2024 has just begun, and we've been continuously building! In this update, we are happy to share what we've been working on recently and highlight the progress we've made with the PPN, Treasury, COTI V2, and more.

Read here: https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/2024-so-far-a-coti-update-bc3d3a8a7830

The COTI Foundation launches an Ecosystem Growth Fund and unveils its first funding!
The Foundation will seek developers and startups to research and build within COTI V2, fostering its growth.

Read all about it: https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/coti-launches-an-ecosystem-growth-fund-to-accelerate-privacy-on-ethereum-346f5264270a

🎥 https://youtu.be/Lpc257syQO0

Join the COTI X Spaces with Shahaf Bar-Geffen and the awesome host, Tracer, where Shahaf will answer all your questions about COTI V2, our latest news, and future plans.

Share your questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPVh6Hi-CIY6y_9QgvctZOusVFQqZplW1wgKlAJDzcTf5Y5w/viewform

Set reminder 👉https://x.com/i/spaces/1ynJOyrLrbWKR
⏰ January 25th @ 2PM UTC

Shahaf Bar-Geffen meets Soda Labs CEO, Dr. Avishay Yanai, for a fascinating discussion!
Soda Labs is the first partner funded by the COTI Ecosystem Growth Fund.

In this video, Shahaf and Avishay discuss Privacy over Blockchain, Garbled Circuits, and the capabilities and use cases COTI V2 will enable!

Watch here: https://youtu.be/8sczl6xEeiU

We are pleased to share that Ceffu (formerly Binance Custody), a secure institutional crypto asset management platform, now supports gCOTI ERC20 Tokens!

Check it out: https://twitter.com/CeffuGlobal/status/1750367838827880843

Garbled Circuits emerged as the optimal choice for the privacy-preserving solution on COTI V2.

Learn how GC is different than ZK, FHE, TEE and other privacy preserving solutions: https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/cotis-v2-cutting-edge-garbled-circuits-compared-to-other-privacy-preserving-smart-contracts-9e5b912612fa

Today marks one year since we launched Djed, and fast enough, it became an integral part of Cardano’s ecosystem, working exactly as designed.

We're happy to take you through Djed’s journey so far:
https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/djeds-first-anniversary-a-walk-through-djed-s-journey-so-far-a56d00d8bef1

Dear community,
As we shared in the recent Medium blog, the total allocation for the COTI ecosystem growth fund is 400 million COTI tokens. These funds are dedicated to supporting research, development, and various initiatives aimed at fostering the growth of the COTI ecosystem. It's important to note that these funds don't represent an additional supply but rather an early vesting of the uncirculated token balance, allocated for the ecosystem growth fund.

As outlined in our recent X Spaces update, the sources for these tokens are: 100 million from the Vault, 100 million from custody, and 200 million native tokens from the uncirculated supply. We want to inform you that within the next few hours, we will be transferring 200 million ERC20 tokens earmarked for the ecosystem fund – 100 million from the Vault and another 100 million from our custody wallets. Similar to the additional 200 million native tokens, these tokens are securely held until the distribution phase commences. We will also update COTI's circulating supply to reflect these changes.

It’s been a busy week for COTI with several updates and events taking place over the past few days. We’ve gathered all of them in this COTI Roundup Blog for you to stay updated on everything that’s happened.

👉 https://medium.com/cotinetwork/coti-roundup-d793e1a6b59a

We are pleased to announce the first development milestone achieved for COTI V2, and share details on the successful design and integration of the Multi-Party Computation (MPC) protocol of COTI V2.

Learn more: https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/the-first-milestone-for-coti-v2-development-has-been-achieved-593f845470b9

Congrats to the Winners of the COTI Shark Tank Community Campaign!
We're super proud of our community, which delivered some top-notch content for the COTI shark tank community campaign. Congrats to all the winners! A special shoutout to our judges for your tireless efforts.

Check out the 1st place by CotiUnityNode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBZBxBumzBM

See all the winners: https://x.com/gcoticc/status/1757156636718682409?s=46&t=EsZkIjpugRtOLQbWMKJHdA

COTI updates by Shahaf Bar-Geffen, COTI's CEO
Watch COTI’s CEO, Shahaf Bar-Geffen share some exciting plans to look forward to, regarding COTI V2, Treasury, gCOTI and more.

Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-xww6E8sWg&ab_channel=COTIFoundation

We've achieved a breakthrough in blockchain encryption to be used on the blockchain for the very first time!
This innovation promises to revolutionize privacy and security in the blockchain space.

In the video below, we demonstrate garbling circuits on the blockchain for the first time ever!
Watch the Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SE0JUDEJwU
More info can be found here: https://coti.substack.com/p/garbled-circuits-on-the-blockchain

Next stop: White paper, planned for the coming weeks.
Next-next stop: Developer Network, where you could explore your creativity by developing encrypted smart contracts.

Stay tuned and Stay COTI!

We are happy to share that starting today, $COTI Treasury deposits will be rewarded with gCOTI as extra rewards!

For all the details, read this article: https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/treasury-deposits-now-receive-gcoti-as-additional-rewards-17aed37b3e4e

Garbled Circuits on the Blockchain for the Very First Time - Media Roundup

Since our exciting demonstration of Garbled Circuits on the blockchain for the first time, major media publishers have covered the news.
Check out some of the most noteworthy coverage: https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/garbled-circuits-on-the-blockchain-for-the-very-first-time-media-roundup-0330b5464a21

Stay COTI!

🚨 Dear COTI Community,

We’ve noticed an increase in scam attempts. To protect your funds, please ensure all deposits are made directly to the official COTI Treasury at https://treasury.coti.io. Always verify URLs and use only our official platforms to prevent falling victims to these scams.

Stay safe, stay COTI!

We are happy to announce our upcoming Devnet and key target use cases for the growth fund!

The Devnet and upcoming grant program empower developers to experiment and build with COTI V2, fostering the growth of the COTI ecosystem.

Read all about it: https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/announcing-cotis-upcoming-eth-l2-developer-network-and-key-target-use-cases-for-its-growth-fund-1619c5cd0664

Join us tomorrow for X Spaces with Shahaf Bar-Geffen and Dr Avishay Yanai, hosted by Whoistracer where we’ll discuss COTI V2 updates, use cases, tech and more!

Set a reminder: https://x.com/i/spaces/1mrGmyWazkgGy
⏰ March 4th, 12pm UTC

In anticipation of the upcoming COTI V2 airdrop campaign, we’d like to ensure we align our plans with your aspirations and ask you to answer this poll. Thank you for your cooperation!

📝👉https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScLpA_NUkVhcowpPpnJqAIUnVXFH7ZlJkO4Na2zJigkSLHFuQ/viewform

A lot has been happening here at COTI, and we're excited to share a recap of our recent activities. We’ve gathered all of them in this COTI Roundup Blog for you to stay updated on everything that’s happened.

👉https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/coti-roundup-25c580f10d9d

Existing L2 solutions must adjust to comply with new standards, while COTI V2's L2 is already designed to embrace the Dencun Upgrade, benefiting from an increase in transactional data per block and a reduction in TX fees.

Read more 👉 https://medium.com/@cotinetwork/how-coti-v2-benefits-from-the-ethereum-dencun-upgrade-bd6a6adcc2fc