Hey buttercup. 


How are ya?

I just finished watching a documentary called FYRE: The Greatest Festival That Never Happened.

It has NOTHING to do with blockchain — but it's RIDICULOUS AF 😮


If you are bored, go ahead and watch it.

Anyway...

Other than that, we've been busy building the future of blockchain scaling technology as usual.

Speaking of which...
 

1. PlasmaChain Mainnet is now live with 7 validators on-boarded! 😮

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This is our BIGGEST news for this edition of Loom Updates.

As of today, the following 7 validators have joined our PlasmaChain mainnet:

  1. Mythos
  2. Bitfish
  3. Bixin
  4. MW Partners
  5. ShipChain
  6. Chorus One
  7. Block Matrix

Here's the coolest part: We are ACTIVELY adding even more validators on a weekly basis.

A while back, I sent you an announcement with our first 5 validators.

Feel free to read that again. 

It has tons of valuable information on our validators. 

We are also in the process of opening staking for ALL LOOM TOKEN HOLDERS VERY VERY SOON — Keep an eye out on our Twitter for an announcement. 

Most importantly: If you are interested in being a validator, you should totally...

👉 Read about the benefits of becoming a validator

Oh, that ain't all, my friend.

Next up...

2. Zombie Battleground API is LIVE in ALPHA! (+600 Card Pack Giveaway)

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So, if you are a developer  consider this to be an early invitation to something special. 

Yup, we have released an early version of our API for our fast growing blockchain game Zombie Battleground.

The best part?

If your app or integration is INCREDIBLE, you'll have a chance to win a bunch of cool prizes too.

Curious? Go ahead and...

👉 Read about the Zombie Battleground API & 600 card giveaway


Also, here's a great informational lesson that covers...

3. All about Sidechains & Plasma (VIDEO 📹 | Duration: 1:15:54)

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I am thrilled to bring you another fantastic session featuring our very own Plasma guru Georgios.

If you need a refresher on how Sidechains and Plasma work on Loom, this nerd-filled whiteboard session is for you.

If you want some high-octane nerd brain juice, go ahead and...

👉 Watch the whiteboard session on Sidechains & Plasma

Also, let me teach you...

4. How to Transfer Digital Assets to Loom Dappchains Using Transfer Gateways (VIDEO 📹 | Duration: 6:08)

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Late last year, I told ya about Transfering Digital Assets to Loom DappChains

Don't worry, since that was 3 months ago, I don't expect you to remember anything 😇

I have good news though.

Here's a great 6-minute video that will complement the blog post I linked above.

Go ahead and...

👉 Learn how to transfer digital assets to Loom DappChains

Those are all the MAJOR updates 😉

Oh, by the way — there's also a new release of the LOOM SDK with even more bug fixes and improvements. 

See ya again in two weeks!

Until next time...

Your friend,

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—Dilanka

P.SBy the way, the "super duper cool update" I mentioned last week is not ready yet. I'll let you know when that's ready. Also, as always, feel free to hit reply and let me know if you have any questions, comments or hate mail 😉