The District Weekly — March 2nd, 2019

News and updates from the district0x Network

This past week on our Discord Monday Chat we discussed a potential Short Name Auction Reservation Process as it relates to .eth domain names, which was proposed by the Ethereum Naming Service (ENS). As was noted by ENS in a post from December:

The current ENS registrar allows registration of .eth domains only if they have seven or more characters. This restriction was intended to ensure that shorter names were not snapped up by speculators before the system was widely known and used. The 3–6 character auction will now allow registration of shorter .eth domains.

This most recent Short Name Auction proposal provides a general framework for moving forward with short name implementation and propagation. In regards to Name Bazaar, there will not be any difference functionally for the ETH domain objects so they will act exactly the same as they normally do.

Additionally in our Monday chat, we had a brief recap of ETHDenver Mainstage panel discussions presented by our community manager Brady who was in attendance. One of the hottest topics to come out of one panel was the sandbox law just passed in Wyoming. On February 19, the Wyoming Governor signed HB 57, which creates a fintech sandbox program in the state for companies to test innovative financial products and services. Wyoming is the second state to introduce a regulatory sandbox program, following Arizona’s sandbox introduction last March.

Also the banking industry and FDIC were pushing to pass laws that change how custody and personal property laws apply to crypto. It was referred to as an “attack on property rights” in the panel and Wyoming helped push to give crypto personal property status. Had that not happened it may have required custodial services for all crypto security offerings, basically taking the “crypto” out of it entirely. For a full recap on ETHDenver, check out our latest livestream, below the district0x Network News.

Aside from our weekly discussions and ETHDenver recap, the district0x operations service providers are still eagerly awaiting to begin Meme Factory Beta Testing immediately upon receiving the green light from our developer teams. During this time we are solidifying our marketing initiatives, user documentation, and explainer videos all pertaining to Meme Factory.

district0x Network News

District Livestream

This past week on the District Livestream we recounted our tales from ETHDenver. This livestream touched on the finalist projects, workshops, events, the Maker Space, and other features of the event. Big shout out to our host Brady, who performed at the Maker Space. And additionally one of our core developers Daniel who assisted with production at the Fortmatic Stage.

The District Livestream is an interview podcast talking with some of the leading minds building decentralized applications, helping you digest decentralized apps and the networks they’re built on. Stay tuned for our regular community livestream every other Tuesday at 3PM PDT (10PM UTC) as a forum for discussing recent updates to the district0x Network. You can join us on Mixer, Facebook, Twitch, and YouTube.

District Proposals

No new proposals this week!

If you’d like to learn more about submitting your own idea as a proposal, check out the district proposal github repo for instructions and more information.