Enigma: Launch of new podcast series “Decentralize This!”, already featuring Pantera, Messari and Numerai
Biweekly update 2nd October — 16th October
Development
Social encounters
On the 2nd of October launched new podcast “Decentralize This!” that is featuring guests from all over the decentralization space: developers, investors, entrepreneurs, researchers, writers, artists, people in government and enterprise — all individuals who care deeply about building a more decentralized and sustainable world.
The first episode featuring Joey Krug, the co-chief investment officer at Pantera, a blockchain-focused investment firm and hedge fund, as well as the co-founder of Augur, which is a decentralized prediction market. The full article can be found here.
The second episode was released on the 8th of October, featuring Ryan Selkis, the founder and CEO of Messari, where they’re building an open data library for cryptoassets and decentralized protocols. The full article can be found here.
The third episode was released on the 11th of October, featuring Richard Craib, founder of Numerai (and recently, Erasure). The full article can be found here.
Enigma mentioned in the article by Coinmarketcap on the 9th of October: “Privacy for Blockchains: An Introduction”, explaining possible solutions and opportunities in designing for privacy. The full article can be found here.
On the 3rd of October, Enigma’s Head of Growth, Tor Bair presented on Enigma’s data privacy solutions to dozens of great enterprise companies at the MIT Chicago Symposium.
Article about Enigma by Portal Network on the 6th of October, discussing possible applications and use cases on Enigma’s secret contracts. The full article can be found here.
Enigma mentioned in the video by Youtube crypto blogger CryptoFuture (over 16k followers) as one of the “Top 5 Altcoins to Invest in”, together with other projects: Elastos, Endor, Waltonchain and Holochain. The full video can be found here.
Finance
Roadmap
DISCOVERY 2018 (Enigma Protocol MVP with Secret Contracts 1.0, dApp Data Privacy and Ethereum Integration):
Testnet was launched at Q2 2018 (1st of July 2018), as announced. Also, there will be additional testnet releases before the mainnet.
Mainnet: Was announced for the Q2 2018, but it still was not released. The exact date is unknown yet.
VOYAGER 2019 (Secret Contracts 2.0, dApp Independence and dApp Scalability):
Q1 2019: Testnet
Q3 2019: Mainnet
VALIANT 2019 (Global Scalability, Open Network):
Q4 2019: Testnet
Q1 2020: Mainnet
DEFIANT 2020 (Chain Independence, True Decentralization) in the Q3 2020
When is mainnet? The team is intended to have multiple “mainnet launches” as they integrate more features into protocol — in the original roadmap, this means their Valiant, Voyager, and Defiant releases. These future releases involve integrating MPC and having their own blockchain. The Discovery mainnet release will occur when they are confident that their partners will be ready and the network will be robust.
Partnerships and team members
Announced that there will be new partners announced before the launch of the mainnet.
Rumors
No updates
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