Dear Ambrosus Community,

Welcome to another bi-weekly progress report containing our most important updates from the past two weeks! Here is a look at the main areas of development within the Ambrosus Ecosystem: 1) Ambrosus Network Development Update, 2) Growth of the Ambrosus Incubator, 3) An action packed week across Europe and Asia. As is evident, the past two weeks have been exceptionally busy for the Ambrosus team, bringing new connections and important technical developments to the fast evolving ecosystem.

AMB-NET Development Update

The Network Management Tool (NMT)

In the past two weeks, the Ambrosus developer teams have created and implemented a new feature on the Ambrosus Network: The Network Management Tool (NMT). Focused on securely onboarding, offboarding, and whitelisting nodes on the Ambrosus Network, the NMT decentralizes governance over such processes using a multisignature scheme. Previously, a single developer had the ability to control access to the network — the onboarding and offboarding of nodes, etc. Now, with the NMT multiple developers possess voting rights concerning the most important changes to AMB-NET, and the participants allowed on the network. As a first step towards decentralized governance, the NMT is a prerequisite for a an open and public Ambrosus Network.

On the Horizon: Smart Contract based network management of network operators.

The Ambrosus Bridge

The Ambrosus bridge is officially deployed on Test-Net, with Ambrosus Developers doing a final end-to-end QA of the entire process; security holes in the bridge have been fixed. In the past two weeks, Ambrosus developers have additionally done a review of the documentation of the bridge, the entire onboarding procedure, the documentation around the correct screens, the User-Interface of the Bridge, as well as Terms and Conditions (T&Cs).

On the Horizon: Final checks and tests of the bridge on Test-Net, before preparing it for Main-Net!

Mobile Applications and SDK Improvements

The Ambrosus Front-End team has continued to refine and iterate the Ambrosus SDK’s, while significant progress has been made on two client applications. More specifically, fixes have been added to the extended API, while a Demo Application with a Native Camera Scanner has also been completed. Additional documentation and improvements have been provided for the Java/Android SDK as well as the iOS/MacOS SDK. Lastly, the front-end team is nearing the finalization of their newest JavaScript SDK.

On the Horizon: Work on client applications continues, with a core [Internal] ‘corporate demo’ document being created so as to showcase the numerous client applications Ambrosus has designed in one catalogue of applications for future clients.

Changes to Atlas Reward Structures

In the past two weeks the Ambrosus developer teams kicked off the implementation of a new model of how bundles get distributed to Atlas Nodes. Previously, the model was built around levels of connectivity: if an operator possessed more sophisticated computing equipment (i.e. a data center, or high frequency algorithms), they would possess a natural advantage for getting bundles over an operator who does not possess such equipment. Now, and in contrast to the old model, the new model uses a deterministic moving pointer (DMP) smart contract: based on probability, bundles are sourced according to the smart contract in order to ensure that bundle sheltering responsibilities are distributed equally according to the stake of the relevant Atlas node. Altogether, a more even distribution of rewards is provided.