UPDATES & DEVELOPMENTS -- The AtomicDEX stress test has been announced! It will take place on October 31 from 12:00 GMT to 18:00 GMT. There is a prize pool of over 1500 KMD available to stress testers who successfully complete at least 30 swaps between the test coins RICK and MORTY during the scheduled stress test time. It's important to note that multiple swaps can be conducted simultaneously. It's also important to note that you are encouraged to make as many atomic swaps as possible within the designated time frame. Every swap is equal to one ticket in the pool, as long as you meet the minimum requirement of 30 swaps. If you complete 50 swaps, you will have 50 tickets. If you complete 500 swaps, you will have 500 tickets. There is no limit to the number of tickets that a single address can have, so make as many swaps as you can to maximize your chances of winning a prize. There will be 11 winners chosen at random from the prize pool. A total of 10 winners will receive 77.7 KMD each, and 1 lucky grand prize winner will receive 777 KMD! For more information about the AtomicDEX stress test, including links to guides and tutorial videos, please see the AtomicDEX stress test announcement. -- Komodo CTO Kadan Stadelmann joined CoinPM for a podcast interview this week. In the podcast, Kadan discusses Komodo's technology and what it means for Komodo to be a composable Smart Chain platform. He also talks at length about AtomicDEX, how it works, and why it's the industry's most advanced decentralized exchange technology. Listen to Kadan's interview on the CoinPM podcast here. -- This week, Komodo was added to Cryptocurrency Checkout, a service that makes it easy for business owners and e-commerce sites to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment. Cryptocurrency Checkout also allows non-profit organizations and charities to accept donations in cryptocurrency. See Komodo's page on Cryptocurrency Checkout for more information. -- Komodo Business Development specialist Jason Brown video conferenced into a meetup in Madrid, Spain to discuss AtomicDEX and Komodo's industry leading atomic swap technology. The video was livestreamed to viewers around the world. It was also recorded and will be published to YouTube in the coming days. Check out photos from the event in Madrid here and here. -- Komodo Lead Dev James 'jl777' Lee published a new blog post on how to implement finite state machines with the Antara Framework. jl777 notes that "since the 'events' that can happen can be an arbitrary one, the possibilities of what can be handled are vast." Read jl777's full blog post on creating finite state machines with the Antara Framework here. A WORD FROM THE C-SUITE "AtomicDEX is, for me, likely the most exciting tech layer right now inside Komodo. AtomicDEX is our third-generation, cross-chain atomic swap exchange technology. This means, as you know, a DEX, it means that trading partners will trade between each other, so there’s a straight connection, peer-to-peer, from one trading party to the other. So there’s no centralized entity handling, controlling, or regulating these transactions. The AtomicDEX, as aforementioned, is the third-generation [decentralized] cryptocurrency exchange. We look back on knowledge of around half a decade. In 2013, 2014, we started executing fully automated cross-chain atomic swaps. The big thing with AtomicDEX is that we brought this DEX technology, this layer, natively to mobile and to desktop. Basically, we turned it platform- and device- independent. As of now, we have around two-and-a-half thousand active installations on iOS and Android. These are active users who are trading between each other." -- Komodo CTO Kadan Stadelmann Listen to Kadan's interview on the CoinPM podcast here. KOMODO ECOSYSTEM UPDATES KMDLabs is holding a provably fair, blockchain-enforced lottery to select 3 new LABS Notary Node operators. " Running a LABS NN is a great way to get started with blockchain development, as it basically forces you to learn. To get a spot, you must enter (and win) a provably fair lottery. The deadline to enter is Oct 27." For more information, inquire within the #kmdlabs channel on Komodo's Discord community. Ben Fairbank moves to a Strategic Adviser role for Komodo to focus efforts on RedFOX Labs. " Moved from the General Manager role of Komodo Platform to a Strategic Adviser role, after 2 years. Will focus on making RedFOX Labs a success, which will bring more and more users and developers into the Komodo ecosystem." Check out this tweet to read Ben's full statement. Pirate Chain scores favorably in an industry-wide comparison of privacy coins. " Of note, in reply to the question, 'Which coin do you think has the best privacy features?' the admin on Monero's official Telegram channel stated, 'Objectively, ARRR right now.' " Read the full article comparing privacy coins, including Pirate Chain, here. Hush Coin releases a new version of the HUSH core software. " HUSH release 3.2.0 is out! Source code and Debian packages have been released, binaries for other platforms are in the works." Download the latest version of HUSH here. Utrum's coin (OOT) has been integrated to the latest release of AtomicDEX. " Surprise! The Utrum coin OOT is integrated into Komodo's AtomicDEX within 48 hours." Learn more about the Utrum platform and how it works here. The Komodo Pioneers attended an educational event to teach young students about blockchain. " Pioneers represented Komodo and talked about blockchain tech on Devoxx4Kids event in Utrecht, Netherlands." Check out this tweet to see some photos of the Komodo Pioneers working with the students. Komodo is partially sponsoring Block Party Amsterdam, an event on November 7th. " Komodo sponsors Block Party Amsterdam! Komodo Platform has introduced the industry's first open, composable Smart Chain platform & we'll be announcing a key speaker for the event from the Komodo team very shortly." Learn more about Block Party Amsterdam here. Register for your free tickets here. HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND! That's all for this week. Thanks for reading and have a wonderful weekend. If you haven't already downloaded AtomicDEX, click the button below to get it from Google Play for Android devices. | 
