Cipher Knowledge - 22 October 2022

Weekly Algorand Digest

Ecosystem

• Algorand Foundation boosts fan experience at III Points festival using new computer corporation tools. (link)

• FIFA+ Collect roadmap announced. (link)

• ZTLment becomes first European payments institution on blockchain. (link)

• Researcher Justin Bons’ review of Algorand. (link)

• John Woods’ response to Justin’s claim that Algorand is centralised and permissioned. (link)

• Global trends in sustainable finance - special report by The Irish Times. (link)

• Algorand-based NFT sells for over $150k at Christie’s. (link)

• Algorand DeFi is Booming - Crypto Briefing. (link)

• Unofficial directory of Algorand’s ecosystem projects. (link)

• Updated comparison table comparing Algorand, Ethereum, and Cardano. (link)

• Listen: Milkomeda brings EVM compatibility to Algorand hosted by the Algorand Foundation. (link)

• Watch: conversation w/ CEO of MetaBoundless Adi Mishra and Algorand Foundation’s Head of Growth Micah Adams. (link)

• One click participation node installer is in development. (link)

• Telegram channel for Decipher 2022 event. (link)

Governance #5 stats. Over 4B ALGOs committed by 37.4k governors. Source: Algorand Foundation.

Development

• go-algorand 3.11.X-beta released. Batch verify return failed indices, proposal payload compression, cadaver trace file off by default, and other changes. (link)

• beaker 0.3.0-alpha released. Precompiles, blobs for state values, rename Dynamic state to Reserved state, and remove contracts directory. (link)

• TxnLab open-source react hooks for Algorand compatible wallets. (link)

• Introduction to Algorand’s Smart Contracts by Fabrice Benhamouda. (link)

• International School on Algorand Smart Contracts school programme. (link)

• Why it is harder to build DApps compared to centralised apps. (link)

Research

• Embracing Hellman: A simple Proof-of-Space search consensus algorithm with stable block times using Logarithmic Embargo. (link)

• An event study of the Ethereum transition to Proof-of-Stake. (link)

• Comparing Proof-of-Stake and Proof-of-Work resource consumption and Proof-of-Stake improvements. (link)

Security

• AlgoRai security audit report by Kudelski Security. (link)

Standards

• Foundation’s website to track status of Final, Draft, and Stagnant ARCs. (link)

• [Proposed] ARC-29: convention for wallets to prevent spam inside notes. (link)

Most active blockchain / crypto investors in Q3 2022. Source: The Block.

dApps

• AlgoFi: Governance system introduced and airdrop of governance token BANK announced. (link)

• Folks Finance: you can now deposit LP tokens from Pact and Tinyman after committing the LP to Governance. (link)

• Folks Finance: APR governance program strategy. (link)

• Milkomeda: why they built the first Milkomeda rollup on algorand. (link)

• PactFi: the definitive Pact guide, learn how to use the protocol. (link)

• Blueshift: long-term partner CelerNetwork expands to Algorand. (link)

• BrightSide Finace: EVM UniV2-style DEX live on Milkomeda’s Testnet. (link)

• Pera Wallet: partners with Vendible Labs to offer private key protection services via insurance. (link)

• AlgoDex: announces distribution of ALGX liquidity program rewards. (link)

• Silo: live on Algorand mainnet on 24th of October 2022. (link)

• TravelX: integrates with Latin American exchange Lemon to allow airline ticket purchases. (link)

• Vulcan Forged: 10 points of action Update 2 with Q4 plans. (link)

• Yieldly: what went wrong? (link)

DeFi

• Borderless Capital adds an additional 60M ALGO to liquid governance programs in AlgoFi and Folks Finance. (link)

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