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
Last 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.
With discussions surrounding the proposal having subsided, it's time to move forward with the voting process to determine its approval by Particl stakeholders. We will soon schedule the proposal's voting period and communicate the details to the community as promptly as possible.
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.
The listing scanner API has now been merged with the AI-powered moderation system, with the latter now being mostly complete. We are currently testing the system and will proceed to start connecting to the marketplace to ensure that votes on listings are properly broadcast to the network.
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 📈
Order Book Monitoring 🔍️
BasicSwap front-end developer, Crz, has begun work on a system to extract and publicly broadcast data from BasicSwap's order book. This development will allow contributors to access and utilize various data points for multiple use cases without the need to run a local version of BasicSwap.
The tool will offer greater insight and visibility into available liquidity on BasicSwap DEX and the relationships between different offers, enabling contributors to seamlessly integrate the data into their own products or applications.
As illustrated above, the data encompasses a wide range of properties and can be applied to diverse scenarios, including alternative order book display methods, rate comparisons, market depth analysis, and more.
User Interface 🖥️
While we've pushed a minor GUI fix with regards to QR code, we've continued work on BasicSwap's larger user interface update coming up soon, although time on that end has been shared with building the aforementioned data broadcasting system.
As such, the upcoming GUI updates are still work-in-progress but should be released shortly.
Integration Layer 📱
This week, we've continued R&D with regards to messaging protocols in the context of a more portable version of BasicSwap (via the integration layer). We're currently exploring tapping directly into the SMSG network, without requiring a local SMSG node, which would provide the ability to use SMSG without running a Particl node on portable (mobile) devices.
While possible, we are currently testing what sort of performance using such a setup would result in, and if realistically usable, will likely end up being how portable versions of BasicSwap allow peers to communicate swap data with each other and access the DEX's order book (with alternative messaging layers being implemented as a secondary priority).
Additionally, we have begun research and early work into converting some of BasicSwap's components into C++, a requirement to allow for portable versions of BasicSwap that include adaptor signature atomic swaps and not just HTLC ones. Work on that end is likely to take a couple of weeks.
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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