[52 Week Cosmos] Week 18, 2019

A Weekly Cosmos Ecosystem Update (Apr 25— May 1)

Cosmos/Tendermint

General

• Cosmos-SDK v0.34.2 and v0.34.3 released
• imToken wallet adds Atom staking support
• Application for Interchain Foundation funding has opened. Deadline is May 5, Apply here
• Exchanges beginning to add in-exchange staking feature for Atom holders

Upcoming Events

• New York Blockchain Week
  [May 13–15] Construct — with Jae Kwon & Zaki Manian
  [May 15] Solana Meetup — with Zaki Manian
  [May 16–17] Token Summit IV — with Sunny Aggarwal & Zaki Manian

Governance

‘Proposal #4: Issuance of fungible tokens on the Cosmos Hub ’— [Rejected]

[Forum Discussion Link]

https://www.mintscan.io/proposals/4

With 57.14% of staked Atoms participating in governance:

Yes 45.85% / No 35.93% / NoWithVeto 18.17% / Abstain 0.02%

• Proposal on signalling for the issuance fungible tokens on the Cosmos Hub was rejected by governance

• Issuance of tokens on the Cosmos Hub was not limited by the tech available, but rather the vision of the Cosmos Hub simply being a ‘connector’ between other chains that issue tokens

‘Proposal Changes to the Cosmos Hub’ — [Draft Phase]

[Forum Discussion Link]

Key Points:

• Increase double slashing penalty from current 5% to 20%
• Adjust the speed that the inflation rate adjusts to amount staked by a factor of four
• Increase the maximum validator limit from 100 to 150
• Increase community tax from 2% to 10%

Articles & Blogs

The Ultimate Cosmos Delegation Guide for real idiots

The Magic Behind a Mnemonic Phrase and HD Wallets — Let Us Explain.

5 Differences between Cosmos & Polkadot

• 8BTC dialogue on Cosmos and the interchain & exclusive interview with Jae Kwon
• Jae Kwon and Jin Kwon featured in CoinDesk Korea article
• Jae Kwon & Ethan Buchman on Episode 117 of Unchained podcast [Forbes Article]
• Blockgeek article covering a high-level overview of the Cosmos ecosystem
• CMCC Global analysis on the Cosmos ecosystem
• Binance Research report on the Cosmos project
• Huobi Talk Episode 40 with Sunny Aggarwal
• Fireside Chat with Zaki Manian & panel discussion between Ethereum, Polkadot, Cosmos and NEAR hosted by NEAR Protocol

IBC

• Track progress on IBC spec-ing here

Validator Updates

Forbole’s experimental commission rate

Certus One partners with CMCC Global to validate on LOOM

Ecosystem-at-large

Binance Chain

• Many wallets add support for the new Binance Chain
• Mithril and MyWish announces migration to Binance Chain

Iris Network

• 100th validator joins IRISnet at block 733926
• ‘IRISnet Week in Review’ by Ken | Cypher Core
• 10% IRIS tokens unlocked for partners/early investors

Terra

• Terra mainnet is live [Explorer]

Sentinel

• Sentinel mention in Binance Research’s Cosmos Network report
• Sentinel dVPN node update successful

Ockam

• Mrinal Wadhwa, CTO of Ockam, hosting a session on Machine Identity. More info here

Did we miss anything? If you’re building on Cosmos/Tendermint/Cosmos-sdk, we’d love to feature your projects’ updates in the next 52 Week Cosmos. Feel free to reach out to us via email (atlas@lunamint.com) or tweet us.