TL;DR: Crypto Dev Digest (CDD) documents cryptocurrency development, highlighting the projects and persons working under the hood. This installment is jam-packed. Monero is set to launch RandomX. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) implementations are readying for the coming November upgrade. Can Reddit be re-built on-chain with BCH? Explore REST APIs. Run your own server. Developers’ meeting #15 is right around the corner. Looks like there’s a happier ending for the OKCoin giveaway, and a lot more!

Monero Set to Launch RandomX PoW Algorithm

The creator of Zclassic is considering implementing the RandomX algorithm, considered to be ASIC resistant and easier to run via a CPU. He was inspired by Monero. ASIC mining is the industry standard, and many so-called GPU “killers” have come and gone.

Monero is launching RandomX PoW algorithm (target launch in 1 month) This algorithm gives an advantage to CPU mining over GPU mining (HIGHLY HIGHLY ASIC RESISTANT) Should Zclassic $ZCL try to implement it first?https://t.co/oZGRDY5sdv — Rhett Cryptography (@HeyRhett) October 17, 2019

Re-Build Reddit On-Chain with Bitcoin Cash

BCH Developers’ Meeting 15 on October 24th, 2019

#BitcoinCash 2019 Developers meeting no. 15 to take place Thursday October 24 at 15:00 UTC. Information available at https://t.co/jg54uZENh6

Attendees to the meeting are welcome to join https://t.co/yQV1oMLOmL #BCH pic.twitter.com/xsK1CrEqQS — Bitcoin Cash (@BitcoinCash) October 21, 2019

Simplified Guide to Running Electrumx Server

Anon dev imaginary_username recently blogged, “Use Electron-Cash a lot? It is an excellent wallet for Bitcoin Cash, and some would say it’s the best desktop wallet, for good reasons: It shuffles, there’s coin control, there are multiple servers so it’s almost never down, transactions are easily searchable and labeled, you can add arbitrary op_returns, there’s Schnorr signature support, you can use your own server…

“Wait, did I say own server? Sounds like a chore, why would anyone ever want to do that, aside from ‘I’m a good guy and I want to serve the public?’

“Well, for one, do you know all the addresses in your wallet are subscribed with the server you use – therefore the server operator can link your addresses, no matter how much you shuffle? We know some people like me do not track you, but there’s no telling what other operators might do! What if one of them is literally from the FBI?”

ShapeShift v0.0.4 Release Notes

Explore the World of REST APIs with ‘Trout’

Video walk through of a lightweight REST API dedicated to validating SLP token transactions. A much needed tool for anyone running SLP token infrastructure.https://t.co/wP2ktdwqLK https://t.co/sKIvVKr4Wj — Chris Troutner (@christroutner) October 18, 2019

Flowee The Hub 2019-09 Released Ahead of Nov Upgrade

Flowee has released its various applications under 2019.09 Most notable is support for the #BCH Nov Protocol Upgrade. Please notice the upgrade guidelines in the release notes.https://t.co/qrhl92XQ8t — Flowee The Hub (@FloweeTheHub) October 21, 2019

GitHub Sponsors Program

I entered the @github Sponsors program today. So if my open source projects provide you with value, consider sponsoring on GitHub with double the impact through GitHub's contribution matching program! 🎉https://t.co/e8TtuGZAbU — Rosco Kalis (@RoscoKalis) October 21, 2019

Happier Ending

An update on the OkCoin thing: https://t.co/DpV1dAqanc TL;DR: We forwarded the money to Electron Cash. — deadalǹ͔͜͡i͎̜͖͗̎͞x̛̳̠̤̥̦̉̊̕̕ (@deadalnix) October 22, 2019

CashScript v0.2.1 Released

1. Bounded bytes types Solidity has support for bounded bytes types such as bytes1, bytes13, or bytes32. Initially CashScript had support for bytes20 and bytes32, but this update enables bytes types of any size. Attached is a port of @KTrzeszczkowski's Mecenas to illustrate. pic.twitter.com/wUGekMHL8s — Rosco Kalis (@RoscoKalis) October 22, 2019

bchd 0.15.0 Released

be.cash Self-Modifying Contracts

https://t.co/sv7cGueouY transfers state by self-modifying its script code If developed further, you could install or uninstall apps with a transaction, for $0.001 on #BitcoinCash. Think about Last-Will or Recurrent Payments I‘m not aware of self-modifying contracts on #Ethereum — Tobias Ruck (@TobiasRuck) October 22, 2019

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