Beam - 2019 Week #8
Covering Feb. 18th 2019 - Feb. 24th 2019
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Alexander Zaidelson during Beam’s meetup in Beijing this week
#Beam_News 🗞
Japan’s equivalent to LinkedIn, Recruit Co., Ltd. invested in Beam
Team Beam attended Slush Tokyo
Team Beam attended a co-hosted meetup with Altonomy in Beijing, China
AMA session with Alexander Zaidelson and BHEX’s team
Last week, the 6-millionth Beam was mined
Alexander Zaidelson will speak about Privacy on Blockchain, in Hong Kong, March 13-14, 2019 during Token 2049
#R&D_Updates 👨💻
In Progress:
[feature] Atomic Swap - proof of concept (cli wallet) (#447)
[feature] Wallet API - Implement Lock/Unlock (#442)
[feature] Transaction in "Waiting for receiver" status should be able to live 12 hours (#473)
[feature] Payment proof in UI wallet (#415)
[enhancement] Add "--key_owner" parameter to the explorer-node (#484)
[feature] API - Read-only mode (#489)
[feature] API - Authentification (#488)
[integration] We are in the middle of Trezor’s Hardware wallet integration
[release] Android Testnet Beta 2 (Fixes and UI)
[enhancement] New Blockchain explorer design implementation completion
Done:
We have fixed several bugs
Export Addresses: Typo in the Error message (#428)
Enhancements
Wallet API integrations
[documentation]: Exchange Integration Guide
9 commits by 6 unique contributors
#Mining_updates ⛏
Beam reached 70,000 Block Height last week
Average Mining Difficulty: 225K
Need some help? Drop us a line at mining@beam.mw
#Reading/Videos/Podcasts_Materials ⏯
Privacy Crypto Beam Gets Funding from ‘Japanese LinkedIn’ Recruit | by Coindesk
How to mine Beam Coin | by Zerocrypted
リクルート、ブロックチェーンのスタートアップに投資 | in Japanese by Nikkei.com
Mimblewimble-Based Privacy-Focused Cryptocurrency ‘Beam’ Gets Funding From Japan | by Cryptoglobe
Micro-Cap Altcoin to Follow: Beam (BEAM) | by SludgeFeed
After Acquiring Indeed And Glassdoor, Recruit Invests In Privacy Coin Project Beam | by Binexnews
AMA session with BHEX | by BHEX
2019 Yılında Beklenen Projeler Serisi <Beam> | in Turkish by Crypto Squanch
币种追踪 | BEAM将推出兼容Mimblewimble的闪电网络，ARK完成主网升级工作 | in Chinese by WallstreetCN
What Is BEAM Coin? | by Zerocrypted
میمبل ویمبل از هری پاتر تا دنیای بیت کوین | in Arabic by IRBlockchain
Mimblewimble simplified (better Scalability and Privacy than Bitcoin today) | a video by Lambolife
#Community_Updates 👫
Happy to welcome, as our new ambassadors, Jerry Zhang from Shenzen, China, Huseyin Aladag from Eskisehir, Turkey, Mikko Antero Vapa from Tampere, Finland, Bruce Seymour from Connecticut, USA and Antonio Chagas from Lisbon, Portugal.
Incredible moment for Team Beam at Workshop Russian Hackers ::TestUpᵅ in Moscow
Our Ambassador Program is waiting for you to represent Beam in your region
#Upcoming_Events 🥂
Meetup PortHarcourt, Nigeria - March 2nd 2019
Meetup Lagos, Nigeria, March 3rd 2019
Fintech Week Tel Aviv 2019, March 4-6th 2019
Meetup Krakow, Poland, March 7th 2019
Meetup London, UK, March 9th 2019
CIBTC Motril, Madrid, March 9th 2019
Token 2049, March 13-14th 2019
BlockchainUA Kiev, March 22nd 2019
The 2nd ZKProof Workshop 2019, Berkeley (CA) - April 10-12th 2019
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