Best Collaborations of 2020 — iExec Year Review #3
iExec has had the opportunity to work with a lot of projects, companies and consortiums over the past years . Despite not being able to phsycially meet with a lot of our partners in 2020, this year has been no different. In terms of expertise shared and collaborative products released, this year has been notable for iExec development both with companies in the emerging web3 crypto industry as well as with wider mainstream players.
If you haven’t already, check out the other blog posts from our 2020 year review series:
Best Events of 2020 — iExec Year Review #1:
Best emerging tech of 2020 — iExec Year Review #2
January:
iExec started off the year, iExec startedthe liquidity mining program beginning with Hummingbot, more details of this and other ways to “put your RLC tokens” to work are detailed in this article.
iExec also launched ADAN as a founding member that year, along with 10 other iExec started off the month of June at the official meetup event for ADAN, the ‘Association for the Development of Digital Assets’. iExec is a founding member of the association that has the goal is to represent the digital asset ecosystem in front of public authorities and wider society.
Intel’s blog post on iExec x Hyperledger Avalon collaboration: iExec was one of the main contributors to the code of Avalon and the Trusted Compute Framework (TCF). This standard intends to aid Ethereum adoption by enterprises, addressing their privacy requirements.
At the end of the month of January, iExec teamed up with chainlink to provide a new and unique DeFi service. The convergence of the iExec cloud and confidential computing infrastructure, with Chainlink’s real-world validated data, offers an innovative new off-chain solution for decentralized insurance:
February:
iExec listed on NASH Dex:
April
- In April, iExec partnered with Kaiko to release a trusted price feed using iExec decentralized oracles with TEE. Combining the iExec confidential computing framework with Kaiko’s extensive array of aggregated data ensures that Ethereum smart contracts have access to stable and reliable price feeds:
iExec x Argent
June
In June, iExec co-wrote a research paper with Intel and IEEE: a paper on Confidential Computing or Off-chain trusted compute. Check it out and learn about iExec and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, the paper also introduced confidential (trusted) computing, and how it can be combined with blockchain.
Google Confidential Computing Program
Later in the month of June, iExec announced its participation with Google in the Confidential Computing Beta. iExec will offer expertise in the context of confidential computing & blockchain.
September
iExec Uniswap integration
August
In August, we were excited to present an app using the most recently released and cutting-edge features of the iExec technical stack that were released during iExec V5. The developer J48 released his pricefeed app based on the Coinbase API Secured by iExec trusted decentralized oracles.
October
- AMF approval
In October, iExec took a major step towards enterprise adoption as iExec obtained a Visa from the ‘Autorité des Marchés Financiers’ (the French equivalent of the SEC) for its new Enterprise Marketplace token swap offering. This optional swap will allow enterprises to exchange cloud resources in a regulated and compliant environment. Enterprises now have the option to use an extra compliant version of the iExec decentralized marketplace for cloud computing resources, if they choose to. The enterprise adoption facilitated by the AMF visa will directly benefit the iExec RLC token economics. This permits even more enterprises to benefit from the innovation brought by iExec.
Intel: iExec becomes Intel service provider: https://builders.intel.com/ai/membership/iexec
Over the past 3 and a half years, iExec has been developing projects with Intel® technologies, primarily focused on Intel® SGX hardware enclaves. In November, iExec has become a key member of Intel®’s ecosystem for AI and is featured on the AI Builder Program website. This program is for iExec to evaluate how Intel® SGX, and Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) in general, provide key security elements of a blockchain in an off-chain infrastructure.
- Nvidia
iExec joined the NVIDIA Inception program. The NVIDIA Inception program provides iExec access to the most advanced expertise and knowledge on GPU computing.
- NCTU x iExec
iExec signed a contract to develop a software platform for providing distributed Ethereum-based Off-Chain Trusted Compute Service. iExec will develop a platform for providing Ethereum-based Off-Chain Trusted Compute Services. The platform will use Ethereum and Intel SGX technology, using ARMv8-A™ processors with TrustZone™ support.
- Listing on Crypto.com
iExec RLC (RLC) was listed on Crypto.com. Crypto.com offers a Visa Card, adding additional utility to RLC as users can easily convert cryptocurrencies into fiat currencies to be spent at over 60m merchants globally.
iExec x European Commission launches OntoChain
The project is part of the European Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative:
Over the next few years, OntoChain will be distributing €4.3 million Euros of funding for blockchain innovators. iExec is part of the board, encouraging projects to adopt the iExec stack.
November
Intel: iExec becomes Intel service provider: https://builders.intel.com/ai/membership/iexec
Over the past 3 and a half years, iExec has been developing projects with Intel® technologies, primarily focused on Intel® SGX hardware enclaves. In November, iExec has become a key member of Intel®’s ecosystem for AI and is featured on the AI Builder Program website. This program is for iExec to evaluate how Intel® SGX, and Trusted Execution Environments (TEE) in general, provide key security elements of a blockchain in an off-chain infrastructure.
More from iExec:
Decentralized Cloud Computing — Demo for Beginners
➡️ https://developers.iex.ec
Offering $10 of free credits, this demo has no crypto or technical requirements needed, Just log in with your Google Account and see how simple decentralized cloud computing can be:
iExec Trusted Decentralized Oracle — Demo for Beginners
➡️ https://blockchain.developers.iex.ec
A sandbox test environment, providing a comparison between standard decentralized oracles and iExec Trusted Decentralized Oracles.
Best Events of 2020 — iExec Year Review #1:
Best emerging tech of 2020 — iExec Year Review #2
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