Cipher Knowledge - 03 December 2022

Weekly Algorand Digest

Ecosystem

• Watch Algorand Founder Silvio Micali keynote talk at Decipher 2022. (link)

• Algorand Foundation appoints Anil Kakani as India country head. (link)

• New Computer Corporation announced a new type of Web3 wallet called Inkey, allowing users to create non-custodial accounts without worrying about wallets. (link)

• Algorand Foundation announces Algorand Ventures, a funding program for pre-seed, seed, and scale projects building on the Algorand ecosystem. (link)

• Borderless Capital announces AR art collaboration between artist Nancy Baker Cahill and Sophia the Robot. (link)

• SkyBridge offshore Algorand fund has sold $50m since last filling. (link)

• Y9, a microfinance service provider based in Tanzania announces integration with Algorand. (link)

• St. Vincent De Paul Disaster Services announces Kokua, a platform for disaster relief disbursements. (link)

• E-sports organization Fnatic announces partnership with crypto investment firm Hivemind Capital. (link)

• Binance completes integration of USDC on Algorand network. (link)

• Ettle launches Australian Dollar Stablecoin AUDE on Algorand and Ethereum mainnet. (link)

• Governance proposal voting period delayed until Monday the 5th of December. (link)

• Twitter thread listing the key projects in the Algorand ecosystem. (link)

• Watch Decipher /22 Main Arena day 1 livestream. (link)

• Watch Decipher /22 Main Arena day 2 livestream. (link)

• Glitter Finance interview CEO of Algodex Alex Trefonas. (link)

• The Tinyman Definitive Guide by the Algorand Governors Club. (link)

• DappRadar now supports Algorand NFTs. (link)

Development

• go-algorand v3.12.2-stable released. AVM box storage, switch, match, and frame pointer opcodes added, bug fixes, and performance enhancements, all on mainnet. (link)

• indexer v2.15.0 released. Ignore no-op asset transfers, and add boxes to Indexer. (link)

• algofi-scripts: update governance treasury report to include historical analysis. (link)

• Tinyman announces Tealish, a readable smart contract language on Algorand that transpiles to Teal. (link)

• Algodex open-sources code for trading bot. (link)

• AVM8 new features by Jason Weathersby of Algorand. (link)

• Algorand’s Anne Kenyon explains Algorand boxes. (link)

• Trail of Bits example of common Algorand smart contract vulnerabilities. (link)

• Reach releases new website. (link)

• Watch Decipher /22 Developer Greenhouse day 1 stream. (link)

• Watch Decipher /22 Developer Greenhouse day 2 stream. (link)

• Watch Algorand’s CTO John Woods explain 5 key Algorand technologies each in less than 30 seconds. (link)

Shout out to all the wonderful people I’ve met during the Decipher 2022 event.

Research

• Advances in Distributed Randomness. (link)

• Liquid Proof-of-Stake in Tezos: An Economic Analysis. (link)

• Enhancing the performance of permission-less blockchain networks through randomized message-based consensus algorithm. (link)

Standards

• [Updated to Final] ARC-0018: Royalty Enforcement Specification. (link)

• [Updated to Final] ARC-0020: An ARC for an ASA controlled by an Algorand Smart Conract. (link)

• [Updated to Final] ARC-0021: Round based datafeed oracles on Algorand. (link)

dApps

• Abris.io: launches Licit, a Web2 verifying platform for digital assets on Algorand. (link)

• AlgoDex: release web UI for trading bot. (link)

• Folks Finance: V2 upgrades are now live on testnet. (link)

• Opulous: royalties scheduled for distribution on December the 8th. (link)

• AlgoRai: weekly DOV performance update. (link)

DeFi

• Opulous TVL is up 20.07% week on week. (link)

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