2017 was an incredibly exciting year for Lisk HQ. We celebrated many milestones and tackled all challenges head-on. Our team has expanded, our technology has matured with a variety of new releases, while our vibrant community has continued to attract tens of thousands of new members. As 2018 begins, we’re looking forward to continue on this amazing journey towards the future of a fully established, JavaScript-based blockchain ecosystem.
In this edition of Lisk’s Community Update, you can expect the following:
- Lisk 2017 Recap
- Development Updates
- Community Updates
- Marketing Updates
- 2018 Onward
Lisk 2017 Recap
Before Max and Oliver went on their holiday break, they dedicated their time to sit down and discuss achievements from 2017, as well as to express their excitement for what’s ahead for Lisk in 2018. If you haven’t already, make sure to watch the clip below and subscribe to our YouTube channel for future videos.
Development Updates
In the last month, our development team has contributed to 13 GitHub repositories. Lisk is among the top ranked for developer activity on CoinGecko with 163 merged pull requests, 277 closed issues and 515 commits (from the period between November 27 to December 27). Our next major milestone is Lisk Core 1.0, which under Oliver’s guidance is being moved swiftly towards a release.
We Announced Three Releases
- Lisky 0.3.0, which includes several new features such as account & transaction creation, file input and helper functions.
- The latest version of our wallet, Lisk Nano 1.3.1, was released with several security enhancements.
- Lisk Core 0.9.11 was released on December 21st with many improvements including quality of transaction pool documentation, quality of dapps module documentation and peers module unit tests. This particular update also saw the discontinuation of Lisk UI, our user-interface submodule of the Lisk client, in an effort to reduce the risk of our users being exposed to phishing websites and in preparation for new Lisk App rollout during the February Relaunch.
Want to get involved?
As a community-driven, open-source organization, we welcome anyone interested in contributing to our codebase. Please read the contribution guidelines and comment on any issues that you plan to work on. Our developers are active on Lisk’s Gitter channel for any questions or feedback.
Community Updates
- December was a month of accelerated community growth, particularly for our LiskHQ Twitter account.
- LiskHQ answered 37 technical and strategic questions fielded from our Reddit community.
- We continue to optimize Lisk.chat and will be executing many of those changes this week. Read about them in our Lisk.chat updates blog post.
- We published a Security Update blog post for the holidays with important blockchain safety reminders.
Lisk Community Survey
As our community grows, we are excited to understand its members better and, most importantly, take on-board suggestions for how we can continue providing value and transparency in our marketing efforts. In order to do so, we’ve put together a survey to gather feedback from our followers. Each and every answer will be reviewed by our team. Click here to complete.
Marketing Updates
- Our entire marketing team attended TechCrunch Disrupt in Berlin on December 4-5.
- We produced an abundance of content this month — six blog posts, two videos, and countless social media updates to update and educate our community, as well as to ensure transparency.
- On December 16th, we reached 100,000 followers on Twitter! We’re currently halfway to 200,000.
- Lisk was covered in over seven online media publications this month . Most significantly, we’ve received a mention in Focus.de (86 million monthly uniques).
December Media Coverage
- Hacked “Trading Recommendation: Lisk-Bitcoin”
- Smart Company “Battle of the blockchains: From Bitcoin to Lisk, 5 different types of blockchain explained”
- Block Tribune “Blockchain and Cryptocurrency 2018 Predictions”
- Gruenderszene “The 25-year-old behind the cryptocurrency billions” (In German)
- ValueWalk “2018 Predictions From Bitcoin And Blockchain Experts”
- TechBullion “How to Learn Blockchain Technology”
- Facts Chronicle “Lisk: What is its Future? How Safe This Cryptocurrency is?”
Team Updates
- Our team continued to expand with seven new colleagues joining in December alone; Andries (HR Manager), Mat (Community Manager), Jon (Backend Dev and founder of SocketCluster), Iker (Cryptographer), Michal (Backend Dev) and Julian (Motion Designer).
- In mid-December, the Lisk Team defined its work culture and corporate values in a workshop led by Christian Vatter of Rlevance. The sessions were highly engaging and aimed at ensuring sustainable team growth that will drive a culture which is focused on quality output.
2018 Onward
As we progress into 2018, our team is busy preparing for major developments and events. These will include the rollout of Lisk Core 1.0, as well as additional front-end releases during the Lisk Relaunch on February 20th. We’d like to thank our community for their continued support and are excited to be sharing this adventure with you all.
Wishing you a Happy New Year from all of us at Lisk.
