Dear All,
For our community in Stockholm, we will be doing one more public event in the city.
You can either catch us at Bloxpo 2018 on 17 May or our Zilliqa meetup on 18 May.
Date: 18 May (Fri) 3-5pm
Venue: Foo Café, Hammarby Kaj 10D · Stockholm
Topic: Sharding and Smart contract security- Solving the major issues with blockchain
Please register here https://www.meetup.com/decentralized-camp/events/250381780/
Hope to see you there!

Dear All, we are pleased to announce that Zilliqa (ZIL) is now listed on OKEx. https://support.okex.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003480951

Dear all, we will be speaking at Blockchain Conference in Sibiu, Romania on 20th May. Details of the event are given below:

Speaker: Amrit Kumar
Topic: Zilliqa — Sharding for Blockchain Scalability (And of course secure smart contracts)
Registration link: http://conference.impetus.one/

See you in Sibiu!

Dear All, we are pleased to announce that Zilliqa (ZIL) will now be available on UPbit and Bithumb.
https://upbit.com/service_center/notice?id=368
https://www.bithumb.com/event/e20180510_akwNMJ839

Dear all.

Our CEO, Xinshu Dong, recently had a sit down 15 minutes interview with Lee-On from CryptoSquare.

Topics discussed included:
-Sharding
-Scaling challenges
-Trilemma between decentralization, security and scaling
-Competition in the blockchain platform/protocol space
-How Zilliqa differentiates itself from other platforms
-Utility and use cases
-Roadmap ahead and vision

Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/EbY8HJ8mNyo

Dear All, Zilliqa Project Update #8 has been published. We have seen an increase in number of community members recently. Welcome to all.

On the community front we have been speaking at events including the World Digital Assets Summit in Singapore and at institutions of higher learning in Wuhan, China. And for the next 2 weeks we will be attending events all around the world and finishing the world tour back in Singapore on 23 May with our own event showcasing our progress updates as well as a preview of our smart contracts.

On the tech front, we have been working on enhancing the consensus protocol and testnet deployment using docker/Kubernetes, and revision of transaction / account format to support smart contracts.

We are also pleased to announce the addition of Jasmine Song who will be supporting us in the areas of Finance and Operations.

It is going to be an exciting 2 weeks ahead and we look forward to sharing that with you in our next update.

Cheers
https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-project-update-8-events-around-the-world-the-first-zilliqa-progress-update-event-881ea5ebe18e

Dear All,
Please note that the livestream link for the Zilliqa: Sharding in Action & Security by Design meetup on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 will be announced slightly before the event starts at 6.00 PM (UTC +8) and the event will start at 6.45 PM. You can use https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html to find out what time this will be locally for you. Thank you.

Hi All, our meetup Zilliqa: Sharding in Action & Security by Design is about to start soon. You can watch the livestream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Rv1Q5exbE . We are going to be live tweeting the event with #Zilliqa23May. If you are watching the stream, please use the hashtag #Zilliqa23May.

Hi All,
Thank you to those who attended or watched the livestream of our event on 23 May 2018. You can watch the recording here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Rv1Q5exbE or find a report on the event here https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqas-first-progress-update-event-partnerships-project-grants-and-the-unveiling-of-scilla-74fd397ca4c6

Hi All
We are thrilled to share that Zilliqa was recently featured on CNBC CryptoTrader as one of the hottest projects at New York City Blockchain Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9akn3051h38&feature=youtu.be and also in Forbes on how our roots in research have been an enabler for us in the blockchain space https://www.forbes.com/sites/chynes/2018/05/25/how-singapores-academics-are-helping-it-win-the-blockchain-race/#4790a5882c89
Enjoy!

Dear All,
Co-founder and CTO of Genaro Waylon Wu will be live on Zilliqa's Telegram channel next Tuesday 29 May SGT 8pm (UTC +8) to answer any questions you may have about the Genaro-Zilliqa partnership. If you have any questions you can submit them here https://goo.gl/forms/CQGTNsFdePzdR0p83 Do join us then!

Hi All

Zilliqa Project Update #9 has been published. In this update, we recap the Zilliqa: Sharding in Action & Security by Design on 23 May 2018. We have also been around the world hosting meetup not only in home ground Singapore but also New York, Stockholm, Romania, China and Vietnam.

The development team has been working on large-scale testing of our testnet and implementation of an interpreter as well as blockchain interfaces for our new smart contract language Scilla.And we are proud to announce Vaivaswatha Nagaraj has joined as a compiler developer.

Looking forward to updating everyone else soon!https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-project-update-9-partners-initiatives-and-scilla-49bb952a9a0e

Dear All

1) We are happy to announce that Gopax has launched a global exchange which will be offering ZIL/ETH and ZIL/BTC trading pairs. For more details please visit www.gopax.com
2) ZILs will be available for trading on Kryptono Exchange starting Friday 8 June 2018. Deposits will be accepted from today 6 June 2018. Trading pairs offered include ZIL/ETH and ZIL/BTC. For more details please visit
https://kryptono.exchange/k/accounts/home

Cheers!

Hi All,

We are really excited to share our second interview with Epicenter. This episode features our Head of Research Amrit and our advisor Ilya on Scilla, the smart contract language that Zilliqa will be using. Scilla is amenable to formal verification which will make it easier for developers to write more secure smart contracts.
Enjoy!
Https://epicenter.tv/episode/238/

Hi All

Zilliqa Project Update #10 has been published. After an activity-packed month in May which included our meetup in Singapore where we showed the first-ever preview of Scilla, we’ve been busy preparing for the release of the next version of our Testnet, which will allow users to begin testing smart contracts. We have attended events in Singapore and China and were also featured for a second time on Epicenter where we shared on Scilla. To get a better sense of what the team has been working on, do check out the tech update section.
Cheers!

https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-project-update-10-technology-adoption-application-building-865b43ce7fbe

Dear All,

We are happy to share that another 2 applications have announced they will be building on Zilliqa. They are:
1) Community-driven film & TV blockchain ecosystem Spokkz www.spokkz.com which is an initiative by Spuul https://spuul.com, an over-the-top provider of video streaming content in 180 countries with an existing user base of over 57 million users.
2) Bolt http://bolt-token.global - an open entertainment network that aims to revolutionise ways to access content, data and education resources, powered by blockchain technologies.

Zilliqa's unique offerings are a scalable and secure blockchain network and we hope that more and more applications will look to build on Zilliqa in future.

Dear all,

Along the lines of Zilliqa Design Story Piece by Piece, we have started a new series named _Scilla Design Story Piece by Piece_. We are happy to announce that the first part of the Scilla series is now public: https://blog.zilliqa.com/scilla-design-story-piece-by-piece-part-1-why-do-we-need-a-new-language-27d5f14ae661. This first part presents the rationale behind why we set out to design a new language. Do give it a read and let us know your thoughts.

Have a nice Sunday.

Cheers!

Dear all,

We are happy to announce the details of the “Zilliqa Ecosystem Grant Programme”. A grant pool of USD 5M (equiv.) will be available for developers to build on (and for) Zilliqa. More details on the programme and its scope are given in our blog post: https://blog.zilliqa.com/buildonzil-introducing-the-zilliqa-ecosystem-grant-programme-6ccb98892712

Interested applicants are required to submit their proposals through the google form: https://goo.gl/forms/cD9m8Hv3yM10h6gl1. Project proposals will include (but are not restricted to) building decentralized applications and toolchains among others. Submit your applications as soon as possible.

Thank you for your continued support. Cheers!

Hi All,

Zilliqa Project Update #11 has been published. We have been busy preparing for the release of Testnet v2.0 end of this month that will begin to support Scilla, the new smart contract language that Zilliqa will be using. To encourage developers to build for/on the platform we have opened applications for the USD5m Zilliqa Ecosystem Grant. You can read about it here https://blog.zilliqa.com/buildonzil-introducing-the-zilliqa-ecosystem-grant-programme-6ccb98892712.

On the tech front, the team has been focusing on the implementation of the coinbase mechanism to reward miners, NAT resolver for new nodes joining and the smart contract layer. We look forward to sharing with you on Testnet v2.0 very soon. Cheers!

https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-project-update-11-preparing-for-testnet-v2-building-the-zilliqa-ecosystem-ff0379145d9e

Dear All,
We are excited to announce Zilliqa Testnet v2.0 – Codename: D24 to all of you. In D24 we are unveiling a number of exciting features, including a working environment for developers to begin testing our secure smart contract language - Scilla. D24 will also allow developers to begin testing smart contract applications live on a testnet.

Specific features in D24 include:

1) Documentation https://scilla.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ to begin programming applications in Scilla
2) Scilla Blockchain Integrated Development Environment (IDE), an integrated environment connected to a dedicated blockchain testnet, where users can a) write smart contracts, b) upload them to the blockchain, c) send messages to smart contracts and d) receive messages from them. The link to the wallet with smart contract functionality is available at https://wallet-scilla.zilliqa.com and the explorer for the dedicated Scilla testnet at https://explorer-scilla.zilliqa.com.
3) Scilla Interpreter Integrated Development Environment (IDE) https://ide.zilliqa.com where developers can write their Scilla programs and upload using the dedicated testnet in the Blockchain IDE above
4) An upgraded version of our existing testnet (1000 nodes) https://explorer.zilliqa.com and wallet https://wallet.zilliqa.com
5) Opening up the testnet for new nodes to join https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesn-MxThl4ocKCrjUYSPGc463E7-1I1O1v_GGccYbqfFr7zg/viewform

Please check out our blog post for a detailed write-up. Thank you!
https://medium.com/zilliqa/zilliqa-testnet-v2-0-codename-d24-ea7ca75adc70

Dear All,
We are happy to share that EMONT Alliance, creators of popular decentralised games Etheremon https://www.etheremon.com/ and EMONT Frenzy are working with the Zilliqa team to explore Zilliqa as a scalability solution for their current games. Decentralised games require frequent transactions and both teams hope that the higher-throughput and lower gas costs on Zilliqa will bring about a better gaming experience for game players. We look forward to working closely with the EMONT Alliance team and sharing our progress in the months to come. You can read more about it here https://medium.com/etheremon/etheremon-approach-to-the-scalability-issue-and-game-ui-updates-f1fbc7afbe7b