Beam - 2019 Week #11

Covering March 12th 2019 - March 18th 2019

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Alexander Zaidelson at Token2049 in Hong Kong, talking about Financial Privacy

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#Beam_News 🗞

• Hectic times at Token 2049 for Team Beam 🇭🇰🥂🌕

• We have updated our Roadmap for 2019

• We have published a new documentation regarding Sparse blocks for ultra-fast full node sync and post initial new node sync

• We have launched Beam Official QQ Group (Group ID: 909677190) for Chinese Beamers

• We have launched a revamped Web Block Explorer

• Some figures about mining Beam

#R&D_Updates 👨‍💻

• [documentation] UTXO set, horizons and cut through

• [feature, API] Add API to send specific UTXO #502

• [feature] Transaction in "Waiting for receiver" status should be able to live 12 hours #473

• [enhancement] Node Explorer: Store the logs in "logs" folder #514

• [bug, UI wallet]  #529

• [release] Blockchain Explorer

• [feature]  Atomic Swap CLI #447 in progress

• [feature] Fast Sync #454 in progress

• [project] Android wallet Mainnet in progress

• [project] iOS  wallet Testnet  in progress

• [integration] Hardware wallet - Trezor in progress

• 160 open issues and 362 closed issues

• 51 commits by 5 unique contributors

#Upcoming_Events 🥂

• Beam New Heaven Meetup, Connecticut, USA, March 20th 2019

• Webinar by Raphael Hauxley, March 21st 2019 (save the date)

• BlockchainUA Kiev, March 22nd 2019

• Beam Korea Meetup, March 23rd 2019

• Beam Brunch @Prague, March 23rd 2019

• Beam Belarus Meetup, April 3rd 2019

• Startup Yale, April 3-5th 2019

• Deconomy Seoul 2019 - April 4-5th 2019

• Beam Kansas Meetup, April 5th 2019 (save the date)

• The 2nd ZKProof Workshop 2019, Berkeley (CA) - April 10-12th 2019

• Beam Oxford Meetup, April 29th 2019 (save the date)

#Mining_updates ⛏

• Beam reached 105,000 Block Height last week

• Average Mining Difficulty: 180K

• Need some help? Drop us a line at mining@beam.mw

#Reading/Videos/Podcasts_Materials ⏯

• Why These Three Privacy Coins Could Go to the Moon In Value!! | a video by Crypto Rich

• Как майнить Beam coin! Майнинг Beam на алгоритме Mimblewimble! Майнинг на видеокарте amd rx 470! | a video in Russian by Rich Man

• No Bear market for Ledger (Nano-S) & MimbleWimble Baffling | a video by Jay Coshan

• From Hogwarts to Cryptography: What Is Mimblewimble? | by BTC Manager

• What is Mimblewimble and How Does it Differ from Bitcoin? | by Nadav Zeimler

• Биткоинизация: Grin & Beam - анонимные криптовалюты на протоколе MimbleWimble.Максим Онегин | Live in Russia by Forklog

• Mimblewimble - NODE New Economy Series #1 - Part 1 | a video by Ezra New Economy Fund

• Mimblewimble - NODE New Economy Series #1 - Part 2 | a video by Ezra New Economy Funds

• Co je BEAM a proč jej těžit? | in Czech by Krypto Guru

• 通过做可审计的隐私币，Beam认为数字货币可与现有经济体系共存 | in Chinese by 36K

• ビットコインは銀行よりタチが悪い？匿名仮想通貨BEAM（ビーム）CEO マネーにプライバシーが必要な訳を語る【単独】| in Japanese by Cointelegraph

• Mercado al alza gracias a stellar y binance. Resumen del iv cibtc motril – ep73 | a podcast in Spanish by Territorio Bitcoin

• ビットコインなど仮想通貨 冴えない展開続く。バイナンスは取引再開 今年 ライトコインに注目な訳とは？ | in Japanese by Minkabu

• 푸르동(Proudhon)과 블록체인 | in Korean by Beam Korea

#Community_Updates 👫

• We are thrilled to announce Nguyen Hoang Diep from Hanoi, Vietnam, Tristan Jülich from Stockholm, Sweden and Omri Erez from Hamburg, Germany, as Beam’s new Ambassadors

• Beam Official Meetup in Beijing, March 15th 2019

• Our Ambassador Program is waiting for you to represent Beam in your region

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