Spam Mitigation Efforts
Mitigation efforts are in place with mid-term and long term solutions being explored for a spam attack that has happened in some Status public channels. Learn more about the efforts
Nimbus update: September 11th
Highlights include: audit fixes, a new sync (syncv2) that greatly speeds up syncing time, a special database pruner to help prune existing databases, multiclient interop scripts that are working as expected with other clients...
EIP-1559 Update & Breakdown
A couple of months ago, I wrote about the EIP-1559 proposal. Today, I'll cover recent updates, and break down the overall Ethereum fee issues.
V1.6 Release – The Start of an Android Referral Program & Bug Fixes
V1.6 Release – The Start of an Android Referral Flow & Bug Fixes. Status v1.6 introduces some bug fixes, and the start of a privacy preserving referral service on Android.
Status is the Official Communication Partner of the 7th Annual Hackers Congress Paralelni Polis
Status to be the Official Communications Partner for the 7th Annual Hackers Congress Paralelni Polis - October 2-4
Stop trusting companies, start trusting code
One of the principal sources of the omnipresent data collection and surveillance we see today lies in the inherently secretive and centralized development of most applications. Status delivers security and trust through open source software
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...