Mints
- Aug 4 — World of Tacos on Entrepot.
- Aug 5 — Astronautics HQ on Yumi Marketplace.
- Aug 6 — Math Arts Collection on Entrepot.
Recent Governance Proposals
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