Summary
V15 was released successfully to both nets and work continues to prepare for the upcoming Bitcoin testnet.
THORChain received new features such as native Rune, as well as native Gas. THORChain will not require users to pay for gas in RUNE, rather, they can pay for gas in the asset they are sending, since THORChain is aware of the prices of all assets in the system. In addition, transfer of liquidity assets will also not require RUNE, rather Gas can be paid in the asset itself. This is likely to be the first for a production blockchain, and only possible because THORChain is its own oracle.
New Releases
V15 was deployed to Testnet and Choasnet. V15 fixed a bug that caused Nodes to not receive bond rewards when over-bonded. This was found and fixed by a community developer.
THORNode
Work for Bitcoin, as well as native assets.
- add BTC chain at genesis
- [feature] add native gas fee
- [bugfix] Fix native coin sending
- release version `0.15.0` to chaosnet
Midgard
Fixes and tweaks for stability.
- Resolve “Add poolEarned, assetEarned and runeEarned to /v1/pools_detail”
- Resolve “Use jsonb for events features in new database scheme (store v2)”
- BUG: Midgard will continue to scan new blocks even if database connection is not healthy
Clients
BEPSwap Client
Numerous UI/UX tweaks based on community feedback
ASGARDEX Client
Work continues to prepare the client for Chaosnet. Bitcoin and Ethereum have been integrated.
Community Work
The following tools receive regular updates:
Telegram Bot
Twitter Bot
Delphi Defi Dashboard
https://defi.delphidigital.io/thorchain/chaosnet/network
THORChain Network Explorer
THORChain Official Block Explorer
https://viewblock.io/thorchain
Audits
A final security audit is underway.
Next Milestones
Bitcoin testnet.
Community
To keep up to date, please monitor community channels, particularly Telegram and Twitter:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/thorchain_org
- Telegram Community: https://t.me/thorchain_org
- Telegram Announcements: https://t.me/thorchain
- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/thorchain
- Github: https://github.com/thorchain
- Medium: https://medium.com/thorchain
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