Weekly Dev Update #89
THORChain Weekly Dev Update for Week 89, 04–19 Apr; Chaosnet Launch, Stability, Fixes
Summary
Launch
Chaosnet was launched on 13th April 2021 with a 500k RUNE cap which was quickly filled. The team are focussing on stability before raising caps further.
Multichain Resources
Testnet
Midgard: https://testnet.midgard.thorchain.info/v2/doc
THORNode: https://testnet.thornode.thorchain.info/thorchain/doc/
RPC: https://testnet.rpc.thorchain.info(https://cosmos.network/rpc/v0.37.9)
Seed Service: https://testnet.seed.thorchain.info
Chaosnet
Midgard: https://midgard.thorchain.info/v2/doc
THORNode: https://thornode.thorchain.info/thorchain/doc/
RPC: https://rpc.thorchain.info(https://cosmos.network/rpc/v0.37.9)
Seed Service: https://seed.thorchain.info
THORNode
A lot of fixes to achieve stability. No major changes to report.
https://gitlab.com/thorchain/thornode/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=merged
Midgard
A lot of fixes to achieve stability. No major changes to report.
https://gitlab.com/thorchain/midgard/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=merged
XChainJS
Stability and fixes for Asgardex requirements.
Bridges
Actively-developed bridges will be reported here going forward. Bridges are commissioned once a team who can implement is identified and work begins.
Complete
- Bitcoin: Deployed to testnet
- Ethereum: Deployed to testnet
- BitcoinCash: Deployed to testnet
- Litecoin: Deployed to testnet
UTXO Chains
- Dogecoin: Complete, will be activated after MCCN
- ZCash: Scoped, rain-checked
Cryptonote
- Haven: MSS complete, rain-checked until after MCCN since the MCTN is demanding resources to stabilise.
- Monero: Pending Haven implementation
Custom
- Cardano — Scoping
- Polkadot: Demo’d, rain-checked until after MCCN since the MCTN is demanding resources to stabilise.
- Avalanche: Rain-checked
- Zilliqa: Scoped, rain-checked
EVM Chains
- Binance Smart Chain: Likely after MCCN
- Ethereum Classic: Rain-checked
- Rootstock: Rain-checked
- Arbitrum: Rain-checked
IBC
A development partner has been found and will begin building IBC bridges.
Pending IBC integration — Cosmos, Terra, Kava, Secret Network, Injective Protocol, Sifchain, Akash Network — currently scoping with Akash team.
Clients
THORSwap Client
THORSwap.finance is being maintained by the dev team behind BEPSwap.com. They carry over the same design plus all the UX learnings from BEPSwap.
ASGARDEX Client
V0.1 was released for Chaosnet
ASGARD.EXCHANGE
Fully ready for Chaosnet.
VanaheimX
Prepping for Chaosnet.
Community Work
The following tools receive regular updates:
RUNEYield.info Weekly Update: (12/04–18/04)
Released all-in-one support (Multichain, Singlechain and SushiSwap.)
- Fixed asset allocation section not displaying correct asset name
- Used web3.utils.toChecksumAddress for getting ERC-20 asset logo from TrustWallet.
- Resumed iOS app development. (Starting from basic detail with a direct link to web for detail.)
block42 Weekly Dev Report (12/04–18/04) 🚀
Telegram Bot
- Updates for midgard v2 for MCCN
- New version should be out soon
brokkr (Synths Swapping App)
- USD equivalent calculations
- Minor design revisions
- xchainjs integration
- Working on keplr wallet integration
- Working on documentation to explain Synths to users
You can follow brokkr updates here:
Twitter: @Brokkrfinance
Telegram channel: https://t.me/brokkrfinance
🌈 TRX1’s Weekly Dev Report (12/04–18/04)
Chaosnetleaders
• Deployed a new leaderboard for MCCN https://leaderboard.thornode.org/
• The old BEPSwap version was moved to https://leaderboard-bepswap.thornode.org/
aiothornode Python library
• Added MCCN environment
• Dependencies updated
• Bug fixing
• Deployed to PyPi (https://pypi.org/project/aiothornode/)
THORChain Monitoring bot
• MCCN support!
• Added fees for LP summary
• Improved USD/Rune price calculation
• Full pool state caching
• TLV as sum of MCCN TLV and BEPSwap TLV
• QA and bug fixing
• Network statistics daily notification (WIP)
MCCN Alerts: https://t.me/thorchain_alert
MCCN Bot: https://t.me/thor_infobot
BEPSwap alerts: https://t.me/bepswap_alert
BEPSwap Bot: https://t.me/thorchain_monitoring_bot
DEVOps Weekly Update (4/12–4/18)
cluster-launcher
Fix kubeconfig commands (make kubeconfig-provider)
hcloud
Upgrade kubernetes and update dependencies
kubernetes 1.19
kubespray 2.15.1
Switch to new dedicated AMD (CCX32) from Intel on worker nodes
Change kubernetes signing key
Replace host with load balancer in kubeconfig file
Digitalocean (WIP)
Update Kubernetes and dependencies
kubernetes 1.19
Increase cluster nodes to prevent volume constraint
Tests on k8s 1.19 and firewall/LB
Autoscaling issues
AWS
Tests & pre-checks on EKS module (14/15) with terraform (14/15)
Tests with new metrics-server deployment
thormon
Add dark and sepia color themes
Improve sorting and performance
Default to multi.chaos
Integrate solvency app (WIP)
Background health checks (WIP)
Improving deployments
Domain and DNS
Load balanced api’s
VANHAEIMX Weekly Update (12/04–18/04):
Asgardex Reskin:
— splash page is ready
— better build management over environments
— USD value showing bug fix
— UI/UX improvement
https://asgardex-splash.vercel.app/landing
Telegram Bot
Twitter Bot
Delphi Defi Dashboard
Upcoming Release for the Dashboard
https://defi.delphidigital.io/thorchain/chaosnet/network
THORChain Network Explorer
Continual Improvements, now with custom sub-domains for each net:
https://testnet.thorchain.net/
https://singlechain.thorchain.net/
https://singlechain-testnet.thorchain.net/
THORChain Official Block Explorer
https://viewblock.io/thorchain
https://dash.viewblock.io/d/thorchain
RUNEData
View historical yield and simulate future yield in pools:
RUNEBalance
View current arbitrage opportunities in the pools. New card-style overviews.
https://www.runebalance.com/#/pools
Trading Leaderboard
View the current leaderboard for traders on THORChain
https://leaderboard.thornode.org/
GrassRootsCrypto Youtube
- Just finished travelling
- Created Video for club house chat with detailed timeline
- Helping users on the chat
- Ready to support for launch.
- Creating scripts for new videos.
Next Milestones
- Stability
- RAISETHECAPS
- Synths
- THORChain Name Service
- DOGECoin
- BSC
Community
To keep up to date, please monitor community channels, particularly Telegram and Twitter:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/thorchain_org
- Telegram Community: https://t.me/thorchain_org
- Telegram Announcements: https://t.me/thorchain
- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/thorchain
- Gitlab (primary): https://gitlab.com/thorchain
- Github (secondary): https://github.com/thorchain
- Medium: https://medium.com/thorchain
