May 31, 2023, Ecosystem Updates for SORA, Polkaswap, and Fearless Wallet

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10 min readMay 31, 2023

The SORA, Polkaswap, and Fearless Wallet projects are all closely related as they form integral parts of the SORA and Dotsama ecosystems (of which SORA is a part). That is why development status updates are released every two weeks for these three projects, in one convenient place, with development updates from across the community. Enjoy the May 31, 2023 Ecosystem updates!

If you missed the previous ones: May 15 / April 21 / April 10 / March 23 / February 27 /February 9 / January 23 / older Ecosystem Updates are archived here and Dev Updates are archived here

Welcome to the May 31 Ecosystem Updates!

The last day of May… The year is almost halfway through and as the Summer starts in some parts of the world, SORA never stops! There is a lot to talk about this time, for starters, users can now nominate SORA network validators from the palm of their hand as of the latest Fearless Wallet update. This is the first Fearless feature available to SORA users as part of their membership in the SORA Builders Programme.

Gone are the cold days of winter when you needed to follow a series of steps in the platform now known as dotapps.io… Summer has brought the ability to nominate validators on the network to the palm of your hand.

With vast oceans of liquidity, more than one bridge is needed to cross. After all the hard work put into building secure bridges, the Multi-EVM bridge is extending the reach of the HASHI bridge to more people, allowing them to join the SORA (Supranational Output Rationalization Alliance) movement. The SORA Kusama parachain bridge is also receiving a seamless, stylish, and fresh user interface.

With plenty of high-profile examples of what not to do, the SORA Synthetics XST Platform will need to withstand all the obstacles and dangers that financial instruments carry. After extensive internal testing, the product will be available for public testing. It has been quite the journey. And life-changing journeys are always better with company.

The interesting thing about travelling with someone else is having to learn to adapt to other people’s rhythms and cycles. Some people wake up early in the morning and gain traction during the day, others are more nocturnal, diligently working into the early hours of the night under the cover of moonlight. When collaborating with other teams, you also need to adhere to their processes and pace. And SORA Card is such an example.

Too much is at stake to afford any mistake, so at the risk of sounding like a broken record, no stone can be left unturned with due diligence, especially when there is money involved, so unfortunately, the SORA Card release will take however long it has to take. Thank you for your ongoing patience and support, and sorry for the inconvenience caused, but there is nothing we can do as we wait for our partners to finish their work. They are all highly motivated to finish as soon as possible so revenue can start to come in, so it will happen as quickly as physically possible.

On to the SORA mobile wallet, the internet’s best-kept secret, the Demeter Farming platform will be available there soon. There is still much progress ahead, so stay tuned for the implementation of this feature. SORA Builders have plenty of interesting updates this time, so find out more in the following sections of the SORA updates. In particular, CERES, ADAR, and Fearless Wallet are making great strides to make the SORA economic system available to everyone.

In a productive economy like SORA, it is crucial for everyone, whether individuals or businesses, to easily access and manage their assets to successfully participate in and expand the economic system. This sets SORA apart from your average tokenomics.

You are now up to date with what has happened in the last few weeks in the SORA ecosystem and the current state of the SORA Integrated Plan. Please stay tuned for upcoming news from all the SORA contributors, and we’ll see you again in two weeks. Let’s get back to work!

*This is not financial advice, always make sure to do your own research!

You can find the summary of the integrated plan points in the SORA Wiki.

SORA Ecosystem Update #61

Business Track Progress:

Polkaswap as a Service — 80%
SORA Card — 98%

For more information about SORA Card, take a look at these articles: Introduction of SORA Card, key features of SORA Card, a comparison between SORA Card and other crypto-powered banking services, an interview with the people behind the SORA Card tech and management, and a recent article on SORA Card Phase One as well as a SORA Card AMA Recap.

Stay tuned for more articles with interesting and insightful information on this great tool for financial freedom. SORA Card | Value Freedom

⚙️ SORA Blockchain Update

Preparing for the intermediary release 1.11.0 — Fixes & Maintenance
Working on the new wiki as a support for newcomers, advanced users, and SORA builders

Substrate and EVM bridges

Updated the transport layer of the Substrate bridge
Collaborating with the frontend application teams for the UI implementation of the bridges

XST Platform (Github Milestone)

Fixed the last issues related to swap logic for synthetic assets
Swaps involving synthetic assets should only go through XST and XSTUSD-based liquidity source pairs
Preparing for the release on the staging (public test) environment
Investigating risks and solutions to mitigate front-running of synthetic asset transactions
Designing icons for the 30 new incoming synthetic XST-based assets 😎

Orderbook (Github Milestone)

Implemented the logic to swap with the Orderbook
Implemented the logic to create/delete market orders and limit orders
Preparing for the release on the staging (public test) environment
Collaborating with the frontend application teams to integrate on Polkaswap and the SORA and Fearless wallets

📱 SORA Wallet Update

🚀 Android + 🍏 iOS

Version 3.0.0 — Wallet Redesign has been released on both platforms! 🎉
We now separate the SORA Wallet releases and those related to SORA Card
Awaiting more clarity from our partners to move forward with SORA Card release
Working on the next release for SORA Wallet — UX Improvements
Improvements in the user experience gathered from initial feedback about the new design
GoogleLogin integration: save your mnemonic in the Google Secret Vault (for crypto newbies)
Export account feature for iOS (already available on Android)
Bug fixing
Fine-tuning the design and technical requirements for the next SORA Wallet release: Explore Ecosystem
Implementation of the Explore tab in the wallet that will display all tokens and pools available in the SORA ecosystem. It will also host all the Demeter Farms available in the following release
Re-order your cards
Toggle your cards on/off
Minor bug fixing and UX improvements

👷🏽‍♀️ SORA Builders Programme News:

ADAR Updates

The ADAR app was recently launched! Read all about it in this interesting article

Find out how the ADAR app works here

The team is currently working on:

New automated tests
UI upgrades in progress, including;
Fearless wallet extension integrated
Fees structure in progress
Updates to T&Cs and Privacy are in progress
Internationalization in progress

For frequent updates from the ADAR team, join their Telegram group!

Here is the proposal submitted by ADAR, for more information on the Abed Group, take a look at this deck, and to try the latest version available, you can visit the ADAR website.

Ceres Updates

DEO Arena Season 7 has finished with more than 10,000 DEO burned, a new record!

The Farming page on Ceres Tools has been updated. Users can find info about all their SORA farms and stakes in one place

Work on the long-awaited VAL Burning Tracker has started. The portfolio feature with info on price change (24h, 7D, 1M…) is also in progress
Hermes Governance upgrade and Hermes Portfolio Tracker are being worked on
The Ceres team has been up in the sky participating in many IRL events, to list a few:

🛬 The team just got back from Split, at the BlockSplit conference and we made a tonne of networking and possible collabs, stay tuned for more information!

🛫 The team will be at Belgrade Blockchain week, from the 2nd to the 9th of June, and will be talking on 3 separate occasions:

On June 5th, on Polkadot Day at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Danijel will hold a 1h workshop on ‘Making the first steps in building on Polkadot’.
On the same day, Beno will have 30 min keynote slot on ‘The interoperable future: How SORA Card brings Tradfi to substrate DeFi apps’.
On the 8th of June at KC Grad (Belgrade) we will talk about “Web3 & Gaming” with the Moonstruck team.

For constant updates from Ceres, subscribe to the Ceres Announcements channel on Telegram

The Demeter Farming platform is available on the SORA network for users to farm with liquidity pool LP or single-sided staking, with interesting APR*. New pools are constantly added.

Demeter farming is directly integrated into Polkaswap, for convenience. For more information on the Demeter platform read this Medium article.

*Not financial advice, always do your own research.

🐈‍⬛ SORA Request for Proposal Updates:

Take a look at the new RFP system and submit your proposal in an easier and more intuitive way.

Please let us know your thoughts about these improvements in the SORA network community chats on Telegram!

Join the Decentralized Development channel on the SORA World Discord.

Thank you for making it all the way here. Your interest is much appreciated. If you are a passionate community member who evangelizes SORA and its supranational cryptoeconomic values to anyone willing to lend an ear, we are looking for you!

Polkaswap Ecosystem Update #64

The new release is currently in the design process and several features are being collected. We’re constantly working on awesome and complex features for upcoming releases.

👀 Here is the status of each task.

🏗 WORK IN PROGRESS:

⚙️ Google login (as an alternative way to sign transactions, allowing the use of any browser on Desktop/iOS/Android) — 100%

🔔 Notifications improvements: Price alerts — 100%

📒 Address book & identities — 90%

💥 Subsquid service implementation — 90%

💶 XST platform support — 50%

🌉 Multi-bridges UI (HASHI Bridge & EVM Bridge & Substrate Bridge simultaneously) — 30%

📊 Subsquid service integration to Polkaswap — 20%

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The Polkaswap Bug Bounty is ongoing! Submit your findings to the Immunefi platform!

For more information and participation rules, read this article on the SORA / Polkaswap Bug Bounty Programme.

Fearless Wallet Ecosystem Update #69

🍎 iOS and 🤖 Android team updates:

🚀 v 2.2.4 for iOS and Android was released last week and contains features such as:

✅ SORA native staking

✅ Ternoa native staking

✅ Transferable assets UI&UX updates for the “Main screen” and the “Asset details” screen

💪 XCM cross-chain transfers:

✅ Finishing the libraries integrations to the Fearless Wallet Apps

✅ Adding a lot of new assets of various parachains

✅ Testing and polishing the solutions

💪 App improvements, tech debt cleaning, UI/UX updates

💰 Mobile Wallet Rationalisation

💪 XCM cross-chain transfer libraries:

✅ Finishing unit test development

💪 Google Auth & Backup feature:

✅ Sample apps have been prepared for the common libraries testing

✅ Initial preparations before the client integrations

💪 EVM networks support:

✅ Have prepared the initial infrastructure

✅ Looking for the proper API provider which doesn’t collect and process user data

🖥 Browser Extension and Desktop Applications

🚀 Currently busy with:

💪 Performance and architectural improvements of the App, i.e., service worker logic update. Preparing the next build for release

💪 XCM cross-chain transfer UI & UX updates

💪 Discussed and scheduled initial preparations for Substrate validator staking integration

🚀 Collaborations and future initiatives

🤝 SORA and Polkaswap : Ongoing development rationalization processes and cross-team collaboration strengthening

🤝 Talisman: Wallet Connect v2 integration was discussed and scheduled for Q3 2023

🤝 Subsquid: Technical Q&A and project updates catch ups

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About SORA, Polkaswap, and Fearless Wallet

SORA is a new economic order for the world aimed at high growth and empowering human progress. The SORA network includes interoperability with the Polkadot and Kusama networks, as well as the capability to bridge external blockchains (like Ethereum) to the Polkadot ecosystem.

One of the DeFi applications on the SORA network is Polkaswap, a non-custodial liquidity aggregating, cross-chain AMM DEX designed uniquely for the Polkadot ecosystem. It offers boundless liquidity through its one-of-a-kind Aggregate Liquidity Technology (ALT).

Fearless Wallet is a bespoke mobile wallet designed for the decentralized future on the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems, with native support for iOS and Android platforms. It provides a thrilling user experience, fast performance, and secure storage for your accounts. Fearless Wallet will integrate Polkaswap for easy, decentralized swaps of assets.

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