Beam Biweekly—May 2025 Ed. #1
Covers all the developments in the Beam ecosystem from May 1st - 15th 2025.
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Greetings Beamers!
We’re making steady progress on fulfilling the 2025 Beam Development Roadmap laid out by the Beam Team at the start of the year.
The Headline: The consensus algorithm for the upcoming Beam Layer-2 “Beam Warp”, is undergoing initial testing, and we’re proud to share early testing was successful!
Development Updates
Beam Warp Test Report
Deployed the new dAppnet2, with a basic implementation of the PBFT consensus with a 15s blocktime (exactly like dAppnet1), test successful!
Found and fixed a few bugs related to the explorer node
Deployed the Beam Warp bridge contract on dappnet2, the contract will be used to bridge BEAM & Confidential Assets (like $wBTC, $wETH, $wUSDT) from L1 to L2 and back (the bridge actions are validated by the L2 validators)
Added the dappnet2 network to the network chooser in the desktop wallet
Fixed a display bug in the desktop wallet, that was caused by the DApp details component
Beam to Arbitrum Bridge
*WIP*
Beam Community Spotlight
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Nephrite ($NPH) — The private-by-default stablecoin on #Beam
Mainstream recognition here we come!
#BeamDidYouKnow
Everything you need to know about Nephrite!
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Best Regards,
The Beam Team