As every other month, here comes your summary of all things Raiden: overall development progress, product updates, event participation and all the other stuff that we’ve been up to in September and October!

Development Updates towards Alderaan mainnet

The last two months mostly followed the “test, find bugs, fix bugs, repeat!” rhythm. In other words, intensive testing and bug fixing towards the next release candidate and milestone Alderaan progressed. Alderaan will be the first integrated mainnet release coming with a service layer (monitoring and pathfinding service) and recently added new features (channel withdraw, source routing, mediation fees).

General Updates

Raiden Client: Since we are currently in an intensive bug fixing and testing phase we do not recommend to download the latest testnet pre-release v0.200.0-rc1 “Aloof Alpaca”, but instead suggest waiting for the next testnet release which we expect to release soon. All releases can be found on the Raiden client release page. For any technical inquiry please do not hesitate to contact the development team via our Gitter chat room.

Since we are currently in an intensive bug fixing and testing phase we do not recommend to download the latest testnet pre-release v0.200.0-rc1 “Aloof Alpaca”, but instead suggest waiting for the next testnet release which we expect to release soon. All releases can be found on the Raiden client release page. For any technical inquiry please do not hesitate to contact the development team via our Gitter chat room. Raiden Explorer: The Raiden Network explorer got a small facelift! You can see the new summary page by visiting one of the testnet explorers, e.g. the Görli Raiden Explorer.

The Raiden Network explorer got a small facelift! You can see the new summary page by visiting one of the testnet explorers, e.g. the Görli Raiden Explorer. Raiden Light Client : During their team offsite, the Raiden Solutions team reached a great milestone: The Light Client successfully conducted the first mediated transfer using the Pathfinding Service (PFS) with Alderaan smart contracts.

During their team offsite, the Raiden Solutions team reached a great milestone: The Light Client successfully conducted the first mediated transfer using the Pathfinding Service (PFS) with Alderaan smart contracts. Raiden Trust: The Raiden Trust is currently reviewing the first batch of applications and will shortly share an update announcing first grants as well as administrative news. However, you can, at any time, apply for a Raiden Trust grant! Find all details about grant applications and guidelines here.

The Raiden Trust is currently reviewing the first batch of applications and will shortly share an update announcing first grants as well as administrative news. However, you can, at any time, apply for a Raiden Trust grant! Find all details about grant applications and guidelines here. Raiden WebUI: The latest release of the WebUI includes an expandable notification panel which shows pending transactions as well as success messages.

The latest release of the WebUI includes an expandable notification panel which shows pending transactions as well as success messages. Raiden docs 2.0: We’ve been working on a new, easy-to-understand documentation in Gitbook, which we are expanding with new content step-by-step. Visit docs.raiden.network for a tutorial guide of the current WebUI and a Raiden API walkthrough. In case you can’t find what you’re looking for, there’s always still the more in-depth Raiden documentation 1.0.

We’ve been working on a new, easy-to-understand documentation in Gitbook, which we are expanding with new content step-by-step. Visit docs.raiden.network for a tutorial guide of the current WebUI and a Raiden API walkthrough. In case you can’t find what you’re looking for, there’s always still the more in-depth Raiden documentation 1.0. Weekly development updates: As always, if you are interested in more detailed development updates, make sure to follow the weekly updates on development progress and other activities posted on Reddit by u/BOR4 or u/Mat7ias with the [GIT] label.

Raiden at Devcon5 in Osaka

People

We are super happy to announce that our former intern, Talel (first mentioned in Raiden Pulse #6), joined the team permanently. Specifically, he joined the Raiden Solutions team which focuses on applications built on and with the Raiden API, the light client as well as several UX improvement initiatives and developer adoption measures.

Events