This Week in Avalanche, Oct 22 2020
Avalanche News
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Magic, a passwordless login solution, is now integrated with Avalanche.
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Avascan launched their Asset Detail Verification Program. If you’ve launched a token use the program to add rich data to the asset on Avascan.
Staking (P-Chain)
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Avascan added a staking alert tracker that can help remind you when a delegation is about to come to an end. Alerts are in-browser so you’ll see them when on the Avascan site. Click on the bell to activate alerts.
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NitaXmX describes the experience staking on a Raspberry Pi 4. They’re giving away NFTs to others doing the same, reach out on twitter to claim one.
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Stats:
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79% staking ratio (283,304,037 AVAX) – ↑ 1% from last week
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~11% current staking reward per year
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589 Validators – ↑ 18 from last week
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Asset Layer (X-Chain)
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180 assets have been issued on the X-chain – ↑ 12 from last week
Stuff For Devs
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A new release of avalanche-cli (v1.0.3) by Hasan Karahan
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An alternative Avalanche CLI by Jean Zundel
Ecosystem
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Avalanche 101: An Overview of the Internet of Finance – A really useful resource to share with those new to Avalanche
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Ava Labs are hiring: Collin Cusce described how he ended up there and makes a compelling case why you should consider applying.
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Bitavax are conducting an airdrop for BTAX. If you want to play around with a token that’s not AVAX on the X-Chain this is a good opportunity.
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All this weeks MoneyDance videos are up.
Podcasts, Interviews & Misc
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Emin gave a presentation on Open and Programmable Finance with Avalanche at the ReDeFine Summit
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Seq lays out his thoughts on why AVAX will become an incredible store of value
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A comparison of costs in Ethereum vs the C-Chain by Patricio Lopez
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Paradigm interviewed Emin about Avalanche
Upcoming Dates
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Sept 28 – Dec 9: MoneyDance Hackathon
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Nov 2: Next round of speakers for MoneyDance
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Dec 9: MoneyDance Demo Day
About me & the newsletter
I’m a long term investor & enthusiast in the space. I’ve been interested in Avalanche for a while & decided to start this to keep up with the project & hopefully enable others too as well. If I’ve missed anything or you want me to include something for next week please let me know! You can reach me at @_ed1990_ on twitter or @edwardwill1 on telegram.