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Synthetic Positions & Prices For Blockchain Based Financial Instruments

Komodo’s innovative peer-to-peer orderbooks for the atomic swap network already allowed for coin markets to exist were not based on BTC prices. For example, KMD/ZEC could be listed and these can be traded directly. (It is only one week into the development cycle. More news are coming soon).

What synthetic positions & prices gives the Komodo ecosystem is the ability to create new financial services with blockchain enforcement. Using the gateways consensus module, these services enable cross-protocol/cross-chain/cross-currency integration.

Decentralized Market Price Feeds Graphed (Crypto/Fiat/Forex/Etc.)

Komodo dApp tester TonyL created quick real-time graphs for visualizing the price changes.

Documentation Update

The developer docs get a refresh which is part of the rebrand strategy — to make Komodo more attractive to developers.

Desktop and Mobile voting instructions has been created.

Native Notifications for the Agama Desktop wallet are available.

PHP Library Initial Release

Webworker01 created a PHP library for manipulating Komodo addresses and keys. He used the nodejs implementation by pbca26 as a reference. A tool like this is intended to be an integration point into PHP web applications.

Hush 3 Now Komodo Code

The v3 of Hush blockchain project has been moved to Komodo and is being notarized in the blockchain security service by the dPoW process. Small blockchain size of < 100MB and a hashrate already at 3MH. Rolling with the punches of the shout outs to Notary Node Operators, Hush lead developer Duke Leto recently linked us a tool to convert from ZEC addresses to KMD addresses is here.

Hush is a token, secure messaging platform, which was based on ZCash. As its own unique blockchain network, HUSH acts as not only a store of value but a medium of exchange for using the secure messaging platform. This “messaging” function is also the mechanism for sending and receiving transactions.

Fast Decentralized Trustless Oracles (DTO)

Zack from Amoveo was kind enough to offer commentary on fast oracles. It is a response to jl777’s blog posts about a (DTO) decentralized trustless oracle solution by Komodo. It spells out some important considerations that are linked within the article.

Sources: Tech Tuesday Development Update — 2019 Week 16 (10.04–16.04), Tech Tuesday Development Update — 2019 Week 17 (17.04–23.04)

New tutorials:

Komodo Platform’s Notary Node Elections of 2019 are Live.