{"id":7626,"date":"2019-11-06T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/community\/blog\/nkn-bi-weekly-report-oct-15%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8anov-1-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T18:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T18:40:00","slug":"nkn-bi-weekly-report-oct-15%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8anov-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/community\/blog\/nkn-bi-weekly-report-oct-15%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8anov-1-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"NKN Bi-weekly Report Oct 15\u200a\u2014\u200aNov 1, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"605\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*3VZQ3HB3NVFw1lf2\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<h3>Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Introducing D-Chat: A server-less, secure and private chat for individuals and groups<\/li>\n<li>1-click images on Google, Amazon and DigitalOcean updated to mainnet v1.1.1<\/li>\n<li>500,000 NKN Special community award for nknx<\/li>\n<li>Blockchain Tech Talk at Tsinghua University<\/li>\n<li>New AMAs with Binance Malaysia and Thailand Communities<\/li>\n<li>Binance AMA Highlights Published<\/li>\n<li>NKN Inspired Graphics<\/li>\n<li>New NKNxVault community desktop wallet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mainnet technical development updates<\/h3>\n<p>Latest Mainnet Stats November 1st, 2019:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83c\udf10 48 countries<\/li>\n<li>\ud83c\udfed 253 ISPs or cloud providers<\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udcbb 21,871 full consensus nodes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1107\" data-height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*fOcsT76zhFV2cQJQ\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>NKN mainnet code development progress over the last two weeks is mainly reflected in tuna, nkn-shell-daemon, documentations, ncdn-server, ncdn-web, ncdn-management, ncdn-queue, ncdn-api, ncdn-official-website, and docker-swarm repositories and different branches.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pull Request: 34<\/li>\n<li>Commits: 80<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The latest stable release for mainnet is v1.1.1-beta<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nknorg\/nkn\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/github.com\/nknorg\/nkn\/releases<\/a> )<\/p>\n<h3>NKN releases new Mainnet v1.1.1-beta<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>[BETA] Chain DB size reduction. There is now an option to enable state pruning that can greatly reduce ChainDB size by removing unused states. This feature is currently in Beta and not enabled by default. You can enable it by setting StatePruningMode to \u201clowmem\u201d in config.json, or start nknd with\u200a\u2014\u200apruning lowmem argument.<\/li>\n<li>Implement random sampling neighbors in voting and gossip<\/li>\n<li>Add block verification when syncing and persisting blocks<\/li>\n<li>Implement multicast and compression protocol<\/li>\n<li>Fix the bug that nanopay txn not in txpool gets removed<\/li>\n<li>Fix the bug that nknc return code is not correct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Introducing D-Chat: A server-less, secure and private chat for individuals and\u00a0groups<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*RxgIGS44B8mcCCVo\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>While you may have heard of D-Chat before, the new article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forum.nkn.org\/t\/introducing-d-chat-a-server-less-secure-and-private-chat-for-individuals-and-groups\/1861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Introducing D-Chat: A server-less, secure and private chat for individuals and groups<\/a>\u201d offers a comprehensive introduction to the NKN based messaging application and many of its unique features.<\/p>\n<p>D-Chat is one of the highlights of NKN consumer applications, developed by community developer Lynn. It utilizes and showcases a wide spectrum of NKN\u2019s platform products and SDKs, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NKN\u2019s decentralized PubSub service to deliver group messages<\/li>\n<li>Multi-client SDK to optimize the speed and latency of delivery<\/li>\n<li>secure end to end encryption to enable private chat called Whisper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>D-Chat is available as a plugin on popular web browsers such as <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/d-chat\/glnmkakdjcognfgonjfcklpmjiobijii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chrome<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-US\/firefox\/addon\/d-chat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Firefox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>1-click images on Google, Amazon and DigitalOcean updated to mainnet\u00a0v1.1.1<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*F6AT8XBufrT1goaL\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Oct 22nd, the NKN 1-click images available on <a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/marketplace\/pp\/B07PWJ69BF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AWS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/console.cloud.google.com\/marketplace\/details\/nkn-public\/nkn-full-node\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Cloud<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.digitalocean.com\/apps\/nkn-full-node\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DigitalOcean<\/a> were updated to mainnet software v1.1.1 with pruned blockchain database. This version will not only update your NKN node to the latest version, but also save you a lot of disk space: from over 20GB to about 10GB.<\/p>\n<h3>500,000 NKN Special community award for\u00a0nknx<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*wFNtMk8oqvkCo33s\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>October 19th, the NKN Foundation announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.nkn.org\/t\/nkn-foundation-special-community-award-for-nknx-org-community-project\/1827\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Community Award of 500,000 NKN to the nknx.org community project<\/a> in order to honor the dedication, quality, and long term contribution of the <a href=\"http:\/\/nknx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nknx.org<\/a> team. Nknx brings together a NKN blockchain browser, wallet, and network system monitor all in one convenient tool and is much loved by the community. Thanks to Christian Busch (ChrisT), Andrew, and the entire team at nknx for your well deserved achievement.<\/p>\n<h3>Blockchain Tech Talk at Tsinghua University<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1600\" data-height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*d2lcSej_QN4GXAsF\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Oct 22nd, NKN founders Yanbo Li and Yilun Zhang gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.nkn.org\/t\/nkn-technical-seminar-in-tsinghua-university\/1844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">technical talk to students and researchers at the prestigious Tsinghua University in Beijing<\/a>. The presentation covered both NKN\u2019s core technology including MOCA consensus and P2P networking (nnet) as well as key applications.<\/p>\n<h3>New AMAs with Binance Malaysia and Thailand Communities<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1280\" data-height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*xzfaaf1SSt6Oc07n\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1280\" data-height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*vr66RiohEfGJQN6y\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On October 29th, the NKN core team conducted two back-to-back AMAs with Binance Malaysia and Thailand communities. As part of the events, NKN also distributed token rewards to select participants in our Quiz and Q&amp;A segments. Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks to the Binance angels for organizing the events!<\/p>\n<h3>Binance AMA Highlights Published<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1200\" data-height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*IOCWY7bAulgvhuAg\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The NKN Core team participated in 12 Binance Community AMAs in October. The AMAs addressed binance community groups from all over the world, including English, Chinese, Russian\/Ukrainian, Turkish, Vietnamese, Indonesia, and India groups as well as Thailand and Malaysia. We compiled the best questions from these AMAs and published our answers in the article, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/forum.nkn.org\/t\/nkn-ama-q-a-highlights-october-8-9-2019\/1821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NKN AMA Q&amp;A Highlights<\/a>\u201d available on the NKN forum.<\/p>\n<h3>Community contributions<\/h3>\n<h3>NKN Inspired\u00a0Graphics<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"680\" data-height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*FY_NUD3WuE2it3N4\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to community member Tom, for his <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.nkn.org\/t\/nkn-imagery-and-graphics\/1855\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NKN inspired graphics<\/a>! Share and enjoy!<\/p>\n<h3>New NKNxVault community desktop\u00a0wallet<\/h3>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"988\" data-height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*YgZUAJv95mSz-rw9\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Congratulations to the community developer team at nknX for launching their sleek new <a href=\"https:\/\/vault.nknx.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">desktop wallet <\/a>with support for NKN Mainnet tokens. Currently Windows, Mac OS, and Linux operating systems are supported.<\/p>\n<h3>About NKN<\/h3>\n<p>NKN is the new kind of P2P network connectivity protocol &amp; ecosystem powered by a novel public blockchain. We use economic incentives to motivate Internet users to share network connection and utilize unused bandwidth. NKN\u2019s open, efficient, and robust networking infrastructure enables application developers to build the decentralized Internet so everyone can enjoy secure, low cost, and universally accessible connectivity.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-width=\"1000\" data-height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/800\/0*rcbiwrsixaco-2Lk\"><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Home:<a href=\"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/nkn.org\/<\/a><br \/>Email: <a href=\"mailto:contact@nkn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact@nkn.org<\/a><br \/>Telegram:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/nknorg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/t.me\/nknorg<\/a><br \/>Twitter:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NKN_ORG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/twitter.com\/NKN_ORG<\/a><br \/>Forum: <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.nkn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/forum.nkn.org<\/a><br \/>Medium:<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/nknetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/medium.com\/nknetwork<\/a><br \/>Linkedin:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nknetwork\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nknetwork\/<\/a><br \/>Github:<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nknorg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/github.com\/nknorg<\/a><br \/>Discord:<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/yVCWmkC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/discord.gg\/yVCWmkC<\/a><br \/>YouTube:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NKNORG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NKNORG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights Introducing D-Chat: A server-less, secure and private chat for individuals and groups 1-click images on Google, Amazon and DigitalOcean updated to mainnet v1.1.1 500,000 NKN Special community award for nknx Blockchain Tech Talk at Tsinghua University New AMAs with Binance Malaysia and Thailand Communities Binance AMA Highlights Published NKN Inspired Graphics New NKNxVault community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[]},"categories":[263,212],"tags":[641,438,467,642],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}