State of Stake vol. 76

Paradigm

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Paradigm

13 min readOct 3, 2022

A biweekly update on the Proof-of-Stake ecosystem, 20th September — 3rd October

TL;DR

Vitalik’s ‘Proof of Stake’ book released
Polkadot Roadmap Roundup is out
Congratulations to OAK network on winning Polkadot’s 28th parachain auction
Native USDC is coming to the Interchain in January 2023, leveraging Cosmos hub’s Interchain Security
Boba launches the first L2 on Avalanche. Banff will activate on the Fuji Testnet today. It unlocks the ability for Subnet creators to activate PoS validation and uptime-based rewards using their own token on their own Subnet
FIFA makes digital history with the launch of FIFAPlusCollect powered by Algorand
BNB Chain Advocates Program is here. Utilize the all-new Dapp Rankings feature on DappBay, and explore the key metrics relating to your favorite platforms on BNB Chain
The Cardano Foundation strengthens ties with the University of Zurich
Dfinity announces the HTTPS outcalls feature on the Internet Computer. HTTPS outcalls replace blockchain oracles
Solana’s Energy Use Report: September 2022 is out
Kathmandu, the 11th protocol upgrade has been successfully implemented on Tezos
Dock anonymous credentials protocol update integrates Circom to enable developers to specify zero-knowledge “predicates” on credential attributes.
Opera to integrate Elrond and enable access for +300M users to Elrond ecosystem tokens & dApps. X Day ticket sale has begun
The mStableDAO completes its restructuring process to strengthen the foundation for exponential growth with mStable V2
Latest Aave News: Receive upfront yields with Flashstake, explore ten Aave hackathon winners, and delegate your AAVE to help reach the largest quorum required in Aave governance
1M BNT has been burned. Per the recent governance proposal, the one-time BNT burn has been performed and around 0.5% of the circulating supply was destroyed
Filecoin sees significant growth as it builds towards the FVM launch
The Graph protocol has reached 10,000 total Delegators
Band’s VRF has launched. Also, Band Protocol integrates with Nervos’ Godwoken
Immutable X is partnering with StarHeroes to bring the top-quality, skill-based space shooter game into the Immutable ecosystem and to accelerate the adoption of web3 games further
The Shockwave Delta mainnet upgrade for SCRT has successfully completed
KyberSwap launches a new wave of concentrated liquidity yield farms on Polygon
Sushi completes deployment to the Kava blockchain with a liquidity pool eligible for KAVA and SUSHI token rewards
Kava 11 testnet is live
ICON has partnered with FYEO to perform a security audit for the soon-to-launch ICON Bridge
Orbs announced a fully decentralized, DEX-compatible, time-weighted average price protocol (TWAP). Huobi Global lists Orbs token. OKX announces ORBS Staking
Persistence Core-1 Chain has been successfully upgraded to v3 with CosmWasm integration
Polygon has integrated Push protocol, previously known as Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS)
The rETH V2 after The Ethereum Merge has been introduced
Edge Wallet has integrated THORChain as a swap provider
The current 1inch Wallet version isn’t fully compatible with iOS16
0x Governance Update #2 is out with highlights, metrics, and insights
And much more!

Top 10 Crypto Assets by Staked Value

Proof-of-Stake Networks’ Updates

Ethereum

Execution layer:

Besu v22.7.4: fix for memory leak
EIP4844 (proto-danksharding) call video, notes and readiness checklist

Consensus layer:

Lighthouse v3.1.2: optional payload pruning to reduce execution node timeouts and optimizations to attestation & block processing
bloXroute’s ethical MEV-Boost relayer produced invalid blocks
Danny Ryan’s notes on not coupling Beacon blocks & blobs for EIP4844
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Polkadot

Polkadot Roadmap Roundup: A proposed roadmap for upcoming developments on Polkadot.
Congratulations to OAK network on winning Polkadot’s 28th parachain auction.
Tether Tokens (USD₮) Live on Polkadot.
Referendum 74, proposing to open several HRMP channels, is passing unanimously with 11 days left to vote.
Anonymous parathread ID 2223 has won the most recent parachain lease auction.
Referendum 234, approving a Treasury Proposal for WagMedia, is passing with 85% in favor with seven hours left to vote.
The staking rate on Kusama has decreased slightly over the last few days to 55.2%.
sub0, the Polkadot Developer Conference, comes to Lisbon for 2022 — Register to attend 28th-29th of November.

Feel free to read our latest biweekly report on the Polkadot ecosystem vol.45: Watr Protocol has won the latest Polkadot auction, Quartz by Unique is in the lead in the current parachain lease auction, Bifrost announced vDOT, Parallel Wallet v1 is officially here, Bit.Country Pioneer App is live, New XCM: Crab <> Heiko and Crab <> Litmus, Humanode launches testnet focused on token claims & vesting, Composable Finance announced the realignment of Mosaic, Chainlink SmartCon 2022 next week, and more!

Avalanche

Banff: Elastic Subnets: Banff will activate on the Fuji Testnet at 10 a.m. EST (2 p.m. UTC) on Monday, October 3rd.
Boba Launches the First L2 on Avalanche: The integration gives Avalanche dApps another means to low fees, speed, and scaling.
Avalanche Creates is Coming to Berkeley, California
Re Is Building a Global Decentralized Insurance Marketplace on Avalanche
Artist Spotlight: TapTapKaboom’s Vast NFT Doodleverse

Algorand

Algorand’s biggest event of the year is back for 2022. Decipher is coming to Dubai, November 28–30.

Binance (BNB Chain)

Dapp Rankings Feature Live on DappBay: Utilize the all-new Dapp Rankings feature on DappBay, and explore the key metrics relating to your favourite platforms on BNB Chain. Make informed decisions as you enjoy your Web3 journey on DappBay.
BNB Chain x HackMIT 2022: Embracing the Young Builders: Find out what participants can look forward to at BNB Chain x HackMIT 2022.
Meet With BNB Chain Experts #2: Scale BNB Chain Into Next Level with zkRollup: Catch up on our latest Meet With BNB Chain Experts podcast, touching on Zero Knowledge tech and the impact it is set to have.
Zero-Knowledge Rollups (zkRollups): A New Dawn
How to Integrate BAB Tokens
BNB Chain Advocates Program
Find the latest BSC news here.

Cardano

A Commitment to Education: the Cardano Foundation strengthens ties with the University of Zurich: A commitment to education: third-generation blockchains, the growing role of academia in blockchain, and why the trust layer in the blockchain is vital to success.
A Spotlight on Stake Pools: SM₳UG Stake Pool
SAVE THE DATE — Brisbane Cardano Summit 2022, Wed, Nov 16

Cosmos Network

Cosmos History — Inception to PreLaunch
Secret Powers: What Do the Upcoming Groups and Gov Modules Enable?
Find the latest governance proposals here.
Native USDC is coming to the Interchain in January 2023, leveraging Cosmos hub’s Interchain Security

DFINITY

Solana

Solana’s Energy Use Report: September 2022 is out.
Greenpeace and Greener Crypto — Ep #72: Rolf Skar (Special Projects Manager, Greenpeace USA) and Daniel Hwang (Co-founder, Validator Commons and BICOWG) discuss the intersection of climate change and crypto, particularly Greenpeace’s Change the Code campaign. This episode is part of a 3-part series that examines the climate crisis and the role that web3 communities might play in providing solutions.
Metacamp is setting up the first permanent web3 Solana-focused workspace in Southeast Asia.

Synthetix

New Synthetix Perp Futures Market: sOP. Synthetix is excited to launch a new perps market available for leverage trading through Synthetix Perps on Kwenta.
Spartan Council Panel — September 2022 Live Election Special.
Sep 27/28: Synthetix Community Governance Call.
SNXweave Weekly Recap.

Tezos

Kathmandu, the 11th protocol upgrade has been successfully implemented on Tezos.
What is Liquidity baking (a.k.a Sirius DEX)?
Ask a Tezos Expert: Exploring Web 3.0 With Sweet’s Andrew Klein
Artists on Tezos — Flygohr
The Tezos NFT Experience
5 Awesome Resources Keeping You Up To Date On The Evolving State of the Tezos Ecosystem
The latest Tezos Backing Sheet is out.

Aave

Latest Aave News: Receive upfront yields with Flashstake, explore ten Aave hackathon winners, and delegate your AAVE to help reach the largest quorum required in Aave governance.
Follow the Aave governance forum.

Bancor

Bancor Update — Week of Sept 26, 2022
Dual Rewards are now live on Arable Protocol (ACRE), Crown Capital (CROWN) & LiquidApps (DAPP)
Get involved in Bancor DAO at gov.bancor.network
1M $BNT has been burned. Per the recent governance proposal, the one time BNT burn has been performed and around 0.5% of the circulating supply was destroyed.

Band Protocol

Band Protocol integrates with Nervos’ Godwoken
What is Band’s VRF? (Whitepaper Digest Version)
Band’s VRF has launched

Dock

Circom Language Integration: Anonymous Credentials Protocol Update: Dock anonymous credentials protocol update integrates Circom to enable developers to specify zero-knowledge “predicates” on credential attributes.
Web3 and Crypto Scams You Should Be Aware of and How to Avoid Them: From fake Bitcoin giveaways to impersonations and crypto rug pulls, crypto scams have troubled every Web3 and Cryptocurrency user. Here’s the most updated guide on the most popular crypto scams and how to avoid them.

Elrond

Opera To Integrate Elrond And Enable Access For +300M Users To Elrond Ecosystem Tokens & dApps
X Day. Paris — It’s time to build! X Day Paris is the inaugural edition of the Elrond Network annual conference series.
Last week in EGLD

Filecoin

Filecoin News 52: Filecoin sees significant growth as it builds towards the FVM launch.
What the FVM Unlocks: Imagining what can be built on the Filecoin Network with the upcoming smart contract and compute over data capabilities.
Zondax Brings Filecoin to Ledger Live.

The Graph

The Graph protocol has reached 10,000 total Delegators.
How to Become an Effective Indexer on The Graph Network: Everything you need to know in order to be an excellent Indexer on The Graph Network, serving queries and supporting web3 in a decentralized way.

Immutable X

Microsoft-Backed StarHeroes Enlists Immutable X to Power Upcoming Web3 Skill-Based Space Shooter Game: Immutable X is partnering with StarHeroes to bring the top-quality, skill-based space shooter game into the Immutable ecosystem and to accelerate the adoption of web3 games further.
MoonStrike is now #onIMX: Combat, Basebuilding, and Digital Ownership
Automated Metadata Refresh is live on Immutable X

ICON

ICON Onboards FYEO to Perform Security Audit for ICON Bridge: ICON has partnered with FYEO to perform a security audit for the soon to launch ICON Bridge. Auditing is a crucial step for any major project release and FYEO brings a world class security team to test the ICON Bridge codebase.
ICON Development Update — August 2022: In August, the ICON team continued making progress on ICON 2.0, BTP, and ICON Bridge.
How to Submit an Issue on GitHub: Learn how to submit bug requests, feature requests, and more to ICON GitHub repos.

Kava

Kava 11 testnet is live
Kava 11 Liquid Testnet Giveaway
Sushi Deploys to Kava, Debuting Major UI Overhaul: Sushi completes deployment to the Kava blockchain with a liquidity pool eligible for KAVA and SUSHI token rewards.

Kyber

KyberSwap CEO Predicts DeFi will overtake TradFi in 10 years
KyberSwap launches a new wave of concentrated liquidity yield farms on Polygon
KyberSwap Trading Contest on BNB Chain
Avalanche Rush Phase 3 kicks off with $2 Million in rewards as KyberSwap celebrates 1-year partnership with Avalanche Foundation: Avalanche Rush Phase 3 begins on KyberSwap Elastic with over $2,000,000 in total rewards.
Find out all Kyber proposals here. Check them out on GitHub.

mStable

Strengthening the foundations for growth: The mStableDAO completes its restructuring process to strengthen the foundation for exponential growth with mStable V2.
Token Emission and the Future of MTA
mStable Governance Updates — 19 September 2022 are out.
Check out mStable’s latest proposals here.
How to Deposit into mStable Savings with Minke

Green Blockchain Summit 2.0: Agenda at a Glance
Robinhood Selects Polygon to Launch Web3 Wallet Beta
What Is a zkEVM?
Polygon-Powered Icetea Labs Accelerator Launches With 6 Startups
Apply to Polygon Bootcamp Africa and Kickstart Your Web3 Developer Journey
From UDC 2022 to Token 2049: A Week for the Devs in APAC
Polygon-Powered Coorest Earns Web3’s First Certified Carbon Standard
Polygon has integrated Push protocol, previously known as Ethereum Push Notification Service (EPNS).

Edge Wallet Integrates THORChain: Edge Wallet has integrated THORChain as a swap provider.
THORChain Weekly Update ft. EdgeWallet Integration — 30 Sep 2022

Gnosis Chain (formerly xDai Chain)

Gnosis Chain Weekly · 30 September 2022: DappCon and ETHBerlin, Gnosis is off to Bogota for the legendary Devcon conference (October 11→14th). The team will also be at ETHBogota, the weekend prior to Devcon, sponsoring the hackathon. There are over $300K+ in prizes so throw on your hardhat and let’s BUIDL.
Gnosis DAOcast #1 — Join the first Gnosis DAOcast