Monthly Update — March 2023
Glitchers, a new era is upon us! After almost three years of hard work and dedication, we’re thrilled to announce that the native mainnet launch process will start by May 2023. Native smart contracts are the most significant milestone in GLITCH’s history, and we couldn’t be more excited. Let the countdown begin!
This milestone will open up new functionality for the network, enabling developers to launch dApps directly on the native GLITCH blockchain. It’s a significant accomplishment that will drive in builders and a testament to the long development hours our team has been putting in. We know there’s still much more work to be done, and as we continue to push forward, we’re committed to pursuing excellence every step of the way.
Join our announcement channel to stay current with the latest developments, and stay tuned for more information later this month as we start sharing our rollout plans.
Now let’s get down to business.
A Look Back At February
Glitch’s newest public GitHub repo
As part of our ongoing transparency efforts, we’ve created a new repository to be the go-to destination for all future commit pushes. Moving forward, we’ll directly push relevant commits that can be made public from our internal codebase without compromising critical and unique aspects of our code that we’d like to keep private.
Technology Updates
We’ve been working hard to deliver the following milestones as a team. The roadmap breakdown has recently been updated as of March 7, 2023. We’ve currently been prioritizing the following:
“The Merge” for Mainnet — Blockchain, Browser-extension Wallet, Explorer
“The Merge” is essential to align the Polkadot network’s latest branch with Glitch’s codebase. As you may already know, the GLITCH network operates under the Substrate framework, making “The Merge” a crucial prerequisite to delivering upcoming releases. “The Merge” is at 90% completion, and our team is working diligently to ensure the remaining bugs for this are ironed out.
Native Glitch Contracts & Documentation
The development for the native contracts is now at 90% completion. Although we are almost ready to go live, we’ve encountered three outstanding bugs preventing us from launching. Once these bugs are fixed, our team will proceed with our rigorous QA process, which includes regression and functional testing. In addition, we’re working on the native documentation to support the native contracts.
Native Glitch Bridge Contract (ETH to GRC)
The development for the Native Glitch Bridge from ETH to native GLCH is completed, and the team is executing a lot of regression and functional testing. The team is also working on the security aspect of it to ensure that it is vulnerability-free to avoid any bridge exploits.
Marketing & Community Updates
We held another live AMA on our YouTube channel this month. During this session, our team members shared updates on the latest developments in Phase IV, plans for expanding our developer communities, and more. Additionally, Glitch Indonesia held its monthly AMA, and a recap is available on Twitter here in both Indonesian and English.
We recently updated the GLCH CoinMarketCap page with more precise information about the project’s description, roadmap, GitHub repo, and network explorer.
At Glitch, we know that community is the backbone of our success. In February, we saw 2.7K+ social mentions and 4.69+ million social engagements on LunarCrush. We’re incredibly grateful for all of the support from our community members. Whether you’re a developer or just a supporter of Glitch, we want you to know that we value your contributions. Thank you for being part of this journey.
Peeking Into March
March is shaping up to be a month full of action and progress! Our development team will continue their hard work building the native mainnet and related products while our marketing team kicks things up a notch and starts getting more eyes on Glitch.
With all the excitement in the air, there’s much to look forward to over the coming months. That’s why we plan to publish our rollout plans starting this month. We’ll guide you through an insider’s view, from launching on native contracts to downloading the wallet from the Chrome Store, all the way to the token-swapping process.
It’s about time to get Glitch at the forefront of millions of new eyes, and we think you’ll be shocked at what we have in store for this year.
“It’s all coming together. We’ve had our fair share of criticism, but we’re about to prove them wrong. Builders, we’re almost ready for you.” — Sean Ryan, CEO of Glitch Finance
“I’m excited to see the amazing dApps that builders will create. The possibilities are endless.” — Diego E. Cruces, CTO of Glitch Finance
This is just the beginning of a thrilling new chapter for Glitch.
Until later this month,
— Team Glitch
We’re Hiring
Glitch HQ is hiring qualified candidates for FT roles across marketing, operations, and engineering. If you’re a talented DeFi enthusiast, help us take Glitch to the next level. We’re looking to fill these positions very quickly. Search out our open jobs and apply today!
About Glitch
GLITCH is a blockchain-agnostic super protocol explicitly designed for trustless money markets and decentralized financial applications (dApps). GLITCH solves the expensive fee structure of other blockchain platforms while simultaneously rewarding all ecosystem participants and guaranteeing low network fees through a unique revenue-sharing model. Glitch plans to incorporate token wrapping bridges, where dApps can run more efficiently, all in service of Glitch’s ultimate goal: to become a cornerstone of blockchain infrastructure.
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