News
At the time of pixel, Grin is #9 project on OnChainFX based on Y2050 marketcap.
Grin accepted as forum payment on bitcointalk.org
A timeline of Grin history.
An intro to Grin by Exponent capital.
A pre-launch discussion on the price of Grin.
Grin article (in Mandarin Chinese) on Chainnews.com, I answered some questions.
CoinDesk covered Grin launch and the βdeep pocketed crypto investorsβ.
Words of wisdom
Dev
Mainnet retrospective by @ignopeverellΒ to the mailing list.
There areΒ 144 open issuesΒ in the Grin repo.Β
22 pull requests were mergedΒ in the past week, by 11 unique contributors.
Development process post mainnet discussed in dev channel.
WalletΒ performance enhancementsΒ by @yeastplume.
@yeastplume summarises the launch week as part of his weekly update.
Support your core developer.Β Funding campaign forΒ @yeastplumeΒ Mar-Aug 2019, nowβs the time to put those grins youβve mined to some good use. βοΈ
Next bi-weekly developer meeting is scheduled for tomorrowΒ Tuesday Jan 22 @ 15:00Β UTCΒ inΒ grin/DevΒ on Gitter. You canΒ add topics to the agenda.
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Governance
Governance meeting notes. We now have a currency code (GRIN) and a symbol (γ), thank god!
Company to do the security audit will be picked on Tue Jan 22 after the dev meeting.
The next bi-weekly governance meeting is scheduled for Tuesday Jan 29 @ 15:00Β UTCΒ inΒ grin/LobbyΒ on Gitter.Β You canΒ add topics to the agenda.
Design
NewΒ website design went live, thanks to work byΒ @nijynot.
New presentation template, by @noahyeh
Mining
@tromp wrote a post on CuckAToo immutability, intended to encourage ASIC development...
β¦and Obelisk announced an ASIC for CuckAToo.
Grin-pool.org calculator helping you to decide which POW-algorithm to mine.
@tromp on mining share terminology.
Projects
Any mention of a project in this section shouldΒ notΒ be seen as an endorsement.Β
Grinbox/wallet713Β now supports end to end encryption. (I'm affiliated)
Smirk,Β a wallet project by IDEO coLAB, is making progress.
Grin stats on Coingecko is live.
Grinpool.co announced, no fees, community driven.
Bitmesh up and running on trades.
As is BitForex.
Grinpay.org, an βanchor for Grin on the Stellar dexβ.
Kaiserex.com added OTC support for Grin.
New explorer by token view.
Grin jobs
Mwgrinpool is looking for back-end engineers.
@gianlucamazza is looking for nodejs developers.
Past events
Grin meetup was organized in Beijing on Jan 19 by grinup.io & Primitive Ventures, with core dev @garyyu attending.
Grin meetup was organized in Montreal on launch day.
Full house in Beijing at the Jan 19 meetup. Photo: Dovey Wang
Upcoming events
Jan 23, Singapore:Β Grin meetup at Bittemple. Core dev @garyyu speaking. And Michael Arrington (?!)
Jan 28, San Mateo, CA:Β Grincon(0)<US>. All proceeds go to Grin development fund.
Jan 29, San Francisco, CA:Β Bay Area Meetup
Mar 26, Amsterdam, NL: Grin Amsterdam Meetup
Memes
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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.
Got news or articles you would like to include? Any feedback or other suggestions? drop me a line on daniel.lehnberg-at-protonmail.com orΒ find me on Gitter.
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