POA20 is now available at DEX.ag! 

Dex.ag is a dex aggregator. It shows rates for different decentralized exchanges including Uniswap, Bancor and IDEX. 

Check out how easy it is to buy or sell POA20 on DEX.ag. We’ve got a quick tutorial available here: 
https://www.poa.network/for-users/tutorials/trading-poa20-on-dex.ag

> Binance Info's V Label project POA Network (POA)
has updated its Bi-Monthly Report.

Read, like, and retweet.

https://twitter.com/Binance_Info/status/1192698245329215488

POA Network网络文档目前已完成全部汉化工作，用户可以在新版本的官网查看有关POA网络的所有信息，如共识机制、钱包、新路线图、令牌用例、Dapps使用、开发者指南以及白皮书中文版等丰富的内容资源，欢迎各位用户及开发者查阅。这是POA网络开拓全球市场的重要一步。浏览中文版官网查看相关信息

https://www.poa.network/v/zhong-wen/

In our latest tutorial we use 1inch.exchange to view rates and swap $ETH for POA20 & POA20 for $BAT. But you can swap POA20 to and from any supported ERC20 tokens (and there are tons of tokens supported)!

Aggregators like 1inch allow you to quickly compare rates on multiple Dexs and decide which exchange to use. Depending on the circumstances, operations may also be split over multiple exchanges.

See how versatile POA & POA20 really are and try it out yourself! 

Instructions here:
https://www.poa.network/for-users/tutorials/poa20-token-swaps-on-1inch

POA Governance Update

🗳Emission Fund Ballot Finalized
A ballot was just finalized to direct emission funds to the POA Foundation. This show of support from the network validators will help drive development efforts and accelerate POA token use-case expansion.

🗳On-Chain Governance Results 
Recent governance decisions include adding and removing several validators and changing the number of votes needed to pass certain measures.

See the recent results and details in our new quarterly report:
https://www.poa.network/for-users/governance/governance-quarterly-report/nov-2019-report

Binance Info's V Label project POA Network (POA) Monthly Report is out for November - see a link to the full report in the News section.


✅ Read, Like & Retweet!  Let’s spread the word about all the dev work, updates and progress happening at POA Network.

https://twitter.com/Binance_Info/status/1202141899131277312

🎂 Yesterday, POA Network officially turned 2 (Core network established Dec 15, 2017)! It’s been a wild ride on the crypto rollercoaster these past 2 years, and through it all POA Network has continued to innovate and push the boundaries of what’s possible, even in challenging market conditions. 

Since the network began, it has experienced no downtime, validators have processed millions of transactions and blocks (see the most up-to-date details with BlockScout ) and we’ve proven that on-chain self-governance can work. That’s no small feat, and is something to celebrate! 🎉🎉

As we reflect on 2 years in operation, we look forward to continued self-governance, new partnerships, adoption, and additional traction in the years to come. We certainly appreciate the validators, users, and early adopters who believe in POA Network and our unique role within the greater blockchain ecosystem. 

https://forum.poa.network/t/happy-birthday-poa/3197

As we approach the POA Core Network Istanbul upgrade, Binance is providing official upgrade support. Trading will not be impacted, however, POA deposits and withdrawals to Binance will halt temporarily as Binance completes the update.

🗓Update is scheduled in ~ 12.5 hours (07:00 UTC Thursday December 19, 2019) at block 12,598,600 .

Please plan accordingly, Binance will handle all technical requirements and deposit/withdrawal functionality will resume shortly following the update.

For more information, please see:

https://www.binance.com/en/support/articles/360037671692

🎉 Istanbul was successfully ACTIVATED on the POA Core Network as scheduled on block 12598600!  This completes the Istanbul upgrade cycle for POA-based chains (Kovan, Sokol, xDai chain and POA Core).

To learn more about the Istanbul upgrade process, see https://forum.poa.network/t/istanbul-activation-on-core/3180

🎖Top 10 ERC-20 dapps by dev activity in 2019 (POA is #9)

https://mobile.twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/1212047962827829248

Read more:
https://insights.santiment.net/read/top-10-most-active-erc-20-dapps-in-2019-recap-their-year-4318

Explore what Davos has to offer! With Geon Network, for the first time in history, you can collect virtual assets during the world's biggest economic forum.
Davos events have started today! By visiting famous locations and taking part in numerous meetups and workshops you can collect coins which you can exchange to different rewards:

🎁21st of Jan
5 tickets to the DEMO Day + Cool Kids On The Blockchain Party
3 Bottles of Konrad Champagne and 3 Bottles of Vodka for the party

🎁22nd of Jan
5 tickets to Tokengate STO and Exchange Forum
5 tickets to Golden Eye Tech Dinner

🎁23rd of Jan
5 tickets to the CV Summit Davos
1 seat at the investor dinner

Download the Geon app and collect the valuable prizes!

Google Play - http://bit.ly/2RfbUXo

iStore - https://apple.co/2NjNdb1

On-Chain Randomness is coming soon to POA! The first update will occur on the Sokol Testnet:

• Block: 13391641 
• Date: ~8:00am UTC February 20th

On-chain random numbers will be accessible by smart contracts to use as a seed for their own random number generators. This opens up new use cases for applications that need a reliable, decentralized source of randomness.

🎲 Learn more about how it works:
https://forum.poa.network/t/reliable-randomness-bringing-on-chain-entropy-to-the-xdai-stable-chain/3015

➡️ Details about the upcoming update: 
https://forum.poa.network/t/on-chain-randomness-activation-on-sokol/3259

POA just returned from the EthDenver hackathon this past weekend (https://www.ethdenver.com/). We had a great and productive time networking with projects and supporting our sister chain xDai. All food purchases and donations ran on the xDai chain. In addition, participants could collect XP points for completing various quests, which were then used for hackathon voting. This all ran on xDai! It was awesome to see how users and devs are embracing POA-based chains for many different purposes where speed and transaction optimizations are required.

We spoke with projects looking at new POA-based use cases including:

- leveraging existing bridges to connect chains with one another
- using a POA structure to launch new DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations)
- integrating applications with POA to take advantage of the upcoming on-chain randomness feature
- and more!

It was an awesome hackathon, and we’re looking forward to the innovations, collaborations and partnerships that will come out of it in 2020!

Video is now up from the Ethereum Classic summit last October. In this session, POA tech writer Andrew Gross speaks on BlockScout features, the TokenBridge and other tools available for ETC devs and users. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqDhMXJHIxM 

In a few weeks, POA will be at the Ethereum Community Conference in Paris https://ethcc.io/ presenting in greater detail on some of these same topics. Tech Lead Igor Barinov will speak on the Arbitrary Message Bridge, and lead dev Victor Baranov will present an in-depth BlockScout workshop.

🎉 On-Chain randomness is here! We've been working on this feature for a long time, and the upgrade was smooth and functions as expected.

Sokol was successfully upgraded at 8:06 UTC, 02/20/2020, block # 13391661. A random seed is generated by validators in a RANDAO manner. 

Contract Details (The currentseed value updates every 20 blocks - 100 seconds)
https://blockscout.com/poa/sokol/address/0x8f2b78169B0970F11a762e56659Db52B59CBCf1B/read_contract

More on the importance of randomness, why it is difficult to achieve on a blockchain,  and how to use the new randomness feature with a smart contract:
https://www.poa.network/for-developers/on-chain-random-numbers

After a period of testing on Sokol, we plan to upgrade POA core. This feature provides contracts with an on-chain, decentralized source of reliable randomness.

We are working on dev and testing for a killer new POA app (details to come). To facilitate the process, we’ve upped the Sokol faucet to dispense 100 SPOA rather than 0.5 SPOA!

To use the faucet for your own testing purposes, simply go to the faucet url, enter your address, then connect to the Sokol RPC.

Faucet: https://faucet-sokol.herokuapp.com/

Detailed directions are available here: https://www.poa.network/for-developers/getting-tokens-for-tests/sokol-testnet-faucet

POA Network is at EthCC, which starts tomorrow (https://ethcc.io/). We’ll be presenting twice at the conference, if you are here we hope to see you!

Workshops and Presentations:

Victor Baranov, lead BlockScout engineer, will conduct a workshop on deploying and customizing BlockScout. https://docs.blockscout.com/

• Wednesday, March 4
• 10:35 - 11:15 am
• Location: Pontoise

Igor Barinov, POA Tech Lead, will present on the Arbitrary Message Bridge, a new bridge designed to relay any type of data between chains.  Applications can build extensions on top of an existing AMB without needing to deploy their own infrastructure. https://docs.tokenbridge.net/amb-bridge/about-amb-bridge

• Thursday, March 5
• 12:55pm - 1:15pm
• Location: Sorbonne

Calling all POA Supporters - we need your expertise!

🤑 We are working on the first official POA DApp called POA Mania.
🎲 It’s a new no-loss lottery game where POA holders can win POA emission funds.
💰 There is no risk of loss, only the opportunity to win POA.
🎱 POA Mania will use on-chain randomness and feature an ever growing prize pool.

We think POA Mania will help with POA adoption and provide users a chance to use blockchain tech in an easy, no-risk and intuitive way - all with the chance to win POA.

And…..we need our dedicated users to test it out first and help us improve POA Mania!

1. Join the telegram group for updates and winners https://t.me/poamania
2. Get yourself some SPOA (Sokol POA) https://www.poa.network/for-developers/getting-tokens-for-tests/sokol-testnet-faucet
3. Try it out!  https://poa-mania.herokuapp.com/

Questions, comments and feedback welcome.

On-Chain Randomness has Arrived!

On-chain randomness is now live on POA Core. After successfully testing on Sokol, a majority of validators upgraded their nodes today to start producing on-chain, decentralized random numbers.

These secure numbers can be used by applications that need randomness and don't want to rely on 3rd party or centralized RNGs. This advancement will open the doors for new use cases and DApps deploying to the POA Network! 

Learn More:

🎲 Randomness FAQs: https://www.poa.network/for-developers/on-chain-random-numbers/randomness-faqs

🎲 Randomness Contract on Core: https://blockscout.com/poa/core/address/0x67e90a54AeEA85f21949c645082FE95d77BC1E70