As we conclude the week, it is time to review the progress that has been made in the past few days. Let us take a moment to evaluate the advancements achieved in the past few days.
Mark Your Calendars! 📅
— Particl (@ParticlProject) August 17, 2023
Particl Desktop 💻️
We're still completing the items outlined in our previous updates, namely including enhancing Tor server capabilities and making a variety of minor improvements.
Please note, however, that we are currently observing a delay that is impacting the the development process of Particl Desktop which we hope to resolve shortly.
Particl Core 🔗
Core Codebase Maintenance 🛠️
tecnovertAs always, we consistently stay up-to-date with Bitcoin's latest version by regularly incorporating upstream updates into Particl Core. You can monitor these changes by visiting this link.
BasicSwap 📈
Exploring New Coin Additions 🪙
This week, we've continued our efforts towards incorporating new coins into BasicSwap and enhancing certain DEX components to ensure broader asset compatibility.
Building on last week's update, where we highlighted challenges faced during the integration of diverse codebases, we're pleased to note advancements in addressing these issues, however, work in this area remains ongoing.
Once these changes are completed, BasicSwap DEX will be ready to welcome many new cryptocurrencies built on a wide variety of codebases, thus increasing its potential for adoption among other crypto communities.
User Interface 🖥️
We're continuing work on refining the New Offer page, along with integrating more minor improvements to the user interface. We will publish these changes live once ready.
Voting for Proposal 19 Ongoing 🗳️
This Tuesday, the on-chain voting period for the 4th team funding request (proposal 19), which seeks to fund the Particl team for the upcoming 12 months using the network's treasury funds, begun.
So far, we're observing a very good network participation rate of 50%, with only a single vote opposing the proposal.
The vote will last from block 1493000 to 1498039 and is expected to conclude by next Tuesday. Keep an eye out for the final outcome of this vote!
How to Vote ℹ️
To cast your vote for this proposal, we recommend using the partyman cold staking application and register your vote on the blockchain for proposal #19.
You have the options to abstain (0), vote in favor (1), or vote against (2). Every vote matters, and we strongly encourage you to participate as a higher participation rate means a broader consensus and healthier decision-making process for the whole community.
- To learn more about Particl's on-chain voting system, click here.
- To learn how to vote, refer to this tutorial.
- For the CCS voting page of this proposal, head over here.
Important: For the proposal to show up on Partyman, make sure you are running the latest version of Partyman. To do so, rungit pullfrom inside yourpartymanfolder, and then type the./partyman updatecommand from that location.
New Particl Website ✅
We've also been making steady progress on the new website, as has been the case for the past couple of weeks, which we now expect to have a working version in internal testing soon. Live launch should follow shortly after that!
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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