Hydrogen Monthly Roundup- October 2018

Each month, we offer a roundup of announcements, products news, and developer updates from Hydrogen HQ.

Happy October! Let’s take a look at what went down this month at the Hydrogen HQ and get you up to speed.

Announcements:

• We kicked the month off with Blocktoberfest, a series covering current product, new initiatives, and announcements. You can recap Blocktoberfest here.
• We accepted the FiNext Award for Excellence in FinTech, Special thanks to our partnerships manager
  Sahil
  !

Product News/Dev Updates:

• Andy
  ,
  Anurag
  ,
  Shane
  , and
  Noah
  proposed ERC-1484 to the Ethereum Improvement Protocol, ERC-1484 focuses on aggregating digital identity information that’s broadly interoperable with existing, proposed, and hypothetical future digital identity standards. We welcome all feedback on the proposal!
• Proton v1.3 has been released with seven new services to Proton’s Wellness and Annuity suites.
• Hydro is now apart of the ERC-725 alliance, ERC-725 is an Ethereum-based identity standard authored by Fabian Vogelsteller, creator of the ERC-20 standard and Web3.js framework.

If you also happen to be in the NYC area, come out to our Monthly Hydro meetup on November 13th! RSVP here.