We would like to report that at Friday 7 August at 4:45 GMT some Lightstreams systems were not reachable due to the expiry of an SSL/TLS certificate. This affected some internet services such as the main website of Lightstreams that required a valid certificate. This did not in anyway affect the Lightstreams blockchain network that continued uninterrupted.

We will monitor more closely the expiry of such certificates so that these sort of issues do not occur in the future.

ANNOUNCEMENT: After reviewing our strategy over summer, the Lightstreams team has decided to shift focus to support DeFi applications, a more than $1B industry that is currently suffering from high gas prices. Until now our focus has been on supporting peer-to-peer privacy for DApps. Recently, we completed a security audit with TrailOfBit for our Smart Vault product, which we will continue to support. More details on this strategy will be announced in various publications to come.

https://twitter.com/lightstreams_io/status/1300348534907170821

Developer Workshop Tomorrow - Digital Content Privacy using Ethereum + IPFS
Wednesday, Sep 2, 18:30 CEST

In this workshop, you will learn how to use smart contracts to manage the exchange of data using the Smart Vault. The Smart Vault is useful for use cases such as creating a decentralized Netflix or for managing personal information in self-sovereign applications. Files of any type and size can be exchanged based on rules programmed into a smart contract. The session will do a deep dive into how IPFS is used for the peer-to-peer exchange of data and Ethereum for creating security rules so that only authorized people can access the data.

Register for the workshop here:
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/lightstreamsworkshop

Sponsored by Caelum Labs: https://caelumlabs.com/

We are pleased to announce that Lightstreams has been upgraded to a tracked listing project on CoinMarketCap. This will further help create greater awareness about Lightstreams.

https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/lightstreams/

Lightstreams offers minimal fees and fast transactions for DeFi apps.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/new-blockchain-offers-minimal-fees-and-fast-transactions-for-defi-apps

It has just come to our attention that the orderbooks for CoinAll are currently down, including PHT/USDT. Deposits and Withdraws seem to be currently functioning.

We would like to remind token holders to always store PHT tokens in wallets that you have full custody over. That is, a hardware wallet or a software wallet where you have backed up the mnemonic code (e.g. MetaMask or MyEtherWallet)

Do not transfer and store your PHT tokens in wallets on 3rd party sites (crypto exchanges) where you don’t have custody over the private key.

When you use a crypto exchange, only transfer the amount of tokens that you wish to trade at that given moment.

You are responsible for the custody of your tokens at all times.

Brief update: Beta version of the Lightstreams Wallet has passed QA testing and has now been submitted to Google for review to be added as an extension to Chrome Web Store.

Announcement to all Lightstreams users. The exchange CoinDeal is closing. Please read the following for more information: