As the week ends, let's take a moment to look back at what we've achieved in the past few days and see what we've got to look forward to in the week to come.
Particl Team Proposal #5
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Earlier this week, we published our fifth community funding proposal which aims to finance the ongoing operations of current Particl and BasicSwap contributors, as well as cover network-related expenses.
You can review the proposal in detail on the CCS platform, or for a more detailed overview, read the associated blog post on Particl News which provides additional context and information.
If you have questions, comments, or feedback regarding the proposal, feel free to discuss it within the community channels or leave a direct comment on the CCS proposal page (https://github.com/particl/ccs-proposals/pull/24).
Particl Marketplace Update 🛒
We have made good progress in merging the listing scanner API with the AI-powered moderation system. While this integration is still ongoing and requires further testing, we are pleased with the advancements made this week on that end.
Upon completion of this merger, our next step will be to connect the new moderation system to the marketplace itself, ensuring that nodes properly broadcast their votes when they need to and that they're applied to the relevant listings.
To provide maximum clarity about the architecture of this system, its implications, and the way it is expected to be used by users that wish to participate in moderating the marketplace, we plan to publish a detailed blog post on Particl News which will cover all the basics. However, we are waiting for the system to be completed and ready to be deployed first to allow us the flexibility to make any necessary adjustments to the system's components before release.
BasicSwap 📈
User Interface 🖥️
We've unfortunately hit some delays pushing the fixes we wanted to over the week as our front-end developer has been mostly unavailable due to health reasons. For this reason, the GUI-related section of this progress report remains the same as it was last week.
That means we're still gearing up to push a minor update in the next couple of days that will fix a few bugs and include a few improvements, notably to the display of QR codes in some cases.
Furthermore, we're hoping for a release of the larger GUI update we've been working on for the past few weeks somewhere next week, if all goes well.
This larger update will soon be available on GitHub and, as always, and you'll be able to test the changes before they go live by switching to the dev branch. The smaller update, however, will be available directly from the master branch.
Integration Layer 📱
We have continued our investigation into the integration of new, alternative messaging protocols into BasicSwap. This would serve two primary purposes: to facilitate the integration of BasicSwap into third-party applications, which carry their own restrictions, and to provide a backup solution to SMSG in scenarios where scalability becomes an issue, such as during a sudden, significant increase in the number of swaps.
At this time, we are evaluating several options and are also considering standardizing the integration of messaging layers, which could lead to a plugin-like system. This approach would allow users to select their preferred messaging layers in the options, but it is still unclear whether or not that will be the preferable path to follow. While our exploration in this area is ongoing, we have made satisfactory progress in our research and expect to be able to take a decision about it shortly.
Additionally, following discussions with potential partners, we are reviewing sections of the BasicSwap codebase that will likely need to be converted into different programming languages to ensure proper integration of the DEX into these third-party platforms and to leverage their infrastructure (e.g., integrated light node). Although this may involve a substantial amount of work, it is crucial for simplifying future integrations and improving fundamental aspects of the codebase at the same time.
It's important to note that while we do have several individual components required for this integration layer either in place or at various stages of development, we are still in the early phases of this process and haven't yet fully transitioned out of the R&D phase. As such, we may need to refine or iterate these components as we progress.
As always, we thank you immensely for your passion and dedication to Particl and what it's working towards achieving. None of it would be possible without you all!
We wish you a great weekend we'll see you all back on Monday! 👋
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