Pirate Chain Monthly Update August 2023 Recap
Congratulations Pirates! On August 29th, we celebrated our 5th birthday! Block #1 was mined on August 29, 2018, at 3:50:56 PM (GMT+2).
ARRRmada.com has had a fantastic facelift and is now completely open source, giving you a comfortable and enjoyable experience. Null404/Defcon was just held in Las Vegas, and our community was there. Events are being planned, and our community is focused and determined as evidenced by our weekly meetings with brainstorms looking for new ways to employ ARRR and business concepts specific to Pirate Chain. Nothing official yet, but good ol’ Legend LooTZ keeps on working on a pirate car show and a pirate Q-app development. This ship keeps sailing, pirate! Ahoy!
Project Update
ARRRmada
ARRRmada.com, a place for merchants to advertise their services, products, and businesses, and a directory of all acceptance points to allow customers to make purchases with ARRR, is now open source. This was the goal from the beginning, and it must continue to be the goal: to promote ARRR acceptance and connect merchants and customers. It was clear from the beginning that the ARRRmada must be owned by the community. We are moving into the crypto industry, where everything should be designed for decentralization.
What exactly does that mean? With the new concept, the ARRRmada website becomes static. This was one of the requirements for hosting the website on Github. With the Github repo, we increase transparency and give every community member the opportunity to contribute to the further development of ARRRmada. A true open-source project maintained by the community. https://github.com/ARRRmada/ARRRmada.com/
Other advantages of the new ARRRmada are eliminated server costs, the merchant directory comes without a database, and it leads to more security and anonymity. Merchants can submit their listings via a form on Github, or alternatively, via an anonymous sapling transaction.
We can now say that the ARRRmada is an indispensable part of the Pirate Chain ecosystem.
Furthermore, the old, familiar pirates will continue to assist at all times. In order to spread the ARRRmada over several community heads, we are looking for trustworthy verifiers who can review and approve listings. So if you are an active member of the community and know a bit about Github and are interested in joining, contact @seko1900 at Discord or directly to the ARRRmada on X or Telegram. https://arrrmada.com/ https://twitter.com/PirateARRRmada https://t.me/+Obq53Fel8bUxMDNh
Lite Wallet Version 1.0.10
With each new development, our lite wallet gets lighter and more dynamic. This version include:
-Removed the modal synchronizing window and moved the sync notification to the bottom bar.
-Set the wallet connection immediately to enable all wallet functions before the wallet has completed synchronizing.
-Dynamic block synchronizing based on block size.
The Dynamic block synchronization will help preventing wallet locking due to larger block sizes. Dynamic block syncing based on block size.
This release also adds wallet improvements that enable wallet functions before the wallet has synchronized with the network. This allows users to access menu options, such as rescan, view keys, and encrypt, before the wallet has completed synchronization. Removed modal syncing window and moved sync notification to the bottom bar Set the wallet connection immediately to enable all wallet function before wallet has completed synchronized.
Download it here. https://github.com/PirateNetwork/PirateWallet-Lite/releases/tag/1.0.10
Events
Null404/Defcon Las Vegas NV
Ahoy Pirates! We had a blast at this awesome Null404//Defcon event in Las Vegas! Pirates were there promoting the Pirate Chain brand and showcasing our special hardware wallet, as the only hardware wallet that supports zk-SNARK.
As usual, our peers performed a fantastic job of establishing new connections and networking with groups like the Null:404 Cyber Security organization, who enthusiastically expressed interest in our privacy and anonymity technology for usage in digital cryptocurrency transactions. We expect that in the near future, opportunities will merely keep expanding for both organizations.https://www.null404.org/
Upcoming Events
Nonsensus
Ahoy! On October 31 in Chandler, Arizona, our charming mates AmyVoluntary an Daniel Johns will offer a Pirate Chain presentation at the Nonsensus conference! where speakers promote a culture of thoughtful debate and conversation. All of them performed to boost ingenuity, creativity, and ‘Privacy’. https://nonsensus.io/.
Solarpunk Summit
Although Pirate Chain is more lunarpunk, we will have a Pirate Chain booth at the Solarpunk Summit festival on October 12–16 in Kingsbury, Texas. Solarpunk is a lovely future world where technology, environment, and the person are all in balance. There will be performances, talks, workshops, and music as well as kid activities and camping. This year’s theme is Eclipse: From Darkness into Light, bridging both the solarpunk and lunarpunk aesthetics of being transparent in the light versus dark in the shadows. https://solarpunksummit.com/
BitMain Honk Kong Conference
The World Digital Mining Summit 2023 is happening from September 21–23 in Hong Kong, we can get a free booth to promote Pirate, If any Pirates will be attending and can man the booth please let Øswal know in our Discord server so he can talk with Bitmain and confirm the booking for the booth. https://discord.com/invite/sqrCJce
https://www.bitmain.com/wdmsGlobal/Hongkong
Bear Arms N Bitcoin
Unfortunately the Bear Arms N Bitcoin event scheduled for October this year got cancelled by forces out of our reach.
bARRRter.com
ARRR Hardware Wallet
Get the most secure portable device out there that is capable of processing zkSNARKs transactions, as required by Pirate Chain ARRR. Access to this unit is protected with a root-of-trust setup that starts in the boot ROM at power-up, through all the boot phases, and up to the pirate authenticator application. Plus an integration of the user interface with the smart phone Pirate wallets are in the works for this little monster! Get it here. https://barrrter.com/ad/details/pirate-chain-hardware-wallet
200 Watt Solar Panels
For Sale four brand new solar panels! They are 24V and can be used in a home solar system or a portable Bluetti power station. Delivered from South Carolina USA. Buy them with ARRR here: https://barrrter.com/ad/details/4-200-watt-solar-panels
Pirate Life Casino
Online Casino and Lottery
NOTICE: The casino website is still offline. Do not send ARRR into the Casino until Polarity’s team resolves to open their Gateway Service. Otherwise, your funds will not land and you’ll be on standby for an uncertain period of time.
Social Media
DDPC #203
Watch this brief, well-produced film that will introduce you to the significance of anonymity in the cryptocurrency world. A polished and simple-to-understand video that you can widely distribute among peers that have the anti privacy stigma.
Crypto Vigilante
An awesome artistic old video that highlights the importance of privacy in your daily and financial lives is back in circulation in social media. Get to see Crypto Vigilante Rafael La Verde interview Mr. Z, where he provides us his point of view on why he is extremely bullish on Pirate Chain zkSNARKS technology. All while pointing out the need for diversity in the privacy cryptocurrency sector. This one is really motivating!
‘When the system opposes you, a pirate is born who opposes the system as well.’
Community Services
LocalPirateChain
If you feel so guided, please consider lending a helping hand to our Local Pirate Chain friends in their effort to raise $1500 to help them cover their essential costs for the next 5 months. During this time, they will be bringing in a change to their 1% fee based model, and switching to a membership fee model to have a sustainable future without relying on regular donations from the community. https://localpiratechain.com/donate/
Telegram
Please beware of scams! There are a few fake Pirate Chain Telegram groups out there. Please be careful on Telegram groups and make sure you are looking at the Pirate Chain Official Channel group https://t.me/piratechain or just follow the ARRR Pirate Chain Official Announcements Telegram https://t.me/piratechainAnnouncements If you have a support question, it is best to direct it to the Pirate Chain Discord Support channel https://discord.com/invite/sqrCJce
Final Words
The goal of our ship is to deliver privacy to the the digital currency world. Everyone in our community is aware of the significance we have for the world and maintains their devotion and focus by participating in or providing in a variety of methods that fit the present bear markets in the Cryptocurrency Arena. ARRR!
Freedom is here; take it!
Sail with us!
https://keybase.io/team/pirate_arrr
AnARRRkey
