Theta: Working on prototype with Samsung VR, new Strategic Advisor from CJ Hello — leading media in Korea

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3 min readSep 11, 2018

Biweekly update 28th August — 11th September

Development

Theta Network — August Roundup:

Theta Token is listed on Bithumb, the largest Korean crypto exchange.
Theta Head of Strategy Wes Levitt presented a keynote “Blockchain Adoption in Real World: Hype vs. Reality” at Blockfesta conference in Seoul.
Theta, NKN, and IoTex come together for a meetup and panel at Starfish Blockchain Community in San Francisco

Theta, NKN, and IoTex come together for a meetup and panel at Starfish Blockchain Community in San Francisco. Source: Theta Network Medium.

Phase I of the Theta testnet was completed, and rewards for our top relayers will be announced in the next few days. Phase II is underway with an updated user interface and enhancements to streaming optimization.
The Theta team continues to prototype with SamsungVR, and is working on a public demo to come soon! Stay tuned for details to be released.
Bitmovio, a a video entertainment marketplace built on the Theta protocol, pitched their project at Play Labs held at MIT Game Lab. Bitmovio is currently raising their seed round financing and hiring a CTO (apply here).
SLIVER.tv hits an all-time high with 6.8M visits in July.

Theta in the Press

By the Numbers

Theta Token holders: 23,972 addresses (from Etherscan)

Social media stats/activity: Theta Facebook and Twitter both top 55K+ followers

Social encounters

What’s NEXT Ep. 7: Putting video distribution on the blockchain: Samsung NEXT / Theta Podcast, Sliver.TV and Theta Lab’s Mitch Liu and Wes Levitt about how their Theta token incentivizes users to share their bandwidth with others.

The Theta team will host a video AMA later this month on the Theta testnet channel.

Upcoming Events:

Theta CEO @mitchliu and Head of Strategy @wes_levitt will be speaking at the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul, October 10–12.
Mitch will also be featured on a panel at the NAB Streaming Summit in NYC, October 18th.

Finance

Token holders and the number of transactions dynamics (from Etherscan.io)

Roadmap

Right on target.

Late Q2:

Blockchain Explorer

Initial Testnet

Early Q3 :

P2P Mesh Streaming

Partnerships and team members

Yooshim (Karen) Huh, Senior Vice President of CJ Hello, to join Theta as a Strategic Advisor.

Telegram group — Trading Places (admin): “I know that there has been interest and there have been meetings and follow up meetings with potential partners. But coming to an agreement and having someone decide to integrate their business will take time.”

Rumors

Telegram group — Wes Levitt (Head of Strategy, admin): “There will be a token swap to the native Theta blockchain when the mainnet launches, projected for Q4”.

Theta was added to the AltDex Top-100 Index this month.

Review of Theta Token: Blockchain Powered Video Streaming on Coinbureau.com.