IRISnet (a.k.a IRIS Hub) is designed to be the foundation for the next-generation distributed applications. Built with Cosmos-SDK, IRIS Hub enables cross-chain interoperability through a unified service model, while providing a variety of modules to support DeFi applications. You can find more details about IRISnet here.
TL;DR
- The IRISnet team completed the ICS 20 cross-chain transfer in IBC and demonstrated the demo at the hackathon during the San Francisco Blockchain Week;
- IRIS Hub opened the connection with Binance DEX. IRIS is officially listed on Binance DEX. And an airdrop for deposit was held;
- Tendermint v0.31.3 and v0.15.5 were released;
- Usability of the HTLC module in irishub was improved;
- Rainbow v2.6.1 was released, which supports 2-way transfer between Binance DEX and the gateway. And Rainbow beta 2.0 was released to support users’ cross-chain transfers based on IBC;
- IRISnet Core Dev Team Bianjie was certified as China’s National High-Tech Enterprise;
- Grafana Dashboard compatible with Cosmos-SDK & Tendermint based Blockchains;
- Cosmostation has Developed Keystation for IRISnet;
- The world’s first cross-chain Chinese Community website COIRFAN was Launched. And cross-chain red pocket app, UniCoins is under Development;
- From 10.21 to 11.3, Haifeng Xi, founder of IRISnet, was invited by Shanghai Media Group to a radio show called “Citizens and Society”, and Jeffrey Hu, IRISnet Director, was invited to the 2019 System Architect Conference China(SACC) as well as an online AMA hosted by Tuoluo Caijing.
Technical Updates
IBC Updates
IRISnet completed the Cosmos IBC’s token transfer module (has been submitted to the Cosmos SDK repository) and completed its video and presentation PPT.
Mainnet IRIS Hub
IRIS Hub Connected with Binance DEX
IRISnet officially launched the two-way gateway of IRIS Hub and Binance DEX. Users can deposit IRIS to Binance DEX through the Rainbow wallet and view transfer records between the two public blockchains.
Blockheight Reaches 3M
IRIS Hub blockheight reaches 3M at UTC 19:19 on Otc 24! Thank you to our validators & delegators for your effort to secure IRISnet.
Irishub Software
- [tendemrint] a bug caused by a forged consensus message which leads to consensus vulnerability was fixed;
- [tendemrint] v0.31.3 and v0.15.5 were released;
- [htlc] logic was refactored to improve usability;
- [coinswap] error message was optimized;
- Fixed a problem when reset could not be done after the snapshot;
- The documentation of v0.16.0 was completed.
Rainbow wallet
- With the release of Rainbow (IBC) v2.0.0, users can make cross-chain token transfers based on IBC;
- V2.6.1 was released. Users can deposit IRIS tokens to Binance DEX through Rainbow;
- A two-way gateway that connects with Binance DEX was launched.
More info: How to Transfer IRIS to Binance DEX with Rainbow?
Awards and Honors
IRISnet Core Dev Team Bianjie is Certified as China National High-Tech Enterprise
IRISnet core development team Bianjie is certified as China National High-Tech Enterprise based on work in building distributed business Apps.We feel proud of using blockchain tech to better protect healthcare data privacy & enable more efficient collaborations.
More info: IRISnet Core Dev Team Bianjie is Certified as China National High-Tech Enterprise
Community Updates
Present the IBC Cross-Chain Transfer Module Demo at the DeFi Hackathon
IRISnet founder Harriet presented the IBC cross-chain transfer module demo developed by IRISnet at the DeFi hackathon during SF Blockchain Week. Those who were also present on the stage include Cosmos founder Jae 、Tendermint Director of Strategy Brent, dev relations eng & an artist-developer Billy, etc.
For the complete video please see (Harriet started her speech at 8:20) https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1MYxNPYXkPZGw
Binance DEX Listing & Airdrop
IRIS is now listed on Binance DEX. 500,000 IRIS was allocated for airdrop to users depositing IRIS through Rainbow.
More info: IRISnet (IRIS) Airdrop on Binance DEX — Win 500,000 IRIS!
Radio Shanghai Live Show “How Much Do U Know of Blockchain “
Haifeng Xi, founder of IRISnet, was invited to a live show on air called “Citizens and Society” on Nov 1st, to have a dialogue with Chang Qin, Shanghai Radio’s Chief Host and Xiaofeng Ma, Director of Shanghai Blockchain Technology Research Center. The topic of their dialogue was “How much do you know about Blockchain?”
2019 System Architect Conference China
Jeffrey Hu, IRISnet Research Director of Bianjie AI, was invited to the 2019 System Architect Conference in China. He first gave an overview of the cross-chain technology. Then, he elaborated on the latest technological developments. Finally, he explained how the cross-chain technology of IRISnet can solve complex business applications and described the architectural scheme.
Tuoluo Caijing Online AMA
IRISnet was invited to an online AMA hosted by Tuoluo Caijiang and interacted with the audience on topics such as cross-chain and recent news of IRISnet.
Ecosystem
Grafana Dashboard Compatible with Cosmos-SDK & Tendermint based Blockchains
IRISnet team completed a Grafana dashboard compatible with all the Cosmos-SDK and Tendermint based blockchains.
More info: https://github.com/zhangyelong/cosmos-dashboard
The World’s First Cross-Chain Chinese Community Website COIRFAN Launched
Developed by Cosmos and IRISnet community volunteer Jack and his team, the Chinese cross-chain community website COIRFAN was launched. COIRFAN covers the latest upgrade of the project, data of Cosmos&IRISnet, forums, help center, and other functions.
Major updates from the past two weeks:
● The launching activity has been successfully completed and the rewards have been released.
● Post page adjustments are updated.
● Network data display optimization planning.
● Questions and answers as of October 31 have been included in the Help Center
● COIRFAN posted an algorithm announcement about the validators leaderboard
COIRFAN official website address: Http://iris.fan/
Cross-Chain Red Pocket Dapp, UniCoins under Development
UniCoins, the world’s first red pocket Dapp based on the Cosmos & IRISnet. UniCoins is being developed, and current features include red envelope creation/receipt, lucky draw creation/receiving, and bulk transfer. Early pages will be coming soon.
Current development progress:
● Product features are now implemented and confirmed.
● The front-end UI design has been completed.
● Early pages are being developed.
● The domain is confirmed as unicoins.us (Universal coins belong to us.)
Cosmostation has Developed Keystation for IRISnet
Keystation is another great resource for SFBW19 DeFi hackathon participants. Use Keystation for end-to-end encrypted key management for your Cosmos and IRISnetwork dApp/platform.
More info: https://github.com/cosmostation/keystation
Ecosystem Partners Cypher Core wrote project report for IRISnet
Thanks to Andy Boyan from Cypher Core for writing a project update article for IRISnet and publishing it on the official Medium blog : [Project Tracker] Cosmos #7 — October 2019 Updates.
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