Biweekly update 1st August — 14th August
Development
Request protocol
Over the past week focused on making it easier to contribute to the protocol and building extensions and increase security as we’re redeploying the contract for the extensions.
App.Request.Network
Focused on improving the UX for BTC requests so that BTC support on app.request.network is easy to use by end-users while staying secure. As team’s preferred solution involves changes to be made in the smart contracts of the protocol, the integration of BTC on app.request.network is taking more time than they have initially calculated.
Accounting
The accounting app team has recently completed the ideation phase to define what the ideal user experience looks like; the next step is the development of the MVP.
Payments Dashboard
The payments team has focused on improving the user experience of the payments dashboard. The Payment Dashboard makes it easy for a merchant to start accepting cryptocurrencies while giving a good overview of sales made. Usability from a user perspective will be a key factor for long-term product adoption.
Crowdfunding
With the crowdfunding app being in closed beta for some time now, the focus has been on improving the overall usability and UX of the platform based on feedback from the testers. The crowdfunding app will move into public beta on rinkeby when we finish addressing the last feedback items from our early testers.
More information on technical updates can be found in the latest report
Social encounters
The team decided to set up a new European office in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. With its international FinTech culture and location as a central hub, Amsterdam is the place in Europe where they focus on attracting new talent to work at the Request Foundation.
Article about Request Network Branding and Development Progress on inverstinblockchain: “Request Network’s Makeover: Community Management Talks Branding And Development Progress”. Full article can be found here.
Great summary of Request Network current ecosystem posted on Reddit. Listing all the dapps and working status on each of them.
Finance
The Request Network token (REQ) will be listed for wallet-to-wallet trading on The Ocean, a high-performance Ethereum and ERC20 token trading platform. The trading pair will be accessible on August 8th via their on-chain order book and decentralized settlement engine.
OKEx hidding and delisting REQ trading pair against BTC. The announcement can be found here.
Roadmap
Right now the main focus is on building and expanding upon their own (d)apps on top of the Request protocol.
Partnerships & New team members
Currently looking to find talented individuals for the following positions:
Another application powered by Request Network was launched: Transfr — A decentralized Point of Sale application. More information can be found here.
Rumors
No updates
Social media activity
No progress in community growth.
