Quai Network's August 2023 Developer Roundup
Launching on September 19th, the Iron Age Testnet will showcase the complete rework of the Quai protocol that has taken place.
Overview
This month, the Iron Age Testnet has been officially announced. Launching on September 19th, the Iron Age Testnet will showcase the complete rework of the Quai protocol that has taken place since the Bronze Age in 2022. Additionally, the Iron Age Testnet will be incentivized, offering Mainnet Quai rewards to miners and developers, with future incentives for users yet to be released.
Core Protocol
- The Iron Age Testnet was officially announced on August 21, 2023:
- In preparation for the Iron Age, new release candidates have been cut for both go-quai and go-quai-stratum:
go-quai: https://github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai/releases/tag/v0.13.0-rc.0
go-quai-stratum: https://github.com/dominant-strategies/go-quai-stratum/releases/tag/v0.6.0-rc.0
- Internal testing of the Quai protocol has continued, and has yielded optimistic results. The additional stress to the network that the Iron Age Testnet will bring is the next step in ensuring the reliability of the current release of the Quai protocol:
Ecosystem
Since the announcement of the Iron Age Testnet, the Quai Ecosystem has been growing rapidly.
- Solar Dex has indicated that they will be building on the Iron Age Testnet:
- Dominant Strategies team member Max joined members of the Solar team for a Twitter discussion on the Solar integration to Quai:
- Koala Wallet has indicated that they will be supporting Quai within the Iron Age Testnet:
- Dominant Strategies team member Max joined members of the Koala team for a Twitter discussion on Koala’s integration of Quai:
- Curvance has shared that they will be working to build on Quai Network:
- Quai NFT projects have been creating partnerships and working to build their communities:
Conferences
September is a busy month for the Quai booth, making an appearance at 3 conferences over the course of the month.
- Permissionless II in Austin, TX from September 11th-13th:
- Token2049 in Singapore from September 13th-15th:
- Mainnet Messari in New York, NY from September 20th-22nd:
If you’ll be at the Permissionless, Token2049, or Mainnet conferences this month, be sure to stop by the Quai booth!
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