IRISnet Monthly Update
2021.02— Community & Technical Recap
IRISgardians,
we did it!
An incredible new Interchain Era has begun!
Brace yourself because the Future is Here!
Do you want play with apps built on the IRIS Hub?
Do you want see concrete deployments and use-cases?
WE HEAR YOU!
👾 Uptick NFT app by Uptick Network is here!
Try in exclusive the first NFT app in the Cosmos Network!
💱 Coinswap Web App will be launched around the end of March:
This means IRISnet will have the first active AMM in a IBC integrated chain!
When others talk, IRISnet ships 🚢
⭐ Technical Updates ⭐
Explorer
- Released IOBScan single-chain explorer
• Released the updated IRIS Hub explorer: https://irishub.iobscan.io/
• Released the updated Cosmos Hub explorer: https://cosmoshub.iobscan.io/
2. Released the homepage v0.1 of IOBScan Interchain Portal
• Interchain network and ecosystem preview, provided the access of IRIS Hub and Cosmos Hub explorers
• Optimized some points based on the suggestions and feedback from the community
Rainbow Wallet
Released v3.0.0 (Testnet & Mainnet)
• Adapted original functions of irishub 1.0 and gaia 4.0, including transfer, delegation, vote, red packet, etc., completed the migration of Rainbow 2 functions;
• Added new functions for ATOM Wallet, including KeyStore Import/Outport, Withdraw & Delegate (Withdraw rewards and delegate to the same validator);
• Released Rainbow 3 in the App Store for iOS users and removed Rainbow 2;
• Provided the upgraded application in the GooglePlay and www.rainbow.one for Android users to adapt the latest mainnets IRIS Hub 1.0 and Cosmos Hub 4.
irishub
irishub
1. Released v1.0.0
• Upgraded irismod to v1.3.1：
-[bug-fix] Fixed the regular expression service price to adapt the token regulation
-Code cleanup, fixed Spec of modules
2. Released v1.0.1
• Upgraded Cosmos-SDK to v0.41.3
• Upgraded Tendermint to v0.34.7
• Optimized the migration document of v1.0
3. [irismod/service] The slashed service fee will be collected into the fee collector account rather than burned
4. [irismod/service] Fixed the error-checking logic of output when the result code of response is not 200
5. Upgraded Cosmos-SDK to v0.42.1
6. [service-sdk-go] Released v1.0.0 to support iService
https://github.com/irisnet/service-sdk-go/releases/tag/v1.0.0
⭐ Ecosystem Updates ⭐
IRISnet Mainnet 1.0 is LIVE!
⚛️Welcome to the New Connected Interchain World⚛️
On February 25th, IRIS Hub Mainnet 1.0 was launched, remarking the beginning of the much awaited KUAFU stage of the IRIS withepaper!
Congratulations IRISnet team and validators!
All the process went so smooooooth and the spirit of collaboration between everyone was really tangible.
Important to empathize is that the IRIS Hub mainnet 1.0 is a super-enhanced Hub: in fact, it includes not only the incredible features introduced by the Stargate Upgrade to the Cosmos Hub, but it adds more modules aimed to characterize what are the peculiarities of the IRIS Hub itself, bringing it to distinguish itself for specialization and target from any other present in the Cosmos Network.
⭐️ Cosmos Network Features
- Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC)
- Transition from Amino to Protobuf
- State Sync
- Automatic Upgrades
- Full-featured Light Clients
💎 IRISnet Unique Features
- Enhanced iService
- Coinswap (AMM)
- Oracle (partner Chainlink)
- NFT (Uptick, partner StarryMedia)
- Random module
- Record module
- Major code refactoring
🔓 Major Mainnet Use-cases Unlocked
- Ticketing
Coming on IRISnet Mainnet on March 12th! - Token Swap
Activities will start around the end of March! - Connection to off-chain data feeds via Chainlink
Find out more in the [Official Announcement] and in [Bifröst-2: Road to IRISnet Mainnet 1.0]
Wallets for the Interchain
🌈 Rainbow Wallet New Exclusive IBC Skin
📲 Cosmostation Announcement Support
💻 Keplr Announcement Support
🚨 ALARM: INTERCHAIN🚨
IRIS Hub 1.0 is the 1st mainnet establishing the IBC connection with Cosmos Hub
Bifrost Testnet Phase-2
🌈 Thank you to all the participants to the successful Bifrost-2 incentivized testnet! This Incentivized Testnet had three major focuses:
⚙️ Functional Tests
🆙 Mainnet Upgrade Simulation:
Succesfully completed by our IRIS Hub Mainnet Validators.
⚛️ Multi-networks IBC Test Campaign
Resources:
🔭 Real-Time Testnet Explorer
💻 Supported on Keplr Wallet
BSN OPB— First Batch is LIVE
🚀 On February 1st, 2021, the first batch of BSN Open Permissioned Blockchains (OPBs), Wenchang chain based on COSMOS/IRISnet SDK, is available on BSN OPB Portal (CN).
This represents another concrete step forward to the realization of an innovative network able to be the perfect bridge between regulamentations and innovations!
Bianjie launched WenChang Chain
✨ BSN Open Pemissioned Blockchain, Cosmos & IRISnet Tech-based WenChang Chain, has launched!
It has iService, SDK & IDE support, smart contract environment (CosmWasm EVM), and IRITA 6 core features.
Important to highlight that one time more Bianjie, the Core team behind IRISnet, provided an excellent product-ready project specifically directed to enterprises!
IRITA Hub now natively integrated with Chainlink!
🔭 IRITA Hub, developed by IRISnet core dev team Bianjie, completes the native integration of ChainLink oracles on BSN!This will give the possibility to IRITA Hub & IRISnet’s iService to make Chainlink oracle data available to dApps and services deployed in the BSN ecosystem.
IRISnet interoperability with Kava DeFi Hub
💡 IRISnet’s KUAFU stage with IBC is here!
DeFi-supporting features would be active very soon!
Kava is the leading DeFi Hub of Cosmos & would be connected with IRISnet after both hubs will have integrate IBC.
Thanks to this, $IRIS holders gain access to:
- lending, borrowing, and earning products
- Kava’s Bridges as per $BTC, $XRP, $BNB, $USDX, etc.
- Hard Protocol of cross-chain money market
Bianjie builds CosmWasm VSCode Extension
📑 As part of their path towards enabling Cosmos SDK to be compliant with BSN’s OPB network, Bianjie has built a CosmWasm VSCode Extension.
It was designed to help you in generating templates, compiling and deploying CosmWasm smart contracts.
IOBScan: Catch a glimpse of the Cosmos
💎 IOBScan (Internet of Blockchains Scan) is the 1st Interchain Explorer which supports IBC assets and transactions, made by IRISnet Core Team!
Try it Now!
⭐ Community Updates ⭐
IRIS Foundation Ambassador Program
At IRISnet, the community is a valuable treasure and an irreplaceable part of IRISnet’s growth, and this is why IRISnet aims to integrate more and more initiatives from its precious community members.
For this very reason, IRIS Foundation is launching an Ambassador Program to look for passionate IRISnet community members to become Ambassador of IRISnet: IRISgardians.
In particular, the Foundation is looking for the following figures:
🎖Regional Community Managers
🎖Translators
🎖Technical Writers
🎖Visual Creators
🎖Advocators
Find more in the Official Announcement!
Rainbow Validator Rewards Program
To thank its Rainbow Validators for the support shown to the project, IRISnet has planned to selects up to 3 Validators monthly, rewarding them with 10k $IRIS!
Thank you Tavis Digital, validator of the month, to your commitment to the growth of IRISnet!
Validators, you are still in time to participate!
Follow these steps and join the competition:
• Become an IRISnet validator
• Actively engage our community
• Fill out the application form!
*Validators who were not selected for the award are welcomed to re-apply, but please Re-fill the form and display your contributions for the past month.
Delegators Double Rewards & Token Burn Plan
🔥Token Burn Plan
On January 29, 2021, the Foundation burned 1,528,850 $IRIS.
💰Delegators Double Rewards
The IRISnet Foundation released the double rewards as planned in the Community-centric delegation program!
To be precise, in January were distributed 585,686.0084 $IRIS: congratulations delegators!
Read more in the blog post and don’t forget to delegate your $IRIS with rainbow.one to get every month your double rewards!
What are you waiting for?
Delegate now: secure the network and start earning!
Events
- On February 8th Mr Zhiwei (Jeffrey) Hu, IRISnet & Bianjie Director of Research, took part at UpdateCrypto live Stream on jins.com, giving some anticipations about Mainnet 1.0 upgrade.
- On February 18th Mr Zhiwei Hu, attended to the [Stargate Launch Party], introducing in exclusive the new Interchain Explorer IOBScan for IBC!
Watch the reply of his talk here! - On February 23th Mrs. Harriet Cao, IRISnet Co-Founder, joined a Q&A with Chainlink. The discussion was centered on decentralized oracles meeting the needs of DeFi, the recent integration of Chainlink on BSN and IRISnet, and their future product roadmap.
Watch the replay.
Persistence One StakeDrop Campaign x $IRIS
StakeDrop is a token distribution mechanism that allows $IRIS holders to receive an allocation of $XPRT (Persistence tokens) simply by staking!
WoW!
Soon will be unrevealed the period in which $IRIS will be on the hotspot:
While waiting, learn more about this initiative and how to participate on Persistence’s Social Channels.
Draft of the Governance Proposal ASGARD is waiting for your review in the IRISnet Forum!
This proposal, drafted and submitted in the forum by ZodiacWizard, comes as a community-driven initiative.
The aim is to achieve more awareness about the IRISnet project through undertaking a marketing campaign.
Many validators have expressed their opinions (here you can find Ken | Cypher Core ones), and thanks to this the draft is becoming more refined day after day,
Read more about this initiative and don’t forget to leave your comment!
Do you have any proposals to improve the project?
Do you want to contribute with your ideas to the growth of the community?
IRISnet forum welcomes you!
We look forward to building our future together!
Contents from the IRISnet community
- IRISnet featured in the latest [Project Tracker] & [Portfolio Update] by Ken | Cypher Core
- Paradigm about IRISnet in their Biweekly update on Cosmos vol.41 & vol.42
- State of Stake #43 & #44 by Paradigm
Conclusion
Dear Community,
This is Just the Beginning.
Now that the Gate is open, IBC will bring new amazing use-cases and the hub will flourish with new exciting dapps deployed and connections to other incredible chains.
Thank you for your trust and your support so far:
We know that is difficult to believe when you can see the end of the Rainbow, but we’re confident that now you will like the treasure that was hidden at the very end of it.
To Asgard!
…and IRIS to MOON!
⭐ IRISnet Glossary ⭐
IRISnet
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.
IRITA
Inter-Realm Industry Trust Alliance (IRITA) is the 1st enterprise-level permissioned blockchain product in the Cosmos ecosystem Powered by Tendermint and IRIS SDK.
It has 6 core technical advantages such as privacy-protecting data sharing with authorization, highly efficient consensus protocol, cutting-edge cross-chain technology, highly practical on/off-chain inter-operation capabilities, flexible digital asset modeling and exchange, and business analytics powered by big data.
Thus IRITA can be widely used in various industries, such as the financial industry, providing value-based on blockchain trust machines.
Coinswap
Coinswap Web Application is a decentralized exchange function based on the AMM module of the IRISnet mainnet. It provides activities such as liquidity farming and will support cross-chain protocols, token types, trading pairs, third-party wallets, and liquidity collaborations.
The Coinswap application connects the Rainbow cross-chain wallet through the WalletConnect protocol.
Rainbow Wallet
Rainbow Wallet supports both IRIS Hub and Cosmos Hub.
Rainbow Wallet is positioned to support the IBC transfer and iService that IRISnet and Cosmos will realize in the future. It is a light mobile client that combines the advantages of centralization and decentralization.
IOBScan
The 1st Interchain Explorer which supports IBC assets and transactions:
Catch a glimpse of the Cosmos!
IRISplorer
Blockchain explorer for IRIS Hub, which includes explorer-backend and explorer-frontend.
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