September 21 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 September 21, 2022 Ecosystem updates!
If you missed the previous ones: September 7 / August 24 / August 10 / July 27 / July 14 / July 1 / June 15 /June 1 / May 18 / May 4 / April 20 / April 6 / March 23 / March 9 / February 23 / February 9 / January 26 / January 12 / December 29 / December 15 / December 1 / November 17 / November 3 / October 20 / October 6 / September 22 / September 9 / older updates are archived here
Welcome to the September 21st Ecosystem Updates!
You Are Here
The SORA Integrated Plan https://sora.org/plan
The ninth update in the ninth month of the year is quite a coincidence, however, nothing is left to chance when it comes to the development progress of the Integrated Plan! With a successful Ethereum hard fork (The Merge) happening last week, the HASHI Bridge is still closed for maintenance while the Ethereum network(s) stabilise. Please bear with us while we work on getting the bridge back online and stay tuned for further updates, as well as the reopening schedule. Restarting the bridge will require an on-chain referendum, so keep an eye out for it.
Stay tuned for further updates, restarting the bridge will require an on-chain referendum
In other updates, Substrate 4 implementation and Order book functionality were put on hold while the Merge was addressed. this means that the dependencies and developments requiring Substrate 4 were also paused. Fortunately, now that the Ethereum network has caught up with the times, we can continue to work on executing the Integrated Plan as usual.
Developers were hard at work on the SORA Kusama Parachain Bridge and there has been great progress with the architecture and implementation. On the other hand, Parity has provided some updates to Beefy proofs, so we continue to monitor their progress closely and extend our development support and solidarity toward their team.
The SORA trustless multi-EVM bridge is on the public testnet now
Another important development is the multi-EVM bridge. A version of the bridge has been available for testing, and a new version will be available for the community to test in the upcoming week. This version will have a friendly user interface, which will allow users of all levels to help us test and provide feedback in order to give you the intuitive, safe, and beautiful bridging experience you have come to expect from the SORA network. Along with the bridge, there will be one more item to look forward to in the testnet… XSTUSD-base pools within Polkaswap! We will continue to update you on these functions once they are ready to test.
The Fearless Wallet browser extension and desktop appare enjoying steady development, while on the other hand, Demeter mobile integration is undergoing a redesign to improve the user experience on mobile. Stay Fearless and look forward to the SORA network on Fearless Wallet and Fearless Wallet available in your web browser!
Learn more about SORA Card at soracard.com
Steady developments are ongoing on the SORA Card front, and weekly information is provided regarding functionality, and characteristics, as well as some interesting insights on the fiat and crypto compatibility that SORA Card will provide its users.
2nd Annual SORA Economic Forum
Introduction and Kick-Off of the 2nd Annual SORA Economic Forum by Dr. Makoto Takemiya + SORA tokenomics upgrade proposal announcement — SORA Ab Chao ❤️🔥
We’re at the end of the development summary, but that’s not all the news, as you know, the SORA Economic Forum will be happening this Friday (September 23rd) and aside from amazing keynote speakers, the likes of Professor Richard Werner, Johannes Duong, talking about the Oesterreichische Nationalbank’s Project Delphi, Ben Senn covering Quantitative Easing and Credit Creation in DeFi, Borja Clavero’s enlightening discussion on what allows banks to create money, Satoru Yamadera will provide lessons for tech people and policymakers, and add to that spectacular lineup, one of our core contributors, Dr. Makoto Takemiya will be revealing a new proposal that will upgrade the network’s tokenomics (pending community approval, of course). Register nowand be in the front row when Dr. Takemiya explains this important announcement. See you there!
The 2nd Annual SORA Economic Forum is happening this Friday, September 23rd. Register at soranomics.com
That’s all for this fortnight’s You Are Here, see you in two weeks for more updates!
You can find the summary of the integrated plan points in the SORA Wiki.
SORA Ecosystem Update #47
Business Track Progress:
- Curve Gauge — 60%
- Polkaswap as a Service — 15%
- JP Games — 50%
- SORA Card — 25%
- SORA IBAN — 25%
SORA Card weekly articles are being released with articles covering the SORA Card introduction and SORA Card key features. Stay tuned for more articles with interesting and insightful information on this great tool for financial freedom. SORA Card | Value Freedom
SORA Card | A unique, self-custodial crypto debit card, for the interoperable future | Value Freedom
⚙️ SORA Blockchain Update
⛓ Ethereum Merge
- This was the main focus in the last two weeks
- We are currently preparing to reactivate the HASHI bridge on the PoS Ethereum fork
- We are also monitoring the situation with the PoW Ethereum fork
Working on enabling liquidity between the SORA ecosystem and the Kusama ecosystem + other parachains
⛩ SORA Mainnet ↔ SORA Kusama Parachain Bridge
- We are working on enabling liquidity to flow from/to the SORA ecosystem to/from the Kusama ecosystem and other parachains
- Working on the architecture to take advantage of the Trustless Multi-EVM bridge
- Implementing BEEFY proofs on the SORA Kusama parachain
⛩ Trustless multi-EVM bridge to Ethereum
- We continue working on addressing the fixes from our security audit
- Testing the multi-EVM bridge on the public testnet is ongoing! (How to test the multi-EVM trustless bridge)
Substrate 4️⃣
- Migration to Substrate 4 was slowed down by the effort invested into preparing for the Ethereum Merge
- Progress is to be expected right after the reactivation of the HASHI bridge
📱 SORA Mobile Update
🚀 Android 2.5.1 — Node Selection & Export Accounts is available for testing on SORAlution!
- Select the node you want to connect to (MoF or custom)
- Export your account(s)
- Security Improvements
- Working on a cool new design for the wallet, in preparation for SORA card integration!
🍏 iOS 2.5.0 — Polkaswap Pools bug fixing is completed, testing has been slowed down due to the migration to Substrate 4 (Testflight)
- Working on iOS 2.5.1 — Node Selection & Export Accounts
- Select the node you want to connect to (MoF or custom)
- Export your account(s)
- Security Improvements
👨💻 Work in Progress
- New, modern design for the wallet! 😏
- Work on SORA Card integration to the SORA Wallet! 😏
👷🏽♀️ SORA Builders Programme updates:
ADAR Updates
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
DEO Arena first season has successfully finished with prizes distributed to the top 10 players!
The first season of DEO Arena is over, you can join the battle for free ahead of the next season! Don’t let your guard down though, there will still be prizes for the top three!
The Demeter Farming platform is available on the SORA network for users to stake in liquidity pool pairs or also single-sided staking with interesting APR*. New pools are constantly added, as well as Polkaswap integration. For more information, read this Medium article on the Demeter platform.
Demeter farming is also available on polkaswap.io
*Not financial advice, always do your research.
🐈⬛ SORA Request for Proposal updates:
The updated SORA decentralised RFP process is now more accessible
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 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 #50
👨💻 Work in progress:
🤑 XSTUSD pools UI
🌉 Trustless multi-EVM bridge UI
⛓ HASHI bridge on PoS Ethereum
📒 Ongoing work implementing a new data server to provide Fiat pricing
Earn up to $70,000 with the SORA / Polkaswap Bug Bounty Programme!
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 and Browser Extension — 70% The implementation of the Fearless Wallet desktop is undergoing steady development.
The new Fearless Wallet Mobile UI/UX + Browser Extension and Desktop Applications coming soon!
Fearless Wallet Ecosystem Update #55
🍎 iOS version
🔥 v2.0.14 hotfix build is under review on the Apple AppStore
🚀 The team is about to finish the following features:
💪 The new Fearless Wallet UI/UX
✨ Send flow UI/UX update → ready
✨ New flow for storing addresses in a local address book → in progress
✨ Receive flow UI/UX update → ready
✨ Scam and CEX address warning features → ready
💪 Nomination pool staking
✨ Staking management flow: stake more/less, claim rewards, redeem tokens → ready, except claimable rewards calculation
🚀 Work on the nomination pool and the pool creation feature has recently begun
🤖 Android version
🔥 v2.0.11 hotfix build is under review on Google Play
🚀 The team is completing work on the following issues:
💪 The new Fearless Wallet UI/UX
✨ Network management flow → ready
✨ ORML tokens support → in progress
✨ The app logic update to support Utils libs v3 → ready
✨ Runtime processing and the App launch optimisations → ready
💪 Nomination pool staking
✨ Staking management flow: stake more/less, claim rewards, redeem tokens → ready, except claimable rewards calculation
🖥 Browser Extension and Desktop Applications
Fearless Wallet Browser Extension Kusama Treasury proposal is on Polkassembly!
🚀 A Kusama Treasury proposal was submitted on the Polkassembly platform for discussions last week.
⛓ New networks:
🔥 Available on iOS and Android soon:
🚀 Collaborations and future initiatives
🤝 Beacon (Airgap) team: technical Q&A meeting about their SDK integration to the Fearless Wallet Browser Extension and Mobile clients
🤝 Subsocial team: a new amazing initiative which will be announced later has been discussed
🤝 Chainlink team: technical Q&A about future 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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