Protocol Weekly — Issue #7

Kevin Lu
Kevin Lu
Sep 5, 2018 · 6 min read

Protocol Weekly is a newsletter to exclusively showcase the progress of Ethereum layer-2 protocols.

Massive congratulations to Connext Network for the release of Payment Hubs on the main-net! This is a massive achievement.

Another week, another FUD. The narrative has now changed from why does X need a token on Ethereum, to why does Ethereum need a token. Crypto Twitter is now a zero-sum game of which coin will ‘win’ rather than acknowledging each tokens’ use case and benefits. Oh well, seasons come and go.

On a lighter note, congratulations to 0x, Dharma, Set, Abacus & WalletConnect on the launch of DeFi. Keen to see the continued innovation for decentralised finance.


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civic.com

One thing we need help with:

We’re still hiring, even in a bear market! Take a look at our Careers page for the latest opportunities.


airswap.io
  • Our community members have been working on a bunch of great community-driven projects. If you’re interested in building on AirSwap, join us on our Developers Telegram channel.
  • In conjunction with the announcement of our new conversational OTC network (currently in private beta), we also announced that the OTC network will have KYC and AML verification capabilities courtesy of our partner Wyre, a registered money services business (MSB). Last week, Wyre published a blog post outlining specifics on how their KYC/AML process will work with third-party networks like AirSwap.
  • To continue to echo our last couple of updates, our team has been onboarding traders onto our new conversational OTC network. For traders interested in participating in the private beta, please register for the waitlist here.

One thing we need help with:

We’re always open to and seeking incredible talent in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space to join the AirSwap team! If you’re interested in what our team is working on at AirSwap, please submit a general application in the “Careers” section here.


liquidity.network
  • We are excited to announce the release of the Liquidity Wallet app on iOS. The app can now be downloaded from the Apple Store (https://t.co/ISMku9LrL8).
  • Improvements continue to be made to the mobile app, bugs identified and fixed. The ongoing focus for the team being assigned to the design and UX including deep links, also being integrated is a unified redirection service for invoices, tips, canvas and future applications.
  • As according to our timetable new exercises have been added to Achievement.Network, this week they cover Call Context and Storage vs Memory.
  • Next week we look forward to mentoring at and sponsoring ETHBerlin. We will also be speaking and presenting NOCUST at the Ethereum Industry Summit Hong Kong. The team looks forward to meeting everyone at both!

dharma.io

One thing we need help with:

We’re hiring blockchain engineers and full stack engineers. Check out our open positions here.


connext.network
  • We launched our first Connext Hub, a collaboration with Spankchain, to the Ethereum mainnet. Our Hub is the first non-custodial payment channel hub that is not only deployed on mainnet but is also already being used for real payments on a production platform. For more information, check out our announcement post!
  • We’re getting ready to launch testnet hubs that will be available to the general public! Join our community chat and stay tuned for updates.
  • We’ll be sponsoring ETHSanFrancisco (and will be launching some cool toys for hackers to play with)!

One thing we need help with:

Join our Discord and share our announcement post!


setprotocol.com
  • Public Alpha Release — This week, we’re releasing our developer tools, documentation, new white paper, TestNet smart contracts, and redesigned site to the public. If you’re interested in developing basket products, message us on our Telegram channel, we’d love to talk to you
  • DeFi Workshop — We’re holding a DeFi workshop next week, Thursday September 13th for those who are interested in learning DeFi development and want to meet other people part of the DeFi community. Check out the Eventbrite link for tickets and more information.
  • ETHBerlin — We’re going to ETHBerlin! Felix and Brian will be there as mentors to help people solve issues and to help people using our developer tools. If you’re around during the event, come say hi! We’d love to get to know you!

One thing we need help with:

If you’re interested in being one of the first developers creating baskets of ERC20 tokens on Set, come join our Telegram channel and say hello.


abacusprotocol.com
  • We launched DeFi a community of finance protocols with a robust developer platform, alongside 0x, Dharma, Set, and WalletConnect. Subscribe to our subredditand Telegram to be part of the community!

One thing we need help with:

Follow us on Twitter!


Civic, AirSwap, Liquidity Network, Dharma Protocol, Connext Network, Set Protocol, Abacus Protocol.

Kyber Network, Loopring, Quantstamp, Codex Protocol, Enigma, The Graph, Origin Protocol, The Graph, 8x Protocol.

Know a protocol that should be part of this list? Drop us an email at hello@8xprotocol.com.

05/09/2018

Helis Network

DeFi made Simple.

Kevin Lu

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Business Development & Growth | Band Protocol | Start-Ups & Personal Development |

Helis Network

DeFi made Simple.

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