Author: Marco González
Editor: Randall Roland
EVM Successfully Launched on April 13
EOS EVM Mainnet Is Live! Among the last actions before completing the launch was a security audit. The ENF strategically finalized partnerships around the launch of EOS EVM including:
EOS EVM acts as a layer 1 option to seamlessly handle CEX bridges. It employs a 100% burn mechanism from the RPC node profits. The ENF commented on the advantages of Ethereum infrastructure:
“$EOS EVM allows Solidity developers to take advantage of the high performance of EOS 💪🏻 This opens the ecosystem up to the vast libraries and SDKs available in the Ethereum community 🥳”
ENF CEO Yves La Rose said:
“Our goal is to create an interoperable future where the gaps between blockchains, developers, and end users are bridged. #EOS EVM does just that”
Find out more as Zack Gall and Nathan James talk about EOS EVM. Dig deeper by reading EOS EVM Tokenomics Deep Dive and EOS EVM Architecture Deep Dive.
ENF Update: DWF Labs and InvestHK and More
DWF Labs announced a $60M+ strategic partnership. $45M will go to purchasing EOS tokens and $15M will be invested into EOS projects. It’s both the largest investment DWF has ever made and the most external capital ever committed to EOS. Other ENF press releases include the monthly Yield+ report and event highlights for March. Before 2022, the ENF secured a partnership with the city of Busan. Then, Multichain and ENV would make commitments as the community awaited EOS EVM. The DWF Labs deal coincided with the release of EOS EVM, a product of 6 months of negotiation. Most recently, Yves La Rose informed the community about the positive negotiations with the Hong Kong government to create synergy between the ENF and ENV. The EOS Network should expect to benefit from:
“Millions of dollars in investments, support, and subsidies available for developers in Web3 in HK.”
Also, note the potential for EOS to leverage a suite of services provided by New World Development. Services already mentioned include green storefronts and HK Dollars.
Consensus 2023 and Events Update
This section looks a bit deeper at the aforementioned March events highlights as the crypto industry gets ready for Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas on April 26. The ENF has already scheduled a kickoff party for the New EOS and EOS EVM at Consensus’23. Joining the ENF will be representatives from Upland, the Blockchain Game Alliance, and Hello Telos. Specific event recaps are available for ETHDenver and the Paris Blockchain Week summit.
EOS in News
EOS made it onto Altcoin Daily as “The Biggest Comeback Story of 2023”. Both EVM and the new investments were captured by the mainstream media. The Block and many others praised the commitment of EOS developers with the addition of Ethereum interoperability through an innovative EVM. The DWF Labs partnership was covered by Cointelegraph and other popular news outlets as well. Yves La Rose again made his presence felt following an already impactful March:
on The O Show
a special EOSFoundationCN Twitter Spaces
and at Foresight 2023 in Hong Kong
Leap 3.2.3
The EOS community has held to its commitment that it would pursue rampant development once Block.one was out of the picture. After EOS EVM, developer talks center around Leap 4.0.0. The fourth version of the EOS mainnet doesn’t expect to require a consensus upgrade. That’s probably because version 5.0 is scheduled for sometime in the early Autumn. Still, that didn’t stop the Antelope team from releasing a third iteration of Leap 3.2. Leap 3.2.3 is a patch that fixes SHiP (state_history_plugin) forking.
New Eden on EOS CDs and Another EOS Respect Election
Quietly flying under the radar are advancements to upvote models initially developed by Dan Larimer’s Clarion team. From the quarterly elections of Eden on EOS to the weekly games of Eden.fractal, upvote consensus on EOS continues to advance upon the ideas contained within More Equal Animals. Several other iterations remain active. Eden on EOS elected two new Chief Delegates. They were kind enough to meet with previous and existing delegates. However, the community must wait until next week for their first official meeting. EOS Respect recently held its 8th election. EOS Respect has brought attention to accountable funding on EOS as well as assisted and supported the launching of other communities. Five new Chief Delegates were elected for EOS Respect. Explore details of how EOS Respect is making a difference in EOS Respect monthly updated numbers and statistics.
Pomelo Bounties, Defibox, and Upland
Each season the Pomelo team seems to add a new feature or functionality to its platform. Collections were among the most recent. Next season expect to see bounties. As the community awaits the next analysis and distribution of the matching pool, check out Pomelo NFTs, view the interview on bounties, and catch up on new rules that went into effect this past season. Defibox leads innovation in financial products on EOS, the most performant blockchain to date. The ENF recently published an article praising Defibox: How Defibox Enables Scalable & Secure DeFi – #PoweredByEOS. Upland is the most visible game on EOS. Together with the ENF and the FIFA Women’s World Cup Upland is sponsoring a multi-month hackathon. Registration ends on May 12 with the final presentation taking place on June 9.
EOS Community Updates
Hard to imagine reporting on anything as exciting as EOS EVM going live this week. Then the ENF goes and surprises us with a record-breaking investment via DWF Labs. The foundation also has us looking forward to an investment opportunity with the Hong Kong government just as it hosts a kickoff party at Consensus 2023. New Eden on EOS CDs will have their hands full with a growing and evolving community. 👇 more weekly resources for exciting news from around the community:
Everything EOS monthly report
Block Producer Meeting monthly recap
More sources: NovaCrypto interviews, EOS Synergy, EOS Mexico, Top 5 Moments
Daily news by EOS Vision, EOS Go, Bywire, and dNews
EOS / Eden weekly recaps on telegram
COMMUNITY CHATTER
A bi-monthly newsletter produced by w3briefs.com. Coverage spans from March 30 through April 13 highlighting recent events and key projects within the EOS ecosystem.
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