Hello everyone,

In order to give you a better and more convenient user experience, we have decided to change Zilliqa’s mainnet address format to bech32 encoding. Please refer to the blog article for more details: https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-migrates-to-new-address-format-bf1fa6d7e41d

Please note that Users are NOT required to recreate a new public/private keypair in preparation for this transition. The keypair will remain the same and you can access your account as per normal as this is a comestic change only. Therefore, there is NO ACTION required by all Users.

We are currently in talks with various wallets to migrate to the new format by the end of next week, 31st May 2019. Currently, the old format remains valid until otherwise indicated in this adoption status board: https://github.com/Zilliqa/Zilliqa/wiki/Address-Standard#current-adoption

Thank you all for your understanding, let us accelerate this process and pressed forward towards more adoption of Zilliqa!

Community Update 28 May 2019: Hi all, very excited to share the new community update with you. We talk about our experience at the recent New York Blockchain Week, our twitter contest ahead of Zilliqa day, and share community updates. You can get all the details here: https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-community-update-28-may-2019-consensus-community-developments-and-gearing-up-for-d27274463902

Token Swap Update: 29 May 2019
Complete:
• Coinone — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZIL now open. https://coinone.co.kr/talk/notice/detail/629)

On-going:

• Kucoin — Withdrawals of mainnet ZILs now open and rolling swap now enabled. https://www.kucoin.com/news/en-zil-withdrawal-service-now-open

• Huobi- Deposit and withdrawal of ERC20 ZIL suspended

• OKEx — Deposits and withdrawal of ERC20 ZILs suspended

• Upbit — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZIL closed due to bech32 changes. Any changes on this status will be shared with you

• Koinex

• Binance- Users can now deposit Mainnet ZIL. Binance will continue to support the Zilliqa swap. To swap your ERC20 Zilliqa, generate a receive address for ETH and send your ERC20 ZIL to it (DO NOT use the Zilliqa receiving address, it is only for receiving mainnet Zilliqa).

• Coinhako — Swap now offered in instantaneous mode
Users may withdraw their zil instantly on the mainnet after depositing ERC20. To swap your ERC20 Zilliqa, generate a receive address for any ERC20 token and send your ERC20 ZIL to it (DO NOT use the Zilliqa receiving address, it is only for receiving mainnet Zilliqa).
https://blog.coinhako.com/available-now-zilliqa-mainnet-support/

Notice: Please ensure you have your new ZIL mainnet wallet address for deposits. There has been a change in the format to reduce confusions with similar ETH addresses. The old address remains valid as well. Please read more here https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-migrates-to-new-address-format-bf1fa6d7e41d. Zilliqa is currently coordinating with wallets to make the move to new addressed by the end of this week.
For all details on the token swap, you can refer to: https://blog.zilliqa.com/a-guide-to-zilliqa-token-swap-5278ba32a2f3

Exciting announcement everyone! With the increasing number of activities in Zilliqa's pipeline which are focused on driving partnerships, platform adoption and use cases - we've decided to hire one of your very own to support us. Join me in welcoming Mark Kamphuis as head of branding and marketing at Zilliqa! We're excited to get his inputs along this journey of taking Zilliqa to the next stage of growth. 😊 Read more here: https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-amps-up-marketing-team-hires-from-the-community-b597b5ec1f10

Zilliqa Technical Update 4 June: As we approach 10 June - all hands are on deck in the Zilliqa team to ensure the smooth enabling of the smart contracts feature. We're really looking forward to this day and the milestone it marks for us! In the meantime, the core tech and Scilla teams give you the brief overview of the technical updates here: https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-technical-blog-4-june-2019-smart-contracts-to-go-live-next-week-26bbba8169f1

BREAKING NEWS: Zilliqa has now successfully enabled first-ever Smart Contracts platform built on sharding

10 June 2019 will definitely go down in Zilliqa history as a particularly special day. We are thrilled to announce the launch of smart contracts on the Zilliqa platform. This is a massive achievement which has come to fruition as a result of two years of hard work based on a strong vision. Today is not just a milestone for us, but signals a major step forward for the global blockchain infrastructure ecosystem.

We are proud to deliver a fully-functioning mainnet infrastructure which uses sharding as its backbone, making it extremely robust and one-of-a-kind.

I look forward to witnessing how this technology unfolds, disrupts and evolves, and how we are able to build on it. We'll keep you posted on our journey. In the meantime, join me in congratulating the team and share this fantastic news with your network!
#progressNotHype #StartBuildingOnZIL

Token Swap Update: 11 June 2019

For details on the token swap, you can refer to: https://blog.zilliqa.com/a-guide-to-zilliqa-token-swap-5278ba32a2f3

• Coinone — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZIL now open. https://coinone.co.kr/talk/notice/detail/629)

• Gate.io - Now supporting the Mainnet ZIL swap and deposit/withdrawal

• Binance — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZIL now open following wallet maintenance. Binance will continue to support the Zilliqa swap.

To swap your ERC20 Zilliqa, generate a receive address for ETH and send your ERC20 ZIL to it (DO NOT use the Zilliqa receiving address, it is only for receiving mainnet Zilliqa).

• Kucoin — Withdrawals of mainnet ZILs now open and rolling swap enabled. https://www.kucoin.com/news/en-zil-withdrawal-service-now-open

• Huobi — Deposit and withdrawal of ERC20 ZIL suspended

• OKEx — Deposits and withdrawal of ERC20 ZILs suspended

• Upbit — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZIL now open

• Koinex

• Coinhako — Swap now offered in instantaneous mode
Users may withdraw their zil instantly on the mainnet after depositing ERC20. To swap your ERC20 Zilliqa, generate a receive address for any ERC20 token and send your ERC20 ZIL to it (DO NOT use the Zilliqa receiving address, it is only for receiving mainnet Zilliqa).
https://blog.coinhako.com/available-now-zilliqa-mainnet-support/


Notice: Please ensure you have your new ZIL mainnet wallet address for deposits. There has been a change in the format to reduce confusions with similar ETH addresses. The old address remains valid as well. Please read more here https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-migrates-to-new-address-format-bf1fa6d7e41d. Zilliqa is currently coordinating with wallets to make the move to new addresses and we will keep you posted on this.

Community Update 11 June 2019 - What an exciting week it’s been! Here’s a summary of the community, partnerships and media updates. https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-community-update-11-june-the-beginning-of-a-new-era-bf7ccde0236a?postPublishedType=initial

We’re glad to have successfully launched smart contracts yesterday - 10 June. This is game-changing news for a range of professionals and enthusiasts alike -  developers, engineers, finance and business folk, gamers… you name it! We are thrilled to see what dApps will be built to scale on Zilliqa. So #StartbuildingonZIL !

Security advisory
===============
We are made aware of ongoing scam with regards to 1) impersonation of team members and community managers 2) Fake token swap 3) Fake investment scam

Common scam tactics are:
- Asking user to fill up a google form and send token to a contract address. Please do not submit any information or send token to contract created by scammer
- Impersonation of Zilliqa team members/community managers- We do not pm you or create private chat group
- Asking you to send btc/eth/zil for fake "investments"

Token swap
- There is NO manual token swap. All swaps will be done by various exchanges
- Zilliqa and our community managers will not collect any information from you.
- Any online form (including google form) that asked you fill your details in order to do token swap is a scam
- Please do not reveal your private key or mnemonic phrase to anyone
- Please refer to announcement from exchanges for token swap instructions

Offical Telegram channel/group
- @zilliqachat
- @zilliqa

Known Telegram channel/group created by scammer
- Zilliqasupport

Token swap are still ongoing. Strictly via supported exchanges

Join us for Zilliqa Day 2019! https://youtu.be/bOYafe8EoZw

Token Swap Update 24 June 2019

Coinone — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZIL now open. https://coinone.co.kr/talk/notice/detail/629)


Gate.io - Now supporting the Mainnet ZIL swap and deposit/withdrawal


CoinEx  - Deposit, withdrawal and trading of mainnet ZILs  are open.


Binance — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZIL now open following wallet maintenance. Binance will continue to support the Zilliqa swap.


To swap your ERC20 Zilliqa, generate a receive address for ETH and send your ERC20 ZIL to it (DO NOT use the Zilliqa receiving address, it is only for receiving mainnet Zilliqa).

Kucoin — Withdrawals of mainnet ZILs now open and rolling swap enabled. https://www.kucoin.com/news/en-zil-withdrawal-service-now-open


Huobi — Deposit and withdrawal of ERC20 ZIL suspended.


OKEx — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZILs now open.


Upbit — Deposit and withdrawal of mainnet ZIL now open.


Coinhako — Swap now offered in instantaneous mode.

Users may withdraw their zil instantly on the mainnet after depositing ERC20. To swap your ERC20 Zilliqa, generate a receive address for any ERC20 token and send your ERC20 ZIL to it (DO NOT use the Zilliqa receiving address, it is only for receiving mainnet Zilliqa). https://blog.coinhako.com/available-now-zilliqa-mainnet-support/


Notice: Please ensure you have your new ZIL mainnet wallet address for deposits. There has been a change in the format to reduce confusions with similar ETH addresses. The old address remains valid as well. Please read more here https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-migrates-to-new-address-format-bf1fa6d7e41d. Zilliqa is currently coordinating with wallets to make the move to new addresses and we will keep you posted on this.

For details on the token swap, you can refer to: https://blog.zilliqa.com/a-guide-to-zilliqa-token-swap-5278ba32a2f3

Let's make Zilliqa community engagement more professional and effective

Dear all,
We would like to thank you all for your engaging participation in the ZILLIQA ecosystem, driving us forward and helping us along our journey of becoming a strong, game-changing player in the blockchain industry over the past two years. While our technology is now in a fantastic place,  we recognise the need to ramp up marketing and communications that captures the relevance and importance of the infrastructure. As such, we are in the midst of making changes to expand our reach. So fret not, we’re only just getting started. 

Over the past few weeks, we celebrated the historic launch of smart contracts and announced our partnership with Xfers, a partner who recognise the value that our blockchain can bring about to the global payments ecosystem. We also unveiled our newly designed accelerator programme, ZILHive, which we designed in collaboration with our ecosystem partner, LongHash. We deeply appreciate your support through our growth. 
 
However, as a young company in this volatile, fast-changing industry - carving out a position for oneself often has a few hit-and-misses. We do acknowledge all your concerns and comments that were received following ZILLIQA Day 2019, and would like to emphasise that where feedback and critiques are constructive and well-meaning they are always (and will always be) received well by this team.

In response to some of the feedback - some of you have felt that the hype > the announcement, whereas others have stated that there wasn’t enough hype. At Zilliqa, we have always believed that technology building is far more important and speaks for itself. However, you can rest assured that we will aggressively drive messages about progress through branding, marketing and communication in the coming months. 

We are building a stronger strategy and have boosted the expertise within our team in recent weeks. We may not necessarily always discuss the fine-print of these strategies externally, but you will definitely see the results. There are already a number of initiatives in the pipeline to help us function smoother, better -  and where needed - communicate louder. Keeping our larger mission and vision as our guiding compass for everything we do, we strive to navigate the fine line between hype and effective campaigning so that everyone can benefit.

This requires more meaningful dialogue between you, the community and us - Zilliqa, so that we carry forward the progress-oriented culture to all our respective extended networks. 

To ensure we’re on the right track here, we would like to address some issues that are hindering this goal on Telegram (Slack, Twitter, and Reddit as well), and have issued some guidelines to make this a constructive, safe and professional space for everyone. 

(1) Always respect our team - There's always a way to convey messages politely, so let's all do that, s'il vous plait. I cannot stress this enough. Use appropriate and courteous discourse, tone and language. Foul language, swearing, unwarranted accusations and targeted attacks will not be tolerated.  This may be an open community but absolutely has to be an inclusive one. Please remember that.

Technology thrives in global culture and society - as do all talented people. We will not accept crude remarks on people's appearances and accents. Moving forward, we will keep your feedback in mind and look into filling any communication gaps while ensuring that our partners still have a platform and authentic voice with us - this is of critical importance to Zilliqa. For instance, we will look into how we can make our presentations more useful and informative for you, and how we can utilise a range of speakers or even video content as updates. 

Moving ahead, we will block off malicious, targeted and unfounded remarks. This is not meant to dissuade participation, but rather to make this space more constructive. We respect some feedback and further - fully accept that there have been things we could improve. We understand it can't be all posi

tive rainbows and butterflies all the time, but be careful not to let the negative cross the lines onto  offensive. We will take action if things get out of hand.
On your end, please think about what you type before you put it out there - and know that we are human in spite of all our great tech :)

(2) Always respect our partners. Like many of you here, they have believed in ZILLIQA enough to build on us. This is a BIG DEAL. We don't take this lightly. Every company brings in a unique value proposition to their market - and if they believe our infrastructure can boost that - we're fully on board and geared up to power them with $ZIL. Adoption goes a long way with trust in each other, and together we will make the world a better place with b-commerce on ZILLIQA.

Working with Xfers to us is a great example of this progress, which has been made possible with our unique smart contracts technology. It is a fantastic company that can bring crypto-adoption to millions. With this project is at its early stage, we will be able to reveal more details of this collaboration in the coming months - I am sure you’ll see the value for yourself. 

Equally, we also grateful and thrilled to be working with our partners gaming and entertainment industries such as Krypton and Ethermon, who unveiled some great demos just last week. Hats off their hard work! 

(3) Please respect the general rules. Keep discussions relevant to the group you are posting on. If there's a lot of price or mining talk from new members who may not understand the rules - help our CMs convey this by directing the discussion elsewhere (such as @ZilliqaCommunity and @ZilliqaMiners). This ecosystem will thus be a more effective and manageable if we all adhere to these simple rules.

(4) Say no to fake news. Creating excessive hype to fuel temporary price pumps has actually been suggested as a strategy to us. Well - that’s not how Zilliqa chooses to operate. We have been extremely clear on the fact that we are not currently working with Facebook on any projects. When it comes to such news, you should believe the news you get from reliable sources (a.k.a - US!) rather than those you read from third-party blogs and conspiracy theories floating around the crypto ecosystem and twitterverse. When we say we are not working on something, we don’t want you to read ‘in between the lines’. There’s nothing there! 

(5) Transparency Vs. Privacy. This is a delicate issue that every organisation - no matter how small or large - must navigate. Zilliqa is no different. Adding on to point (4), I’d like to stress that when we do have an update for the community, you can trust that we want to share news with you and be as transparent as possible. However, while we build public blockchain infrastructure - remember that not all projects are up for public discussion from the get-go. 

We cannot sacrifice the trust we share with partners when we are in the initial stages of understanding their needs and managing a new project. We make it our utmost priority never to breach confidentiality and overlook legal terms and conditions in favor of marketing buzz and hype. On your part, you can help us by making sure you’re not one of those people spreading rumors or encouraging misinformation. 

These are all unsustainable roads to success and gimmicks, and we don’t want any part of it. This brings me to the final point.

(6) Be patient. Asking us for updates every single day is not going to get you the updates. We cannot have significant developments on each of our projects every day - that’s simply unrealistic! Sharing such updates requires more than me just putting out a tweet or a blogpost. It requires accurate internal research, collaboration with and approvals from partners and a detailed senior team discussion on strategy. Please do consider this the next time you ask us or our CMs for a timeline or an update.  

We appreciate how fast-paced and stressful the crypto and blockchain world can be for those following, supporting, working and investing in it. But I have no doubt that it can also be

respectful and professional. 

Let us all partake in meaningful discussions with one another by using the pointers above and #ProgressWithZIL !

Thank you for your understanding and long-standing support.

Regards,
Aparna 

Community Update 25 June 2019: Our latest blog recaps the two latest announcements - our partnership with fintech company Xfers and the 12-week accelerator programme we are working on with incubator LongHash. We discuss the value these projects bring to Zilliqa, and to evolving blockchain industry. You can read more here: https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-community-update-25-june-2019-celebrating-new-collaborations-376601339478  

Technical Update, 2nd July 2019 - Here is a four point brief on our latest technical update, which you can now read on Medium.

Version 4.6.3 has been released - It introduces changes made specifically for Lookup and Seed nodes. Compared to previous versions, it improved on the JSON response through addition of a BlockHash field, and identified and fixed some bugs affecting the Lookup function. 

Version 4.7.0 under construction and pending release -  This will include a retry mechanism, helping miners re-attempt submitting their PoW results. Some functional bugs will also be addressed in this release.

Enhancing Scilla functionality  - Includes fixing of bugs and addition of a new built-in to compute the address from a public key. Based on requests from contract authors for the support of exceptions in Scilla, the plan is to implement exceptions in the coming weeks.

Enhancing Blockchain-to-Scilla Interpreter communications -  There were some issues  identified in input/output communications within the platform. To overcome this, a closer coupling of the blockchain with the Scilla interpreter is being designed using ‘serialization mechanism.’ 

For more details, please visit this page: https://blog.zilliqa.com/zilliqa-technical-update-2-july-2019-19b10996bdef

Security advisory
===============
We are made aware of ongoing scam with regards to 1) impersonation of team members and community managers 2) Fake token swap 3) Fake investment scam (eg. fake staking via telegram)

Team members and community managers will not DM you.

Common scam tactics are:
- Asking user to fill up a google form and send token to a contract address. Please do not submit any information or send token to contract created by scammer
- Impersonation of Zilliqa team members/community managers- We do not pm you or create private chat group
- Asking you to send btc/eth/zil for fake "investments"
- Asking you to stake for rewards (via dm on telegram)

Token swap
- There is NO manual token swap. All swaps will be done by various exchanges
- Zilliqa and our community managers will not collect any information from you.
- Any online form (including google form) that asked you fill your details in order to do token swap is a scam
- Please do not reveal your private key or mnemonic phrase to anyone
- Please refer to announcement from exchanges for token swap instructions

Offical Telegram channel/group
- @zilliqachat
- @zilliqa

Known Telegram channel/group created by scammer
- Zilliqasupport

Token swap are still ongoing. Strictly via supported exchanges

Ask us anything! As promised, Zilliqa will conduct a 1-hour live AMA session on Telegram on Friday 12 July starting at 04:00 PM Singapore time (08:00 AM GMT). Amrit, Yaoqi and Mark will answer any questions you might have on both the progress we made in recent months, as well as our future plans in terms of tech, business development and marketing.

On Wednesday, 10 July at 2:00 PM GMT, we will open an AMA thread on Reddit (reddit.com/r/zilliqa), where you can post your questions beforehand.

We are looking forward to answering your questions and engaging with the community in a fruitful manner!