RightMesh Weekly Update: May 11, 2018

This week has had a big tech focus as Dr. Jason Ernst, Dr. Dan Gillis, and Dan’s graduate students worked to convert the previously iOS eNuk app to Android. Within the app, new mapping and tagging features were added alongside new Superpeer connectivity options to strengthen the mesh. Meanwhile, Delay Tolerant Network (DTN) proposals were presented, token economic models discussed, research workshops started, and an AMA launched to boot! What a whirlwind!

TL;DR

• Our Team team worked with Dr. Dan Gillis and his graduate students on converting the previously iOS eNuk app to Android;
• Map and tagging features added to the eNuk app;
• Our Product team worked with Dr. Rogayeh Tabrizi, who holds a Ph.D in Economics and specializes in game theory, to discuss detailed token economic models;
• Early DTN proposal created by Dr. Lucien Loiseau;
• Announcement of AMA to be hosted on May 17th, 2018;
• The team recognized Mental Health Week by hosting daily exercises and discussions;
• Brianna MacNeil heads to New York Blockchain week.

Press

• Featured: “Keep Saying Yes To Increasingly More Difficult, Or New Opportunities” With Brianna MacNeil
• Featured: Meet the Top Blockchain-Based Platforms for the First-Second Quarter by Entrepreneur Magazine
• Published: Tech Demo; Simulating Mesh Networks by Ben Hughes
• Published: Reflections From Bangladesh by Saju Abraham
• Published: #WhiteboardWednesday: #MentalHealthWeek at RightMesh

Tech

• eNuk: Last week Dr. Dan Gillis and some of his graduate students visited the Maple Ridge office to work on converting the previously iOS eNuk app to Android. This entailed customizing MeshIM into an eNuk skinned version.
  A map, in which users can drop a pin to record their location, an image, a photo, or anything they like about a particular spot in the community, was added. The map system is designed to be used offline, and thus on the land within the Rigolet community. Once a pin is dropped, the user can enter a description, a title or an emotion associated with the data, and optional pictures.
  If the person is in a rural area, the data will be cached on their device until they return to the edge of the mesh in the town. The data will then forward to a local Superpeer running from town hall.
  To prevent strain on the limited bandwidth available in the town, the local Rigolet superpeer is scheduled to sync with a global Superpeer at night. There, the data will be stored into a centralized database where it can be analyzed.
• DTN Planning: Lead Mesh Networking Scientist, Dr. Lucien Loiseau, has provided the tech team with some early proposals on how the DTN network functionality might be integrated into RightMesh. The tech team is currently reviewing the proposals.

Product

• Product Roadmap: The platform roadmap is nearly complete as our Product Manager, Andrea Ainslie has been flushing out the final details for the next three quarters.
• Token Economic Models: This week John, Chris, Jason and Saju had some great discussions on detailed token economic models. Working with them is Dr. Rogayeh Tabrizi, who holds a Ph.D in Economics and specializes in game theory and behavioral economics. Their next step is building a mathematical model that we can simulate to determine token usage under different network and behavioural conditions.

RightLabs

Our RightLabs team have started their research workshop with our apps development team in Bangladesh. This is a four week program to integrate user research as an integral step in building app prototypes.

Our RightLabs and Apps team in their research workshop

AMA

Don’t miss our AMA on May 17th!

The final phase of the RightMesh Token Generating Event (TGE) begins May 30th at 13:00 CET. We want to give you an opportunity to ask any questions you might have before the TGE goes live!

Post your questions until 12:00 PM PST on May 16th. Questions will be answered over live stream by our CTO, Dr. Jason Ernst, Lead Mesh Networking Scientist; Dr. Lucien Loiseau; and Chief Communications Officer, Dana Harvey.

The live stream will happen at 4:30PM PST (16:30) on May 17th and the live stream link will be shared in Telegram and on Twitter shortly before.

TGE

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Dates to Remember:

May 17: Final Date for Whitelisting to ensure participation

May 30: Crowd Contribution opens at 13:00 CEST (low initial individual cap to allow for maximum participation)

May 31: Cap lifted to allow for contributions of any pre-authorized value

Mental Health Week

Mental Health Week started in 1951 to raise awareness for mental health in Canada. Held during the first full week of May, this event is now a popular awareness week.

Our team members spent time every day this week focusing on their own mental health, and learning about different exercises and resources they can utilize. Some of these included group discussions, art therapy, yoga and meditation.

Events

May 8th: RightMesh project Co-Founder and COO, Chris Jensen spoke at the Economic Summit 2018 in Coquitlam, Canada on the blockchain panel. He had a great time sharing the stage with Frans Tjallingli, Co-Founder & CEO of First Coin Capital, Dr. Peter Chow-White, Professor at Simon Fraser University, and moderator Kevin Rathbun, Transition Advisory Service at Rise Advisors.

Chris speaking on the blockchain forum

May 8th: RightMesh project Co-Founder and CEO, John Lyotier spoke on a fantastic panel on ‘Women’s Leadership in the Digital Economy’ put on by the WCT (Women in Communication and Technology). John was joined by Shann McGrail, Co-Founder of Devreve Inc; Zara Gray, Senior Advisor, Diversity & Inclusion of Goldcorp Inc; and Joanne Stanley, Executive Director of WCT. John also had the opportunity to meet one of our Nodebodies, Bob Summerwill, the CryptoChicks Community Ambassador.

John, Bob and Melissa at the WCT talk

May 11th–12th: Brianna MacNeil, our Product Manager Blockchain just landed in New York for the Ethereal Summit. Make sure to check out our Twitter as she will be taking control of our channel to live tweet the conference!

Here’s where you can find us next week

May 14th–16th: RightMesh project Co-Founders, John Lyotier and Chris Jensen, will be joining Brianna MacNeil in New York to attend Consensus 2018. Put on by CoinDesk, this conference features over 250 speakers and 4000 attendees to bring together the global blockchain community.

May 17th: John Lyotier, RightMesh project CEO, will be jumping on a plane and heading across the United States to speak at the fnIRL Global Conferencein San Francisco. This conference brings together over 100 tech founders and covers the most popular topics raised in the founders network forum.

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