This month, core Quai developers have been focused on resolving issues found in Devnets and creating tutorials for running a node, mining, and deploying basic smart contracts during the Iron Age Testnet.
Core Protocol
Bug Fixes
- A bug was found in the miner, which caused miners to construct invalid blocks by including expired ETXs: https://github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/pull/1020
- Implemented ETX rate limits to prevent the entire network from ganging up on one chain and overwhelming it with ETXs: https://github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/pull/1013
- Fixed an API issue with gas estimation: https://github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/pull/1012
- Fixed an API issue where GetBlockByHash was omitting ETXs in response: https://github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/pull/998
ProgPoW
ProgPoW has been fully implemented into the main branch of Quai Network. Additionally, the open-source ProgPoW GPU miner now functions and has been tested on both Nvidia and AMD GPUs.
The open-source ProgPoW GPU miner can be found on Github: https://github.com/dominant-strategies/quai-gpu-miner
Pelagus Wallet
Pelagus Wallet, previously a completely in-house construction, has been refactored to function as a TaHo fork. Quai-specific features, such as UX improvements for Quai’s multi-chain environment, will be added to the codebase throughout the Iron Age Testnet.
The Pelagus Repository can be found on Github: https://github.com/PelagusWallet/pelagus-extension
More information about the TaHo wallet can be found at https://taho.xyz/
Marketing
Documentation
Members of the Dominant Strategies marketing team have been working on open-sourcing the Quai documentation to allow community members to make their own contributions and changes. Once documentation has been open-sourced, there are additional plans to expand the scope of the docs to offer additional resources on higher-level topics as well as the in-depth discussions on Quai-specific topics.
Content
The “This Week in Quai” initiative has continued through the month of July, providing weekly Quai-related quotes, definitions, and social posts:
- July 7th, 2023: https://qu.ai/blog/this-week-in-quai-9/
- July 14th, 2023: https://qu.ai/blog/this-week-in-quai-10/
- July 21st, 2023: https://qu.ai/blog/this-week-in-quai-11/
- July 28th, 2023: https://qu.ai/blog/this-week-in-quai-12/
Additionally, a new content initiative, “Quai Fridays,” has started on Twitter. The “Quai Fridays” community calls are intended to provide a window into the testing/development being conducted by core developers, acting as an opportunity for community members to ask direct questions about the protocol. The first Quai Fridays call was hosted on July 28th, and welcomed Quai co-founders Dr. K and Alan.
- Quai Fridays #1 – July 28th, 2023: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1ypJdddBpypJW
- Quai Fridays #2 – August 4th, 2023 (Scheduled): https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1djGXlNzOmNGZ
Events
This July, members of the Dominant Strategies team attended EthCC in Paris to connect with the crypto industry and share the concept of Quai Network. The next conferences that Quai will be represented at are Token2049 in Singapore, and Permissionless in Austin, TX. If you’ll be at either of these conferences and want to connect with members of the Dominant Strategies team, send a message on Twitter or Discord!
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Capable of thousands of transactions per second, the Quai Network is a new solution to scalability that is soon to be ready for mainnet release.
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