Elastos Weekly Updates — 05 October 2018

"Change is the end result of all true learning."   -Leo Buscaglia While the Chinese Team was on holiday this week, the team in the west was on the move. Feng Han spoke about Elastos at Harvard while the team spoke on a panel at an Elastos sponsored tech conference in Hollywood, and attended Alt Blockchain Week in Atlanta. Elastos continued its forward momentum this week. Let's recap. Technical Dynamics  The React Native framework for creating Elastos DApps is now in development. We welcome everyone to contribute to the framework by visiting https://github.com/cyber-republic/elastos-ReactNative-framework faucet.elastos.org is now up and running to request for testnet ELA tokens The Elastos testnet is officially open for public use. If you are a developer, you can now view our repositories on GitHub. More information can be found here: http://elanews.net/2018/07/26/elastos-developer-news-testnet-launch/   Useful links: A Developer Beginner's Guide Developer Portal in Cyber Republic Developer Documentation on Github Elastos Smartweb Alpha Elastos Community Elastos Community Global   Community News Elastos sidechain project, IoeX, was featured on Business Insider, "IoeX will be able to reduce IoT data transfer costs by up to 70%"  Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/ioex-iot-solution-cut-costs-2018-10?IR=T October 1 Elastos Co-founder, Feng Han, signed the memorandum for funding MIT IDE Blockchain Pillar and Fund with Dean of MIT Sloan of School of Management, David Schmittlein and Yasheng Huang Feng Han being congratulated by the MIT Food Safety Research Team led by Yasheng Huang October 2 Feng Han was invited to the Harvard Club where he spoke about, "Investing in the value of digital currency and the Elastos trustworthy operating environment which will allow real DApps to scale." Feng also joked about wearing his MIT T-shirt to Harvard and his donation to MIT for the Blockchain Research Pillar and Fund. October 3 Zach and Clarence spoke on a "Blockchain Revolution and IP" panel at the Hollywood Entertainment Technology Festival Watch WeFilmChain Interview with Zach at HetFest: https://youtu.be/TlxCyemQ2WE Watch WeFilmChain Interview with Clarence & Rachel at HetFest: https://youtu.be/425NjbPoIp4  October 3-5 The Team attended the Atlanta Blockchain Week where KP gave a speech alongside other blockchain projects such as ZCash. There are meetups and conferences throughout the week revolving around Blockchain. Events and Meetups Cyber Republic Cyber Republic Virtual Meetup: Then to Now – The Elastos Evolution Time: Oct 11, 2018 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://elastos.zoom.us/j/139901274 Manila Link: https://www.meetup.com/Elastos-Philippines-Community/events/254502830 Taiwan Link: https://www.meetup.com/Elastos-Taiwan-Community/events/254975467/ Tokyo Link: https://www.meetup.com/Elastos-Tokyo-Community/events/254650572/ Virginia Link: https://www.meetup.com/Elastos-Blockchain-Project-Washington-Meetup/events/255186396/ Community Art Assets Elastos and Cyber Republic wallpaper designs are now available for desktop and mobile: https://bit.ly/2CwJe8g Community Contributions Roshan Ghadamian interviewed Alex Pan from the Elastos Blockchain Team   Copyright © 2018 elastos foundation, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

Week 40: Five Bullet Friday. Komodo Establishes Relationship With University of Texas at Arlington.

Dr. Sajib Datta, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UTA, is leading the efforts on behalf of the University.

Share Share Tweet Read Later Forward Five Bullet Friday If this is the first time you're reading our newsletter you can subscribe here and guarantee you don't miss out on important news.  Week 40    A collaboration with the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr Sajib Datta, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UTA, is leading the efforts on behalf of the University. As a leader in the blockchain space, Komodo Platform has always been a strong supporter of educational outreach and blockchain-related events. Read the announcement here.   Community voting closes on Monday for the Komodo infographic contest. You can vote by retweeting, upvoting and leaving comments on the posts which you think are the best, Don't forget to share your thoughts and tell us why you think they should win! After the voting closes we'll pick the finalists and give feedback before a final vote. Scroll up on this tweet to see them all and visit our main Reddit post for links and comments.   Agama Wallet goes mobile on Android. If you're on Android then you'll be happy to find out Agama Mobile v0.1.0 is now available for download. Let us know what you think! Agama Android wallet version 0.1.0. supports over 57 different crypto coins and assets including BTC, BCH, KMD, CHIPS, LTC etc... click here to be taken to Agama Mobile Github.   Roses are Red Thorns are Prickly Chaturbate accepts $KMD Delete your browser history   Tech Tuesday Update #4: A Summary Of Last Week's Development. Agama released with new privacy project coin "Pirate". Welcome HUSH to bitcoin level security with Komodo dPoW. What is zk-SNARKs (zero knowledge) from Verus Project. Creating your own fiat gateway and StableCoin in testing. Blockchain virtualization in a docker container became easier. Read the full article here. Thank you for being a part of our community.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.