BEAM - 2018 Week #49

Covering Dec. 3rd - Dec. 9th 2018

#BEAM&Mimblewimble_News

• Testnet 3 has been released, download it here

  • Make sure to remove the Wallet files before installing Testnet 3.

  • Remember that Testnet 2 Coins will disappear

• BEAM’s Mainnet is coming. Further information will be announced soon

• Meetup in Singapore with Aaron Ting

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

#BEAM_Mining

• The Equihash parameters for Mainnet have been announced: n=150, k=5

• In Testnet 3 the Miner still uses n=144, k=5

• Mining specifications are available here

• Interested in cooperation, drop us a line at mining@beam.mw

#BEAM_Community

• Happy to welcome Kristaps Stikuts from Riga

• Several meetups for the next couple of weeks:

  • Dec. 12th - Vigo, Spain

  • Dec. 15th Port Harcourt, Nigeria

  • Dec. 15 - St. Petersburg, Russia

  • Not scheduled - Los Angeles - USA | Madrid - Spain | Guadeloupe - France
    

#BEAM & Mimblewimble_Content

• Grin, Beam and Mimblewimble, the future of Bitcoin Privacy

• Beam introduces privacy coin with characteristics of digital hard money

• Privacy in Cryptocurrencies: Mixing-based Approaches

• Behind MimbleWimble

• What Grin and Mimblewimble Mean for the Future of Bitcoin Privacy

• ミンブルウィンブル（むにゃむにゃ）| About Mimblewimble - JP

• Meet BEAM Ambassador #6: Joshua Akpan— Port Harcourt, Nigeria

#BEAM_Dev

• Testnet 3 is live

• 84 open issues

• Testnet 3.1 in progress

• 109 commits by 8 unique contributors

• New documentation

  • BEAM mining protocol API (Stratum)

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