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This Week in Avalanche, Oct 15 2020

This Week In Avalanche
Oct 15, 2020
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Avalanche News
  • AvalancheGo v1.0.2 released - highlights include network latency enhancements, database stability improvements and increased transaction reliability on the P-chain.

  • AvalancheGo v1.0.3 released - highlights include networking DoS protection improvements, a new simple AVM wallet, expanding of health checks, and throttling cleanup.

  • Nano Ledger S support has been added for AVAX

Staking (P-Chain)
  • Avascan announced a Validator Verification Program. If you’re a validator consider getting verified to help attract delegated AVAX.

  • How to build Avalanche Network Validator on AWS by FAB-IT Solutions

  • Stats:

    • 78% staking ratio (279,435,790 AVAX) - ↑ 5% from last week

    • ~11% current staking reward per year

    • 571 Validators - ↑ 39 from last week

Asset Layer (X-Chain)
  • 168 assets have been issued on the X-chain - ↑ 9 from last week

Dapp layer (C-Chain)
  • The first Chainlink API call has been made on the C-Chain (test network). See the tx here.

  • SwapCat, a DEX, have deployed their contracts on the C-Chain. This demonstrates how simple it is to deploy Dapps built for Ethereum (EVM) on Avalanche.

Stuff For Devs
  • Deploying a DeFi Contract Using Avalanche, presentation & demo by Hal Hyatt

  • Connecting External Data to Avalanche, presentation & demo by Patrick Collins

Ecosystem
  • The State of Avalanche 2020, a nice overview of the ecosystem by Gabriel Cardona

  • Monitor your AVAX addresses with AvaxAlert, a service that notifies you when a transaction happens on your wallet address.

  • Avalanche Enigma a puzzle competition where you can win ENIGMA tokens launched.

  • How to set up Your Ledger Nano S for AVAX by Gabriel Cardona

  • FTX have added AVAX to their DeFi Index product

Podcasts, Interviews & Misc
  • All this weeks MoneyDance videos are up at the Ava Labs Youtube page.

  • Exploring the Internet of Assets with John Wu - Interview by Scott Melker

  • Emin explains weak subjectivity to Crypto Twitter

  • Can Avalanche Become A Player in DeFi and Layer1? The Crypto and Muay Thai Podcast chats to Jay Kurahashi-Sofue.

Upcoming Dates
  • Sept 28 - Dec 9: MoneyDance Hackathon

  • Oct 21: Next round of speakers for MoneyDance

  • Dec 9: MoneyDance Demo Day



About me & the newsletter

I’m a long term investor & enthusiast in the space. I’ve been interested in Avalanche for a while & decided to start this to keep up with the project & hopefully enable others too as well. If I’ve missed anything or you want me to include something for next week please let me know! You can reach me at @_ed1990_ on twitter or @edwardwill1 on telegram.

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