{"id":7471,"date":"2020-04-20T09:47:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/community\/blog\/nkn-bi-weekly-report-april-1-april-15-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:47:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T16:47:42","slug":"nkn-bi-weekly-report-april-1-april-15-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/community\/blog\/nkn-bi-weekly-report-april-1-april-15-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"NKN Bi-weekly Report April 1 &#8211; April 15, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Video Streaming giant iQIYi Taps NKN for Video Performance Boost<\/li><li>Smart Home Webinar with NKN &amp; IoTeX<\/li><li>Community Project NKNxCompanion Telegram Bot<\/li><li>NKN Advisor Stephen Wolfram invites you to solve Physics<\/li><li>In memory: John H. Conway, Mathematician, inventor of Game of Life (CA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mainnet technical development updates<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Latest Mainnet Stats April 16, 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\ud83c\udf10 42 countries &amp; regions<\/li><li>\ud83c\udfed 184 ISPs or cloud providers<\/li><li>\ud83d\udcbb 23071 full consensus nodes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/nlrfBnzFGfc4qwzLg5wmBp0TjvZ1bUJ-r2njbnAb0QiBD--jJyEZCkv4Vyk2USCQ2hQT4LeQR790mK1cjC7GYPwBrHbzUWRpnkB_KRSBGzVPCelkhh6eoCMUVcyVAP176c8MEbKp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest stable release for mainnet<strong> is<\/strong> <strong>v1.1.6-beta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nknorg\/nkn\/releases\">https:\/\/github.com\/nknorg\/nkn\/releases<\/a> )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Streaming Giant iQIYi Taps NKN for Video Performance Boost<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/k4UDVo98g1wsslIoW3b3m92n6lCcqsv78AvWv4BzXDYy9EWaKqN0VAlZtztRZufekUKGamQYef8QWhOktzc8LliJcx71JEYa3loyKg2PdUoG2wyF8bJzvsrBAI788sXk3oVLt6ho\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 14th, NKN announced our recently inked commercial contract with iQIYi, one of the largest video streaming services in China, to deliver video content for many of its over 500 million users.&nbsp; The details, first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/baidu-owned-video-streaming-giant-iqiyi-taps-public-blockchain-for-performance-boost\">Coindesk<\/a>, uses NKN\u2019s microhosting network and management to provide content caching and delivery for movies and TV shows offered on the iQIYi platform. The result is a better customer experience for users and a much needed bandwidth savings from caching for operators and video service providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nkn.org\/nkn-join-iqiyi-in-advancing-technical-innovation-for-video-content-delivery\/\">NKN Joins iQIYI in Advancing Technical Innovation for Video Content Delivery<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/baidu-owned-video-streaming-giant-iqiyi-taps-public-blockchain-for-performance-boost\">Baidu-Owned Video Streaming Giant iQiyi Taps Public Blockchain for Performance Boost&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smart Home Webinar with NKN &amp; IoTeX<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/wiFs0JSMm72oLatFuRWrrIxkO_GccBRsFmJjGdUS_2bo9Vrs8BGUq6SyEywwPrtjvbYg0SnB2I3-GIvRSetPZ59srinl2h0wzWNEWqouW76AwoS2OMM_DNBZQa4iGJ5EwpW3l5S2\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 15th, <strong>NKN<\/strong> together with <strong>IoTeX<\/strong> collaborated to present the webinar \u201c<strong>How to Protect Your Smart Home in 2020<\/strong>\u201d.&nbsp; The presentation provided insights on the smart home of today including devices and network infrastructure as well as tips on how you can make your smart home more secure.&nbsp; It also included a look at the smart home of tomorrow featuring technologies such as Blockchain, Secure Hardware, Decentralized Identification, Secure P2P Communications, and IoT industry Standards that will make the future smart home more secure and protect your data.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the replay here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/rec\/share\/2sVJCJj9zkNIErPz7VvBV4w_Brr9eaa80XdL-KVYy0n7GyqL5bR3nNfh9qUUV7VP\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/rec\/share\/2sVJCJj9zkNIErPz7VvBV4w_Brr9eaa80XdL-KVYy0n7GyqL5bR3nNfh9qUUV7VP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Community Project NKNxCompanion Telegram Bot<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/j1s6pNgLeZBrNSBHBhyyEG5SFgG0sUtb7b1Nltjhe8hcAt1y4-XHJAUc4tXWDCfgIEcvUMsOHFeTWj-ae-nLG0x9vWtzkURR--YOXi1J4qi0TgGva8SFoAAuVf0X6AMhThmBMxeM\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NKNxCompanion&nbsp; is a Telegram bot brought to you by the team at NKNx which allows you to monitor your wallet addresses and get information about the NKN blockchain network.&nbsp; The tool features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Track NKN addresses. Add as many as you like<\/li><li>View last 10 transactions of a wallet<\/li><li>Check wallet balance<\/li><li>Get notifications about latest transactions<\/li><li>Stay alert of hackers trying to drain your wallet<\/li><li>Get current NKN market stats<\/li><li>Get current NKN network stats<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The tool is available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9uhrQK6PYC?amp=1\">https:\/\/t.co\/9uhrQK6PYC?amp=1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NKN Advisor Stephen Wolfram invites you to solve Physics<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/JaSryTAIMpxqyj3MuXh0MCm3PmG7yRpiYtQVsYQBQQyAe-S1OooVbswcnmT-03IyCAm7VTOmeh2fYXesPEfuAdv18Sb9Lq_niu4KAJDRw1Kx0eOL-QWASmDxOl1IQrNhemEOJEMf\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want to figure out the path to the Holy Grail of Physics: a unified theory, making it possible for the first time to discover the underlying rule of our entire universe, one that intertwines relativity, gravity, and quantum mechanics with an elegant coherence?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 14th 2020, NKN advisor Dr. Stephen Wolfram debuted the <a href=\"http:\/\/wolframphysics.org\/\">Wolfram Physics Project<\/a>. And you are welcome to join Dr. Wolfram and many enthusiasts search for the fundamental theory of physics, one simple rule at a time.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/stephen-wolfram-invites-you-to-solve-physics\/\">https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/stephen-wolfram-invites-you-to-solve-physics\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wolframphysics.org\/\">http:\/\/wolframphysics.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In memory: John H. Conway, Mathematician, Inventor of Game of Life (CA)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/zb86f3H5XalGeRoeoPQ6_6h_q02RciAxl4FR-S7hiCoTBHXOP0EA5xiHuGDYaDZyAlChBoHBg89b5rqM28CtBap5ZguJMe0ikukrV1az_ZnclW13J_Y7fj5Ou3AodgbD_tKs379L\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John Horton Conway, the English-born Princeton mathematician whose body of work ranged from the rigorously highbrow to the frivolously fun, earning him prizes and a reputation as a creative, iconoclastic and even magical genius, died on Saturday in New Brunswick, N.J. He was 82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conway\u2019s contributions in Cellular Automata and Game of Life, are one of the key foundations of NKN\u2019s core technologies such as MOCA consensus algorithm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-new-york-times\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"John Horton Conway, a \u2018Magical Genius\u2019 in Math, Dies at 82\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/svc\/oembed\/html\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F04%2F15%2Ftechnology%2Fjohn-horton-conway-dead-coronavirus.html#?secret=fH7yuJQd3i\" data-secret=\"fH7yuJQd3i\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Horton_Conway\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Horton_Conway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About NKN<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/DXbBNdB_zoumTALCzC3msDUxHXMtdCdj-O-Oa3HzbToReDDxICFOJ-f4okdVkJIsN0tfShweQ9tSXwB2fM-iHcsPZICCBf29axGHOxGYU-C9eGbWXzVd9NxO_mCqI5W0qt_UXKYY\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\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&#8217;s 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\n\n\n<p>Home:<a href=\"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/\"> https:\/\/nkn.org\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:contact@nkn.org\">contact@nkn.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Telegram:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/nknorg\"> https:\/\/t.me\/nknorg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twitter:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NKN_ORG\"> https:\/\/twitter.com\/NKN_ORG<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nkn.org\">https:\/\/blog.nkn.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forum: <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.nkn.org\">https:\/\/forum.nkn.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medium:<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/nknetwork\"> https:\/\/medium.com\/nknetwork<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linkedin:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nknetwork\/\"> https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nknetwork\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Github:<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nknorg\"> https:\/\/github.com\/nknorg<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discord:<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/yVCWmkC\"> https:\/\/discord.gg\/yVCWmkC<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NKNORG\"> http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NKNORG<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights Video Streaming giant iQIYi Taps NKN for Vid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[]},"categories":[252],"tags":[366,556,557,535],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkn.org\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}