Paradigm’s biweekly update on the Proof-of-Stake ecosystem, 23rd August — 6th September
TL;DR
- The Bellatrix upgrade just happened on the Ethereum Beacon Chain. Next is the Ethereum Merge
- Vitalik’s Proof of Stake book, pre-order signed digital copy & non-transferable NFT
- Sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference, comes to Lisbon in November
- Polkadot introduced Unbounded, the first open-source, freely available and on-chain funded font in the world
- Aventus has won the most recent Polkadot parachain lease auction. SNOW Network won Kusama parachain slot
- Solana is adding Move support. Crypto custody firm Fireblocks adds support for Solana
- Applications are open for the Interchain Developer Academy
- Avalanche node operators: check Discord and upgrade your nodes to 1.8.0
- BNB Boost is live on CoinMarketCap. Explore liquid staking on BNB Chain to get the very best out of your BNB
- Tezos Kathmandu upgrade is in the final voting phase. Kathmandu builds on the theme for the previous Tezos upgrade, which is scalability
- The next evolution of IMX staking: Staking rewards are live
- FIFAPlusCollect powered by Algorand will launch later this month, providing football fans around the world with an opportunity to own the greatest game moments from FIFA World Cup and FIFAWWC
- Robinhood launches deposits and withdrawals for MATIC on the Polygon Network
- Synthetix just released a comprehensive guide to the SNX ecosystem on Optimism
- Internet Computer Updates: Global R&D meeting, INTERSTEL LAR Summit, BTC testnet Dapp tutorial
- The Secret Agency has been announced. The Shockwave Delta mainnet upgrade is now scheduled for September 20
- Dock DIDs now support more the one key. Keys can be given different capabilities using Verification Relationships.
- Elrond’s Web3 Culture Hub is live
- FIL can now be held securely in one of the most popular cold storage solutions in web3 — Ledger
- KyberSwap $256k frontend exploit from two victims, malicious code in Google Tag Manager script
- Injective Pro is rapidly expanding its overall vision and capabilities to become Helix
- The Migration Infrastructure Providers (MIPs) Program will help bootstrap The Graph Network to support multi-chain, with 0.75% of GRT supply being allocated to participants
- Persistence announced a partnership with Axelar
- The rDEX V2 mainnet is now live
- Oasis Q3 & Q4 2022 roadmap released
- The Gnosis Beacon Chain merge is scheduled to happen after the ETH merge to ensure a seamless and safe transition. The new Gnosis Chain Documentation site is live
- Kava 11 Liquid Staking testnet has successfully launched. Kava 11 Mainnet moved to early October to accommodate for multiple Tier-1 protocol deployments
- Join the biggest NEAR event of the year at NEARCON in Lisbon, Portugal from September 11–14
- Celo Camp Batch Six applications are open now
- Just over 2 months until the Cardano Summit 2022
- And much more!
Top 10 Crypto Assets by Staked Value
Proof-of-Stake Networks’ Updates
Ethereum
- Vitalik’s Proof of Stake book, pre-order signed digital copy & non-transferable NFT:
PoW switch off (the Merge)
- The Bellatrix upgrade just happened on the Ethereum Beacon Chain. Next is the Ethereum Merge.
- Merge TTD predicted September 14 by 797 & September 15 by Bordel; The difference is due to Bordel using a bigger timespan for data so is less reactive to hashrate spikes.
- Mainnet-shadow-fork-12 merged perfectly.
- Mainnet-shadow-fork-13 merges on September 9, the last shadow fork before the Merge.
Execution layer
- The latest core devs call video. Notes from Christine Kim
- KZG ceremony call video: plan to introduce at Devcon with a single contribution, public contributions to hopefully start November/December.
Proof of Stake consensus layer
- Client diversity: Prysm ~45% & Lighthouse 34%; Prysm assumed to be slightly lower & Nimbus slightly higher than estimated.
- Lighthouse v3.1.0: fixes & optimizations for block production.
- Nimbus v22.8.2: fix for v22.8.1 if DEBUG logging enabled.
- Teku v22.9.0: fix for issue with public key validation.
- Checkpointz: run a checkpoint sync endpoint or verify checkpoint sync data.
- Flashbots MEV-Boost relay live.
- Proposed options for block scoring in MEV-Boost.
- ERA archive file explainer: flat storage format for historical block & consensus data.
- Possible post-quantum replacement for Whisk in Single Secret Leader Election.
- Latest ‘Week in Ethereum’:
Check out our recently-published ‘Defi in Ether’ — biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem vol.59 full of news from the ecosystem: $34 in DeFi, Compound v3 is live, KyberSwap integrates Chainlink Price Feeds, Loopring Layer 2 ETH staking has arrived, dYdX V4 milestones, Dai bridge live on Arbitrum Nova, 1inch integrates with Aurora, Alexey Pertsev pre-trial detention extended by up to 90 days, Yearn rebranded, and more!
Polkadot
- Sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference, comes to Lisbon in November
- Polkadot introduced Unbounded, the first open-source, freely available and on-chain funded font in the world.
- Proposal for Common Good Parachains: ParityTech has been busy developing several new blockchains it plans to propose as common good parachains. As a refresher, Polkadot governance can allocate parachain slots to chains it believes benefit the entire network, bypassing the auction process.
- Kylin has won the latest parachain lease auction.
- The staking rate on Polkadot has increased slightly to 52.1%.
- Polkadot 0.9.28 has been released with medium priority.
- Slot Auction Progress
- What happened to Kusama in the first 6 months of 2022? Impressive numbers, featuring Moonwell, Karura, Bifrost and RMRK. Check out SubWallet’s Deep Dive report for more details on the entire ecosystem.
- Missed August’s Polkadot Community Call? Check out the recordings to hear the latest updates, referenda, and treasury proposals for Polkadot & Kusama, as well as hear from 8 ecosystem teams:
- “Green Bird’’ is a series of lectures on Polkadot, Kusama, and environmentally friendly projects in the ecosystem, organized by RMTerra & Polkadot ambassadors. Check out the next event to be held in Porto.
- Web3 Talks: Unlocking True Cross-Chain Interoperability | Aug 25th
- DOT staking is now available at BinanceUS.
Feel free to read our latest biweekly report on the Polkadot ecosystem vol.44: Kylin has won the latest parachain lease auction, SubsocialX has been in the lead the entire ending period, DOT staking is now available at BinanceUS, Bifrost partners with Blockdaemon, KILT announced its plans to move the blockchain to Polkadot, Moonbeam’s Connected Contracts Hackathon is now open to submissions, Crust Network partners with Integritee Network, Humanode Public Sale updates are out, and more!
Avalanche
- Release Apricot Phase 6: Avalanche node operators: check Discord and upgrade your nodes to 1.8.0
- OpenBlox to Migrate Growing NFT Gaming Platform to Avalanche, Launch Three New Titles
- GoGoPool raises $5 million to provide bring liquid staking to Avalanche and make it easier to launch subnets.
- Avalanche Collaborates With AMBUSH
Algorand
- Algorand Foundation partners with THUBA DAO to support student blockchain developers
- Algorand Foundation partners with Krytposphere
- Algorand Foundation partners with Politecnico di Milano, the University of Stirling and Cefriel to support Emergency Finance project on programmable money
- Algorand Foundation partners with AlgoHub to support blockchain student clubs
- Social media analytics platform ASAlytics receives Algorand Foundation grant award
- Opulous announces key investment from Algorand Foundation
- FIFAPlusCollect powered by Algorand will launch later this month, providing football fans around the world with an opportunity to own the greatest game moments from FIFA World Cup and FIFAWWC
- Algorand Developer Greenhouse | Tech Talk — Singapore
- Algorand’s biggest event of the year is back for 2022! Decipher is coming to Dubai, November 28–30.
Binance (BNB Chain)
- BNB Smart Chain Testnet Gibbs Upgrade Announcement: Learn about the latest BNB Smart Chain upgrade. Before BEP-153, BNB holders could only stake their assets on the BNB Beacon Chain. With this upgrade BNB Smart Chain is set to become a lot more user-friendly.
- BNB Beacon Chain Testnet Gibbs Upgrade Announcement: Learn about the upgrade. BEP153 introduces a native staking protocol onto BNB Smart Chain. With this BEP, individual or institution delegators can stake BNB to specified validators and get staking rewards on the BSC side directly.
- Earn Your BNB Badges and Build the Future on BNB Chain: Find out how you can earn your BNB Badges and utilize them to make a significant impact in Web3. With networking opportunities and a chance to become a part of the BNB Chain team, there are plenty of reasons to begin picking up your NFTs.
- BNB Chain Web3 Stars Accelerator Vietnam Top 10 Winners Announced
- BNB Chain Goa Meetup Recap
- BNB Chain Weekly Ecosystem Report (26 Aug to 1 Sep)
- Public Goods Landscape
- Find the latest BSC news here.
Cardano
- The Importance of Open Source: the Cardano Foundation looks to the future of blockchain
- State of the Cardano Developer Ecosystem: a Survey to Equip the Community
Cosmos Network
- Move From Web2 to Web3 in 7 Weeks With the Interchain Developer Academy
- IBC Use Cases in the Enterprise Space are Coming
- Find the latest governance proposals here.
DFINITY
- Internet Computer Updates: Global R&D Meeting, INTERSTEL LAR Summit, BTC Testnet Dapp Tutorial
- Internet Computer Updates: Upgraded NNS Frontend Dapp, Internet Identity Release, dfx 0.12.0-beta.0
- InfinitySwap: Proudly Supporting the ICRC-1 Token Standard on the Internet Computer
- Update on the IC Roadmap: August & September
Solana
- Solana is adding Move support.
- Monthly Community Update | August 2022
- Solana Summer Camp Hackathon
- Crypto custody firm Fireblocks adds support for Solana: The integration also pushes support for the WalletConnect2 protocol across the Solana ecosystem, said Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov.
Synthetix
- A dive into the Synthetix Ecosystem on Optimism: This blog dives into the Synthetix Ecosystem on Optimism with protocols such Lyra, Kwenta, Dhedge, Aelin, Polynomial, and more.
- ParaSwap is integrating with Synthetix Atomic Swaps
- The Synthetix community is considering putting an end to its inflationary economics in ten weeks’ time.
- Another weekly recap from SNX Weave, another weekly summary from Synthetix.
- Twitter Space: Spartan Space: New Polynomial Option Vaults built on Synthetix.
Tezos
- Kathmandu is in the final voting phase. Kathmandu builds on the theme for the previous Tezos upgrade, which is scalability. To learn more, Nomadic Labs published an in-depth piece on all the features included in the 11th upgrade for Tezos.
- Month at a Glance — August
- Wallets on Tezos — Umami Wallet: A closer look at Umami wallet and its upcoming mobile and 1.0 release.
- A Closer Look into Deku: A dive into a Layer 2 solution for Tezos developed by Marigold.
- The latest Tezos Backing Sheet is out.
Aave
- Latest Aave News: Hack on Aave at the Kyiv Tech Summit or ETHOnline. Vote in AIPs to Pause ETH Borrowing Pre Merge & Retroactively Fund v3 Development.
- Mark your calendar for the Aave workshop on September 7th.
- Token Terminal shared their take on why Aave is launching GHO.
- Voltz Protocol launched Fixed Borrowing so Aave users with a variable rate are able to covert it into a fixed rate.
- Follow the Aave governance forum.
Akash Network
Bancor
- The Ethereum Merge Proposals
- BNT Burn Proposal
- 450K vBNT Burned in August
- Bancor Simulator Explainer
- Crown Capital on Bancor V3: A case study of why Bancor is the perfect place to bootstrap long tail tokens
- Auto-Compounding Rewards are now live on Bancor
- Get involved in Bancor DAO at gov.bancor.network
Band Protocol
- Band Continues To Support Alpha Venture DAO on Homora V2’s Launch on Optimism
- A recap of the fireside chat that the team represented Band at the Google cloud’s ”inTheCloud: Digital Natives Meetup — Web3" event.
Celo
- Celo Camp Batch Six Is Coming — Apply Now: Celo Camp Batch Six applications are open now
- How the Climate Collective Helps Increase Liquidity, Transparency, and the Integrity of Carbon Credit Markets
Dock
- Dock DIDs Now Support Multiple Key Pairs: Dock DIDs now support more the one key. Keys can be given different capabilities using Verification Relationships.
- New Mobile Dock Wallet Release: Users Can Create and Manage Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs): Dock has released a new feature on the mobile Dock Wallet app enabling users to create and manage decentralized identifiers that empower them to fully own and control their data.
Elrond
- Introducing Inspire: The Web3 Culture Hub
- Elrond EGLD becomes available to 20M+ users in 30+ countries via Revolut — a digital banking super app valued at $33B
- Last week in EGLD:
Filecoin
- Filecoin News 50: Zondax worked with Protocol Labs to make sure that FIL is directly available on Ledger Live
- Zondax Brings Filecoin to Ledger Live: FIL can now be held securely in one of the most popular cold storage solutions in web3 — Ledger.
The Graph
- Announcing MIPs: The Graph’s Multi-Chain Incentivized Program: The Migration Infrastructure Providers (MIPs) Program will help bootstrap The Graph Network to support multi-chain, with 0.75% of GRT supply being allocated to participants.
- Messari Expands Subgraph Utility as a Core Subgraph Developer: Messari is leading subgraph standardization to boost data quality and creating hundreds of subgraphs as public goods.
- Announcing LiNEAR’s integration with The Graph
- Building Subgraphs on NEAR — The Graph Docs
Injective
- Helix Launches on Injective: Injective Pro is rapidly expanding its overall vision and capabilities to become Helix: The Premier Decentralized Crypto Exchange.
- Leap Cosmos has integrated the Injective mainnet.
Immutable X
- The next evolution of IMX staking: Staking rewards are live
- Ambrus Studio Partners With Immutable X to Onboard New Gamers Through a Scalable, Gasless and Carbon Neutral web3 Experience
- Immutable X Launches Wallet SDK and Mobile Support for Core SDK
ICON
- Nexus Beta Now Available on Mainnet: Nexus is now live on the ICON mainnet with support for BNB Smart Chain.
- Crosschain NFT Platform HAVAH to Showcase ICON’s Interoperability Solution: HAVAH, a collaboration between South Korea-based 2bytes and ICONLOOP that’s powered by ICON’s BTP and ICONLOOP’s Parameta.
- SNOW Network wins Kusama Parachain Slot
Kava
- Kava 11 Liquid Staking testnet has successfully launched
- Kava Labs hires its newest Head of Engineering
- Kava 11 Mainnet moved to early October to accommodate for multiple Tier-1 protocol deployments
Kyber
- KyberSwap $256k frontend exploit from two victims, malicious code in Google Tag Manager script
- Tornado Cash & Decentralization — CEO’s Reflections
- Find out all Kyber proposals here. Check them out on GitHub.
mStable
- mStable Governance Updates — 5 September 2022
- MCCP 24: Reduce weekly MTA emissions has passed and is about to be executed — this will reduce the emissions of the Emissions Controller by 45% and extend the emissions schedule from 6 years to 12.
- Check out mStable’s latest proposals here.
Near Protocol
- Hacking a New World with MetaBUILD III
- NEAR Launches Sustainable Learn and Earn Program with Coinbase
- August in Review: Javascript SDK, NEAR Digital Collective Launch, and NEARCON Updates
- NEAR & Gaming: The Future of Gaming on Web3
- Stake Wars III is Halfway to the Finish Line: What Does This Mean for NEAR’s Sharding?
- Join the biggest NEAR event of the year at NEARCON in Lisbon, Portugal from September 11–14. Get Your NEARCON tickets now,
Oasis Network
- Get to Know Sapphire: The Industry-First Confidential EVM ParaTime
- Oasis Q3 & Q4 2022 Roadmap Released With Sapphire the Jewel in the Crown
- First-of-its-kind Privacy-preserving NFTs on Oasis Network Used as Certificate for Renowned DEFI MOOC Course
Persistence
- Key product and engineering updates for the Persistence Core-1 chain from August
- Persistence announced partnership with Axelar
- Cross-chain messaging & Liquid Staking — with Persistence
Polygon
- Robinhood Launches Deposits and Withdrawals for MATIC on the Polygon Network
- Introducing Polygon Wallet Suite, a One-Stop Solution for Safe and Easy Crypto Transactions
- Ethereum Merge FAQ and Common Misconceptions
- Polygon Avail’s Ability to Scale: Where We Stand Today
- Fireblocks and Tokeny Drive Adoption of Permissioned Tokens on Polygon
- How Polygon Helped Empower Women Builders at ETHMexico 2022
- New Canvas to Launch Lustration NFT and Social Token on Polygon
Secret Network
- The Shockwave Delta mainnet upgrade is now scheduled for September 20th
- Introducing The Secret Agency
- Secret Network Heads to NYC for Mainnet and More
- Secret Deep Dive: Unlocking Web3 Streaming with Secret NFTs
- Beyond ZK: The Definitive Guide to Web3 Privacy (Part 1)
- The Secret’s Shockwave Delta mainnet upgrade is scheduled for September 13th
StaFi
- StaFi Protocol Monthly-August Community Update
- The rDEX V2 mainnet is now live
- StaFiHub Mainnet Beta Genesis: StaFiHub Mainnet Beta launched on August 17
Gnosis Chain (formerly xDai Chain)
- The Gnosis Beacon Chain merge is scheduled to happen after the ETH merge to ensure a seamless and safe transition.
- The new Gnosis Chain Documentation site is live: docs.gnosischain.com
- Gnosis Chain Weekly · 02 September 2022
- Gnosis Chain Merge Newsletter
Zilliqa
- Zeeves To Launch NeoBank For Cross-Currency Functionalities
- Sandra H: Goodbye And Hello Again! From Zilliqa To Metapolis
1inch
- 1inch Monthly Digest: August
- 1inch integrates with Aurora: The integration offers users access to faster and cheaper transactions on a number of DEXes.
- How the 1inch API integration powers Zerion Wallet’s most efficient swaps: The 1inch API continues to improve Zerion users’ trading experience by offering most attractive rates in the shortest time.
- The 1inch Wallet v1.5 for Android was released.
- 1INCH was listed on Kraken.
- Exploring the NFT space and its emerging opportunities
That’s all for today! Your feedback is highly appreciated! Let us know what you think about the format & content.
Subscribe to Paradigm!
Medium, Twitter, Telegram, Telegram Chat, LinkedIn, and Reddit.
