| Komodo Team Members Jason Brown and Alright sat down for an hour-long interview with the Blocknation crypto podcast. 
Komodo Business Development Manager Jason Brown (polycryptoblog) and Development Tester Alright sat down with Drew Griffin from Blocknation's crypto podcast.
The interview covers Komodo basics, customizing and launching independent blockchains with Komodo's technology, atomic swaps, updates about the new upcoming version of Komodo's DEX, and more. Be sure to give the podcast a listen!
If you like the podcast, you can learn more about Blocknation here and you can follow Drew Griffin on Twitter.
dPoW Demystified: An Essay by James 'jl777' Lee
This week, Komodo's Lead Developer James 'jl777' Lee started writing a series of blog posts about Komodo technology, the mechanics of blockchain, and the power of Komodo's custom consensus framework.
In this blog post, jl777 describes dPoW, the blockchain industry's first security mechanism to recycle the hash rate of the Bitcoin network. While other projects have recently developed similar mechanisms, dPoW is still the only one that provides BTC-level security to prevent 51% attacks and it's the only one currently being used by several live, value-holding blockchain projects.
Read all of jl777's dPoW post here.
An Update On HempCoin (THC) Migration To Komodo Platform
HempCoin (THC) is in the process of migrating to Komodo. The migration will be completed some time this summer, although no hard deadlines are in place. We will continue to provide regular updates as things move forward. This week, the THC migration received some media attention from AltBitNews. With both the blockchain and cannabis sectors growing rapidly, the THC project sits on the border between two booming industries and they're putting themselves in an excellent position to succeed by migrating to Komodo. Here's a short quote from the HempCoin website: "The KMD migration will be 1:1 swap, migrating to OUR OWN asset chain with the availability to LOCK UP 50k & 100k THC secured by dPoW. Benefits of migration include upsteam update capabilities, (when KMD or ZEC update their chain with a feature THC needs), privacy secured by zk-Snarks is optional, & notary nodes as an option to add an extra layer of security and consensus. KMD's tech supports HempCoin(THC)'s interest in providing the agriculture, farming & tobacco industries with the tracking capability required to audit & track a whole crop from seed to sale." The Komodo team is very excited to welcome HempCoin into the ecosystem.
VOTE NOW! Komodo's Notary Node Election is in progress.
Komodo's Third Annual Notary Node Election is in progress and the Komodo team is pleased with both the number and quality of candidates running for election this year. See the full list of candidates here. Don't wait to cast your vote! For more information about how to vote, please see the following guides: The Komodo team would like everyone to participate in the election to boost the strength and decentralization of the ecosystem.
EscoDEX lists Komodo ecosystem project PirateChain (ARRR)!
 We're excited to announce that EscoDEX has integrated support for PirateChain, an independent blockchain launched within the Komodo ecosystem. PirateChain uses the same zero-knowledge privacy tech as Zcash but, unlike Zcash, all transactions must be shielded. Since z-transactions are mandatory, rather than merely optional, PirateChain offers an unparalleled level of privacy to its users. EscoDEX is one of the world's first digital asset exchanges to add support for z-address deposits and withdraws. ARRR can also be traded at DigitalPrice.io.
Verus Coin releases new Public Blockchain as a Service (PBaaS) product suite!
Verus Coin, a friendly fork of the Komodo blockchain and a huge contributor to the Komodo ecosystem, has released a brand-new Public Blockchain as a Service (PBaaS) product suite. The new Verus product includes several incredible features, including the ability to launch independent blockchains from within the wallet itself. The Komodo team would like to congratulate the Verus Coin team on this huge achievement!
Tech Tuesday Update
In this week's edition of Tech Tuesday, Komodo team member Mylo covers open blockchain design templates with Komodo's custom consensus framework, the new PHP library for creating addresses and working with Electrum servers submitted by Komodo Notary Node operator webworker01, and the HUSH project completing their migration to Komodo.
To learn more about each of these topics, read the full Tech Tuesday update.
Thanks for reading and have a great weekend! | 
