March has, undoubtedly, been a difficult month for all of us. With the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak affecting every corner of the globe, now, more than ever, the way in which we navigate through these uncertain times is fundamental in defining our future.

Despite the restrictions being faced, the team have remained proactive in the advancement of our roadmap. We’re extremely proud of the dedication shown by each of them during this testing period. Before we take our usual look back over the previous few weeks though, we’d like to take a brief moment to address a key issue among the community.

Exchange Listings

When Dune Network launched in late 2019, it was said often that our number one priority is technological advancement of the platform ahead of all else. As we have moved forward, of course, we understand the need for Dune to be listed upon larger markets to facilitate the growth of our community. To this effect, we have been in regular communication with over 50 different exchange platforms. It is no secret that some request eye-watering fees for their services, whilst, other more reasonably priced options may not offer the same level of security for users. For us, it has been one of the most challenging decisions to date!

It is now then, with much pleasure that we can officially announce a deal has been finalized with whom we consider to be the most appropriate choice for us at this time.

As mentioned in the January community AMA, the initial intention was to have this target reached prior to the end of Q1. However, while international market conditions remain shrouded in uncertainty, Bitcoin and other large-cap alt-coins have shown clear signs of susceptibility to these extraneous forces. It is with this, in mind, that we feel it is sensible to delay this process for a period of two to three weeks. We firmly believe that in doing this, Dune can gain the maximum potential benefit from the event and this will inevitably springboard us into a position to be able to take advantage of other listing offers and more!

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Know your customer- privately!

Private chains on Dune are getting a host of useful new features for enterprise grade deployment. Those announced in the piece from early March include — Privacy by shared secret, privacy by closed network, privacy by on-chain access control and also, private chains with KYC. If you’d like to read more, check out the full article here.

Rock out with your Fox out!

If you’re using Metal, you already know that it is the easiest way to access the Dune Network blockchain and that, as well as sending, receiving or delegating your DUN, it also lets you deploy smart contracts using Try Liquidity and notarize your documents through Notarize, directly from your browser! Well, now it’s available directly through the Firefox store! Read more here, or just go and get it now, here!

Game on!

Gaming and blockchain technology clearly have a bright future in common as both fields continue to develop and evolve. Introducing the concept of true randomness into blockchain based games, however, is trickier than one might expect. In Part one of our look into this challenge, we explore the ways in which this can be overcome and the reasons it is so important. Part two will delve a little deeper into the issues, ahead of the release of the first games running on Dune this month!

Don’t get burnt!

As a reminder, the protocol keeps burning undelegated tokens at a rate of 10% every 10 cycles. It happened at the end of cycle 116, 126 and tomorrow again at cycle 136. If you don’t want your tokens to disappear, make sure they are delegated ASAP!

Also occurring on Dune…

The first successful call to a Solidity ballot contract running natively on Dune!

Maturation and further development of Dune Love Language.

Growth of the validator programme improving security and stability of the network.

Onboarding of enterprises seeking to use Dune as a logistical platform for cross border trade and freight and property assets tokenisation!

Lastly, we’d like to take this opportunity to thank every single member of the community for your continued support. In periods of worldwide crisis, many companies will be looking to blockchain technology as cost reduction measures become more important than ever. Therefore, if you, or anyone you know, are in such a position, please do reach out to find more about the solutions we could offer!

From everyone on the team here at Dune, we hope that you and your loved ones are safe and well.

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