Theta Network — July Roundup
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3 min readAug 4, 2018
Lots of action for the Theta project in July! The team spent much of the month in Korea and China visiting potential partners and meeting fans in the Theta community.
July Highlights
- Kyle Okamoto, Chief Network Officer of Verizon Digital Media Services, joins Theta Network as strategic advisor
- Theta Network joins Kyber Network, IoTeX, Zilliqa, and Quantstamp at the Block72 meetup in Seoul:
- Mitch (Theta CEO) and Jieyi (Theta CTO) rep Theta at the DHVC portfolio company event in Beijing:
Development Progress
- The testnet has been a great success so far! 300k+ users in 149 countries, and some serious engagement numbers with an average session time of 31 minutes. Check out our progress here. (And of course, make sure to try out the Theta test channel on SLIVER.tv for yourself!)
- 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.
- The $2M Theta Dapp Development Fund is open, and taking applications for video platforms looking to build on top of the Theta protocol. We are meeting with the first few promising apps this month, but we’d love to see even more submissions from serious teams!
Theta in the Press
- The Investor / Korea Herald: “Samsung-backed Theta Labs redefines streaming video”
- ChosunBiz (Korean)
- Maekyung Media (Korean)
- Blockmedia (Korean)
Video content
- Mitch (Theta CEO) and Wes (Theta Head of Strategy) interviewed on Asia Economic TV’s CoinCast show:
Tim (Theta Head of Platform) walks us through the Theta testnet, channel on SLIVER.tv, and block explorer:
Wes interviews with Salih Sarikaya, Editor in Chief of Smartereum:
Altcoin Buzz talks Theta:
Crypto Zombie puts Theta in his top 5 mainnet launches to watch:
By the Numbers
Theta Token holders: 23,333 addresses (from Etherscan)
Social media stats/activity
Upcoming Events
- The Theta team will be host a video AMA later this month on the Theta testnet channel — stay tuned for date/time and how to submit questions!
More Buzz!
- SLIVER.tv launches a 24/7 League of Legends channel!
