June was full of productivity both on and off the ground for Lisk. Several team members traveled to important conferences — JSConf EU 2018, Tech Open Air 2018, Blockchain Expo Europe and Distribute 2018 — to spread the word of Lisk and make real connections. Back at the office, team members were also hard at work. We’re incredibly excited about last week’s release of Lisk Core 1.0.0 to Testnet and are anticipating the next big step — the release onto Mainnet! It is truly a historical time for Lisk and we’re glad we get to share with you the latest news every step of the way.
To complement this blog post, we’ve included the Lisk Vlog #4, which provides a visual recap of all the happenings at Lisk in June.
The Community Update for June will cover the following:
- Company Update
- Development Update
- Marketing Update
- Community Update
- Next Steps
Company Update
- The Lightcurve team has moved offices! Our brand new office is much bigger, with an occupancy of over 160 people in order to accommodate the rapid growth we are experiencing.
- As of last week, Trezor hardware wallets support Lisk’s utility token, LSK. The Trezor One firmware version 1.6.2 was released on June 25.
- In early June, Lisk was listed on OKEX, one of the world’s biggest digital asset exchanges. The trading pairs are LSK/BTC, LSK/ETH, and LSK/USD.
- Last month, Burak joined the Lightcurve Operations team as a Financial Analyst while Cryptographer Jan became the second member of our Science Team. They’re already off to a great start!
- The Lisk Academy has partnered up with London Blockchain Labs. Based at UCL, LSE and Imperial College London, London Blockchain Labs is the UK’s largest blockchain student ecosystem educating students, businesses and policymakers.
Development Update
- Last month, we released Lisk Core 1.0 to Testnet. Read all about the release and more in our latest development update blog post.
- We recently introduced the Lisk Documentation and Migration Guide. We kindly ask everyone to familiarize themselves on the migration process by reading it. You can also check out the corresponding blog post to get an overview of what you can expect to find in the documentation and migration guide.
- On Saturday, June 2, the Lisk network experienced a temporary halt. However, the issue was identified and resolved within several hours. We subsequently released Lisk Core 0.9.15 and 0.9.16 in an effort to prevent similar situations from arising in the future. Check out the full analysis of the situation here.
- We released a series of development update blog posts on the road to the Lisk Core 1.0.0 Testnet release. In case you missed any, please head to the Lisk Blog where you can find them all.
- Last month, we announced the beginning of a new user interface journey. We have launched an initiative led by Frontend Developer Ali to create a mobile version of the Lisk app — Lisk Mobile. You can read much more about Lisk Mobile in a blog post which also includes an update on the division of responsibility over Lightcurve’s development teams and the future plans that are in store for Lisk Hub.
- In June, we released Lisk Explorer 1.7.0, in which the following currency rates are updated in real-time: LSK, BTC, USD, EUR, GBP, RUB, PLN, CNY, JPY.
- We also released Lisk Hub 0.8.0, which includes a new settings page and sign message feature, and Lisk Hub 0.9.0, which includes an updated main menu, transaction detail page tweaks and more.
- Lastly, we released Lisk Explorer 1.6.2 in June, which includes security updates and minor frontend changes.
Marketing Update
- Last month, we signed on the incredibly talented Poland-based digital design agency Netguru to help take our UI and UX to the next level.
- Lightcurve attended and sponsored JSConf EU 2018 and Tech Open Air 2018, and attended Blockchain Expo Europe and Distribute 2018.
- While at JSConfEU in Berlin, the Lightcurve team had the chance to take part in one of the biggest JavaScript-focused conferences in the world. They met other brilliant developers who stopped by the booth, such as Redux creator Dan Abramov. Our HR team also received many applications from potential talent for our development team. Check out our blog post recapping the conference.
- At Tech Open Air 2018 in Berlin, Marketing Lead Thomas presented a keynote on Lisk’s ecosystem, vision, strategy and more. We had a huge presence there with two booths and several team members in attendance. We also recapped this event on the Lisk Blog.
- At Blockchain Expo Europe in Amsterdam, Cryptographer Iker spoke on a panel about how developers can make the most out of blockchain, while Marketing Lead Thomas spoke about enabling blockchain creators with Lisk, blockchain marketing vs. traditional startup marketing, his take on token economics and valuation, and much more.
- At Distribute 2018 in Hamburg, cofounder Max delivered a presentation on Lisk and how Lisk approaches problems in the blockchain world.
- The Lisk Blog put out a number of blog posts last month, including an interview with Lisk Marketing Manager Michael as well as an interview with Sapiens Project. Built on Lisk, Sapiens Project is a blockchain notary system that will allow users ownership and full control over their certificates and records in a format that enables easy sharing.
- The Lisk Academy has been continuously expanding its content offering with many more topics and animations that make learning about blockchain both fun and easy.
- Lisk had 107 media mentions and 22 media placements for the month of June. Our team members conducted a number of interviews during and after the conferences we attended as well.
Max was interviewed by CNBC
Max was interviewed by CoinPost
Thomas was interviewed by The Fintech Times’ print magazine
Lindsay was interviewed by CoinJournal
Jacob was interviewed by CoinJournal
Jacob was interviewed by Investing.com
Jacob was interviewed by Seeking Alpha
Community Update
- Last month, our subreddit hit 30,000 subscribers! It was an exciting moment for us — thank you again to our community members who have been with us from the beginning of the journey and welcome to our recent newcomers! If you aren’t already part of the conversation, get involved here!
- Our community members around the world are holding outstanding meetups! Last month, community member Alexey S. hosted the first Lisk Meetup in Russia, while the Lisk Miami community held its third meetup, led by Lisk Mentor Matthew and Lisk USA. Bloqspace also hosted a Lisk Meetup last month in San Jose with many JavaScript developers from the O’Reilly Fluent Conference in attendance. We’re very grateful to have such an active community that is constantly contributing to spreading Lisk awareness!
- Several members of the Lisk team traveled to Amsterdam to host a Lisk Meetup. Thomas and Jacob took the stage to discuss the latest developments on our products. Watch the aftermovie to learn more!
Next Steps
- From July 3 to July 6, several members from the Lightcurve Development and Marketing teams will be traveling to Poland to host three Lisk Meetups. They will be in Krakow on July 3, Wroclaw on July 4, and Warsaw on July 5. Check out our events page for more details.
- We’re extremely excited to hit our biggest milestone to date — the release of Core 1.0.0 to Mainnet. Stay in touch with our social media channels and by reading the Lisk Blog for the latest news!
- We have added a significant number of new open positions on the Lightcurve team. Please check out AngelList for more information.
Thank you again to our wonderful community for the continued support!
-The Lisk Team
