Beam 2021 Week #6 - Testing the Ether

Covering February 1st - February 7th 2021

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Beam News

A bustling week with the latest Tesnet release coming to us in EE 5.3. This release comes with fresh additions to the Atomic Swaps boards, namely ETH, along with Erc20s USDT, DAI, and WBTC. For those looking to help out with the testing process, download here, jump into the Beam Chat, and share any feedback, issues, or improvements to be made.

The Atomic Swaps with Ethereum require setting up an account with Infura, to utilise their public APIs. Raskul has thrown together a wicked guide, taking you throught the full process of getting set up, check it out and get your swaps on!

Research and Development

• After rigorous testing of 5.3 is complete, expect to see ETH, USDT, DAI, and WBTC Atomic Swaps hitting mainnet.

• Work on BeamX Confidential DeFi platform pushes forward, with Ferocious Fermion 6.0 expected to come with UI for Confidential Assets, and support for Beam Shaders (Smart Contract support). The upgrade will require a hard fork, so stay tuned for the announcement.

• Confidential Sidechains POC is nearing completion, with a demo of such coming soon. This will also demonstrate the Beam side of the decentralised bridges, coming at a later date for Ethereum and Polkadot.

• Ways to improve the UX of the multiple addresses is being explored, to provide a smother experience and onboarding process.

For more insights on what is on the cards for Beam, check out the latest interview with Alex Romanov, as he sits down with StealthEX exchange, to talk Beam and Confidential DeFi!

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Community

• A huge January for Beam Africa, and if you didn’t catch it all, now you can, with the a rundown of the month that was. Be sure to check it out and show your support!

• Guide on Atomic Swaps, coming to us from the infamous Raskul.

• A great update on Beam coming from the Open Economy Initiative

• Swapzone spreading the word on Beam. One of the many instant exchanges that can convert your transparency coins to Beam

• A sneak peak of some of what will be possible on BeamX, from Beam Product Lead Sasha

• A great interview with StealthEX and Alex Romanov, on what’s coming for Beam
  
  
  

Sign up, stay tuned, and see you all next week!

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