Town Hall #65 - August 31, 2020
Here's a recap of our latest Town Hall - we've got updates from People Ops, Core, Infrastructure, Keycard, Marketing and Community for you - enjoy!
Let's Rock 'n Rollup
This article dives into Rollups by summarizing the why, what and who aspects. We review conceptual ideas of the two broad categories of Rollups — ZK Rollups and Optimistic Rollups — and then reference some of their leading implementations. Finally, we describe its relevance to Status Network.
The Life of a Message
This article describes the architectural building blocks of Status messenger and illustrates the journey of Alice’s message to Bob through different layers of the protocol stack.
Nimbus: Medalla update - August 21 (take two)
The first thing to say is that our validators are doing much better than last week. We are currently tracking tracking the head of the chain on Medalla and attesting! 🎉
Status AMA Recap – Kyber Network
A follow up on the first ever AMA inside of the Status public channel #status, catch up on our discussion with the Kyber Network team.
Town Hall #64 - August 17, 2020
Here's a recap of our latest Town Hall - we've got updates from People Ops, Core, Infrastructure and Marketing for you - enjoy!
Status Community Engineering: Audio Messages from a Status Ambassador
Status Ambassador tbenr built out audio messages as a community contribution to Status. Audio messages are a new feature in Status v1.5 that demonstrate the amazing community members that support Status and help us move toward a decentralized vision.
V1.5 Release – Images, Audio Messages, Emoji Reactions & More!
Status version 1.5 introduces a number of new features to make the private messenger more fun and engaging – images, emoji reactions, audio messages & more
Nimbus: Medalla update
Medalla, the first open and community focused eth2 multi-client testnet, launched last week. As of today, there are over 26,000 active validators...
Town Hall #63 - August 03, 2020
Here's a recap of our latest Town Hall - we've got updates from People Ops, Core, Security and Marketing for you - enjoy!
Privacy - The Power to Selectively Reveal Oneself to the World
Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world. Three types of identities make this possible - Real, pseudonymous, and completely anonymous. Status is a pseudonymous platform
Ethereum 2.0 - What's the Score?
The scheduled Ethereum 2.0 implementation will result in better Scalability, Security, Fairness & Usability for the network. This article explores how & why.
The Status Network Quarterly Report - Q2 2020
Highlights of ongoings around Status Network in Q2 2020 - a tour through The Status Network looking at all of our recent news – across development, community, and ecosystem.
Roundup: Status All-Hands Roadmap Planning Workshop
Status held an all-hands meeting to solicit input across our teams, community, and stakeholders to plan what the next critical roadmap milestones are for the Status App.
Privacy vs Convenience
We reflect on the topic of ‘privacy versus convenience’ and how they often seem to conflict with each other. We explore this in the context of account identifiers on Status messenger and evaluate this choice in light of the recent debate around PIN-related features of the Signal messenger.