CasperLabs Weekly Update: 15 Oct. 2019

Ojimadu
2 min readOct 16, 2019

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CasperLabs CEO, Mrinal Manohar presenting at CIS, LA Blockchain Week
CasperLabs CEO, Mrinal Manohar presenting at CIS, LA Blockchain Week

Hello CasperLabs community, here is a summary of the weekly CasperLabs Governance/Update call

Engineering Status

  • Node 0.8 released on 10th October 2019, release available on Github.
  • Clarity explorer has also been updated with the latest code.
  • Node 0.8 release announcement coming after the Crypto-invest submit.
  • The team is advancing towards the next major milestone which is the public test net.
  • Currently driving towards the implementation of Highway protocol which was demo’ed at DEVCON5
  • The focus for the next couple of weeks would be on testing and stabilizing the network.
  • Continuing validator outreach with Node testing session on Thursdays by 8 AM PDT (UTC -7)

Update on Asia/US tour

  • We signed an MOU with HDAC in July this year.
  • We’ll be collaborating on business deals and market penetration
  • The synergistic partnership would help increase awareness of CasperLabs in Asia
  • We’ll also be collaborating on the technical details around the implementation of the partnership.
  • We received positive feedback from the community at DEVCON5 and would be providing more samples code and sample environments as well as details around features on the product.
  • GraphQL Hackathon kicked off at LA Blockchain week with a 1 bitcoin prize for any team that can demonstrate a GraphQL application using the CasperLabs blockchain.
  • Medha would be presenting the Highway protocol at the San Francisco blockchain week later this month.

Where do developers go to learn more and get started?

At release, links to installation packages and relevant documentation are available on GitHub.

Where will bugs be filed?

Report a bug on GitHub

Where do developers go for support?

Join our community on Discord and on Telegram

About CasperLabs:

CasperLabs is the blockchain platform purpose-built to scale opportunity for everyone, forever.

Helping blockchain finally scale without sacrificing speed or security. Friendly to use so any developer can become a blockchain developer. Public, permissionless, and open to the world. With a future-proof design to support innovations today and tomorrow.

CasperLabs, the blockchain for the builders.

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Ojimadu
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