November 17 2022, Ecosystem Updates for SORA, Polkaswap, and Fearless Wallet
The SORA, Polkaswap, and Fearless Wallet projects are all closely related as they form integral parts of the SORA and DOTSAMA ecosystems (of which SORA is a part). That is why development status updates are released every two weeks for these three projects, in one convenient place, with development updates from across the community. Enjoy the November 17, 2022 Ecosystem updates!
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Welcome to the November 17th Ecosystem Updates!
You are Here
The SORA Integrated Plan https://sora.org/plan
The few who understand the system, will either be so interested from it’s profits or so dependent on it’s favors, that there will be no opposition from that class — Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Let’s jump into this fortnight’s You are Here:
The SORA Kusama Parachain Bridge development is going smoothly and the components are being worked on individually, to then be tested together with an internal audit programmed for the 1st of December.
The major blocker and main focus of development efforts, Substrate 4 implementation, is going to start voting for a runtime upgrade tomorrow! This means that the gates will be wide open for the work and release of much-awaited functions such as XSTUSD-base pairs on Polkaswap (stable liquidity pools!) and order book functionality, effectively leveling up Polkaswap ahead of connectivity to other DOTSAMA chains, in preparation to make it the liquidity hub of the ecosystem.
On the other hand, the EVM trustless bridge to Ethereum underwent some maintenance and improvement work last week, including implementations suggested by an external audit. At the same time, the Multi-EVM bridge is currently on the testnet and receiving regular updates. Safety is the most important aspect of any bridge, therefore work in this aspect cannot be rushed or done badly or the consequences could be catastrophic.
Demeter farming for XOR-USDT and XOR-XSTUSD pools now on Polkaswap
The XST tokenomics implementation is being worked on diligently. Work on the platform for synthetic assets has begun, and last week the XOR-USDT and XOR-XSTUSD pools were added to the Demeter platform, with rewards in the form of XST, and APR* that cement the fact that the Demeter platform is the best-kept secret in the DOTSAMA ecosystem.
*Not financial advice, always do your research!
Polkaswap v1.10 is almost here, please help us test
Speaking of much-awaited functions, Polkaswap v1.10 is available to test, with many improvements under the hood, as well as in the UI. The swap page will have much more information, the assets page will be easier to navigate and filter, and there are features introduced that the community has been eagerly anticipating. Don’t just take our word for it, go try it out and let us know what you think. If you encounter any bugs or issues within the test environment, please report them as well. Remember that the more people help test, the faster this new version will be released and the better it will be!
SORA will be at Sub0 in Lisbon ❤️🔥 Come say hi at the SORA booth on the 29th between 3:30-6pm
The SORA mobile app will soon get an overhaul that will give it compatibility with SORA Card, as well as allow it to support upcoming updates, effectively making it future-proof. Some members of the SORA community were at the WebSummit in Lisbon earlier this month and many web2 users were impressed with the SORA wallet’s speed and ease of use, especially as for many, this was their first interaction with cryptocurrencies, leaving them with a positive impression and looking forward to the potential of the ecosystem as a whole. SORA will return to Lisbon this month for the Sub0 Polkadot developer conference.
⚠️ Make sure to install the latest version of Fearless Wallet!
The Fearless Wallet desktop wallet and browser extension are making great strides in progress, and the roadmap for its release is being prepared. This will bring new functions and features to make Fearless Wallet even better. With the upcoming Substrate 4 release, work is being done to add SORA network tokens into Fearless Wallet for both Android and iOS, as well as a UX/UI improvements. We hope you look forward to it. Some users have reported issues with staking reward calculations and we are working hard to provide a solution and apologise for the inconvenience caused. Stay Fearless!
Check out this AMA recording with Markoto from Ceres talking about DEO Arena and more!
Last but certainly not least, the third season of DEO Arena is here! The latest iteration includes cross-chain play with the SORA and Astar networks, map improvements, as well as network and player indicators and an improved health bar! Participate now for the chance to take a part of the $5k prize pool that’s up for grabs! See you in the deoarena.io!
Not your keys, not your crypto! Stay safe and stay non-custodial and decentralised!
In 1963. the Stanford Research Institute defined stakeholders as “members of a group without whose support the organization would cease to exist.” As far as the SORA network is concerned, all XOR holders and more recently XST holders are the stakeholders, building the SORA new world economic order. Thank you for your hard work and ongoing trust and support.
You can find the summary of the integrated plan points in the SORA Wiki.
SORA Ecosystem Update #51
Business Track Progress:
- Polkaswap as a Service — 20%
- JP Games — 50%
- SORA Card — 60%
- SORA IBAN — 60%
SORA Card weekly articles are being released with topics covering the SORA Card introduction, SORA Card key features, a comparison between SORA Card and other crypto-powered banking services, an interview with the people behind the SORA Card tech and management. The SORA Card Phase One article was also recently released.
Stay tuned for more articles with interesting and insightful information on this great tool for financial freedom. SORA Card | Value Freedom
⚙️ SORA Blockchain Update
Substrate 4
- Tested everything on the staging environment
- Verified client-side application support (web, mobile)
- Final testing before release on production (voting will start this week)
SORA Kusama Parachain and Substrate Trustless Bridge in public testing after an internal audit soon!
Substrate Trustless Bridge: SORA Parachain
- Started to test the bridge locally
- Finished most of the components, applying some fixes after testing
- Linking the components together to test the whole system
- Scheduled an internal audit before going on to public testing
EVM Trustless Bridge: Ethereum
- Most of the recommendations from the security audit have been addressed
- Final fine-tuning before it is fully ready
- Testing the fixes brought after the recommendations from the external audit
- The multi-EVM bridge is being regularly updated on the public testnet!
How to test the multi-EVM trustless bridge | More
XST: A Platform for Synthetic Assets
- 2nd and last batch of XST tokenomics logic is implemented and under review
- Started architecting the platform to enable the creation of any synthetic asset from oracle data
📱 SORA Mobile Update
🚀 Android
- Still working hard on the wallet redesign and the SORA Card integration
🍏 iOS
- Still working hard on the wallet redesign and the SORA Card integration
- 2.5.0 — Polkaswap Pools are complete and will be released once the Substrate 4 upgrade is launched to production
- 2.5.1 — Node Selection is ready and will be released with 2.5.0
👷🏽♀️ SORA Builders Programme updates:
ADAR Updates
In the latest update provided to the community, the ADAR team informed us of their shift from product to development, which includes allocating resources to update their website.
On the other hand, there is a prototype approved and developers are hard at work on implementing this version, as well as working on a roadmap to the launch date that we are looking forward to. For frequent updates from the ADAR team, join their Telegram group!
Here is the proposal submitted by ADAR, for more information on the Abed Group, take a look at this deck, and to try the version available from the completion of the first milestone, visit the ADAR website.
CERES Updates
The third season of DEO Arena is live, with the opportunity to take part in the $5K prize pool! As if that weren’t enough, this new season includes cross-chain play between the SORA and Astar networks as well as many quality-of-life improvements! See you in the Arena!
XOR-XST, XOR-DAI, XOR-ETH, XOR-XSTUSD, and XOR-USDT pools for farming the new XST token are now available on Demeter. These pools are still open for XST farming, so you can provide liquidity and farm XST if you wish to be among the first to receive this groundbreaking token!* Not advice, so do your own research!
The Demeter Farming platform is available on the SORA network for users to farm with liquidity pool LP or single-sided staking, with interesting APR*. New pools are constantly added, too. Demeter farming is directly integrated into Polkaswap, for convenience. For more information, read this Medium article on the Demeter platform.
* Not financial advice, always do your own research.
🐈⬛ SORA Request for Proposal updates:
The SORA Decentralized Development walkthrough was published on September 2nd, take a look at the new RFP system and submit your proposal in an easier and more intuitive way. Please let us know your thoughts about these improvements in the SORA network community chats on Telegram!
Join the Decentralized Development channel on the SORA World Discord.
Thank you for making it all the way here. Your interest is much appreciated. If you are a passionate community member who evangelizes SORA and its supranational cryptoeconomic values to anyone willing to lend an ear, we are looking for you!
Join the SORA Ambassador Program, reach out to an admin on SORA telegram
Join the SORA Ambassador Program and help us grow, moderate, educate, inspire and encourage the existing community, while reaching out to others. We are open to ambassadors who speak any language, but ideally, a basic level of English is required to communicate with other ambassadors (unless you bring an interpreter).
If you are interested in joining, reach out to an admin, and stay tuned for more updates.
Polkaswap Ecosystem Update #54
There’s never been a more pressing time to ditch CEX, and go for DEX
👨💻 Work in Progress:
🤑 Explore page (Tokens, pools, farming, staking — all in 1 place!)
🌉 Trustless Multi-EVM Bridge UI
💳 SORA Card KYC integration
✨ Network stats page (All SORA network-related info in 1 place!)
Polkaswap v1.10: now on testnet, soon mainnet!
🔥 Release v1.10 is already available on the public testnet and you can already try it on test.polkaswap.io! It includes:
Polkaswap v1.10: 📈 Charts
🔥 Account assets filters and sorting
Polkaswap v1.10: 🧮 APR calculator for Demeter farming and staking
📷 QR scanning using your camera
💪 Multi extensions support (collaboration with the Subwallet team)
🤑 XSTUSD liquidity and smart swap for different base pairs on Polkaswap
Polkaswap v1.10: 📊 Token page improvements (Price, Price change 1d/7d, Volume, TVL) + 🔔 Native browser notifications about received tokens
💸 Max button for Demeter farming and staking
🚀 A11y implementations and other UX/UI improvements
The v1.10 Release will be delivered on Polkaswap.io very soon 💪 Stay tuned!
The Polkaswap Bug Bounty is ongoing! Submit your findings to the Immunefi platform!
For more information and participation rules, read this article on the SORA / Polkaswap Bug Bounty Programme.
SORA Web Track Progress:
- Fearless Wallet Desktop Application and Browser Extension: 93%. The implementation is undergoing steady development.
Stay Fearless with the Fearless Wallet
On Monday, November 7th, our proposal to the Kusama community to fund the development of the Fearless Wallet browser extension and desktop wallet did not pass the public referendum vote. The Fearless Wallet team put out a Twitter thread thanking all the community members who took the time to vote and providing some thoughts on what lies ahead for Fearless Wallet. More to come. Stay Fearless ❤️🔥
Fearless Wallet Ecosystem Update #59
🍎 iOS version
🚀 The team is currently busy with the following activities:
💪 The main SORA tokens have been added to the test environment and will be available soon
💪 Final preparation before the Beta-release
💪 New feature planning and polishing
🤖 Android version
🚀 The team is working on these features:
💪 The main SORA tokens have been added to the test environment and will be available soon
💪 The new Fearless Wallet UI/UX
✨ QR code UI/UX for “Send flow”
✨ Address book for “Send flow”
💪 Nomination pools staking
✨ Validator selection and roles changing
✨ Polishing and bug fixing
🖥 Browser Extension and Desktop Application
🚀 Rearranged the roadmap to reflect current priorities
🚀 Brainstormed new features and UI updates
🚀 Final preparation before the Beta-release
🚀 Collaborations and future initiatives
🤝 Litentry team: Collator staking and Digital ID implementation discussion
🤝 ASTAR: future cooperations and co-marketing activities discussion
🤝 Polkadot insider (VCM): partnership perspectives and shared campaigns discussion
🤝 SubSquid: new project launch and future collaboration
🤝 Bifrost: roadmap and product development perspectives, co-marketing activities
🤝 SORA: Substrate 4 upgrade, Polkaswap integration
#StayFearless 𒉡𒉎𒋼
About SORA, Polkaswap, and Fearless Wallet
SORA is a new economic system aimed at creating a supranational multiverse economic system with built-in tools for decentralized finance (DeFi). The SORA network implements a new way of parachain architecture on Polkadot and Kusama network, with the capability to bridge external blockchains (like Ethereum) to the Polkadot ecosystem.
One of the DeFi applications that will run on the SORA network is Polkaswap, a noncustodial liquidity aggregating, cross-chain AMM DEX designed uniquely for the Polkadot ecosystem with boundless liquidity through its one-of-a-kind Aggregate Liquidity Technology (ALT).
Fearless Wallet is a bespoke mobile wallet designed for the decentralized future on the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem, with native support for iOS and Android platforms. A premium user experience, fast performance, and secure storage for your accounts. Fearless Wallet will integrate Polkaswap for easy, decentralized swaps of assets.
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