100: The first Grin ASIC? 🤖
May 25-31 2020
tl;dr
First Grin v4.0.0 betas expected this week
Unsubstantiated claims of a Grin ASIC, more info to follow hopefully
Pros/cons of one sided transactions in the forum
News
@garyyu posted on the forum claiming that a first Grin ASIC, developed by MicroComputer, was in the works. Information has not been verified.
Grin++ webshop, proceeds go to the Grin++ team.
Dev
There are 74 open issues in /grin, and 31 open issues in /grin-wallet.
Merged PRs: 5 in /grin | 4 in /grin-wallet | 4 unique contributors
Grin v4.0.0 Network Upgrade (HF3), expected ~ July 15, 2020, betas expected this week:
@yeastplume status update.
The latest dev meeting reviewed the status of v4.0.0 work, the floonet HF3 date, kernel types and kernel uniqueness (more below).
Discussion about the pros/cons of one-sided transactions.
@kurt proposed enforcing kernel uniqueness on the protocol level.
The next bi-weekly developer meeting is scheduled for Tue Jun 09 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#dev on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
Governance
The next bi-weekly governance meeting is scheduled for Tue Jun 02 @ 15:00 UTC in grincoin#general on Keybase. You can add topics to the agenda.
RFCs
Draft
Parallel IBD [node-dev]
Open
QA Team [core]
Deprecate HTTP(S) Transactions [wallet-dev]
Slatepack [wallet-dev]
Final Comment Period
General fund spending guidelines [core] - disposition to Merge, FCP extended until Jun 02
No Recent Duplicate (NRD) Kernels [node-dev] - disposition to Merge, FCP extended until Jun 02
Accepted
RFC0012: Compact Slates [wallet-dev]
Closed
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This newsletter is curated by Daniel Lehnberg. Any views expressed are personal and do not represent an official position of the Grin project.
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