Monthly Team Recap — July

July was an exciting month for the Dether team! We are fixing the last bugs regarding the exchange feature and the recent Ethereum network congestion; we’ve secured new partnerships with some of the most innovative blockchain projects in the space today; we wrote a series of exciting editorials; and, we’ve held and planned some new (and classic) contests. Keep reading to see what you missed out on!

Launch Update

We want to thank our community for their patience during this pre-launch period — we know that the wait has seemed, at times, very long, but we’ve received many messages of support and excitement from you all, and it’s what keeps us going through sleepless nights of app development and hours of brainstorming sessions for new content! Here’s the latest in technical updates:

We’ve completed the integration of the AirSwap protocol into the exchange feature and just have to run a few last tests to validate it.

We’ve conducted a series of user and security tests several times a week over the past month, that showed some minor back-end bugs, and most recently some issues with gas prices due to the Ethereum network congestion.

We’ve integrated a user experience form in the settings to get feedback from users while launching the app.

We’ve integrated Zendesk’s solution into the Dether app for resolving all potential support issues.

We’ve integrated a blockchain-based data solution that will help the team keep track of all the data from the smart contract. As an example, the team will have a proper dashboard with the number of trades that happens every minute via the Dether protocol.

We are continuing testing sessions of the app several times a week, and we will be releasing a development update very soon, as well as hosting a TechTalk AMA with Dether cofounder and developer, Mehdi Amari — so stay tuned!

Dether Global

Dether promoted in Korea, almost a year after our first Asian tour!

TokenFoundry and ConsenSys promoted Dether in Korea at the Beyond Blocks Summit in Seoul — we can’t wait to come back and meet our new Korean supporters!

This month, we finalized travel details for a Latin American tour with Bernd Lapp’s BoT (Blockchain on Tour) event.

In conjunction with other social impact blockchain projects, we’ll visit five universities in five different countries in Latin America, in order to better educate people about the potential of blockchain technology.

Hamid was also at the PSG headquarters to discuss the future of cryptocurrency in football!

Partnerships and exchanges

With AirSwap, we’ve made it easy for anyone to access DTH and ERC20 tokens

Our partnership with AirSwap, the decentralized token network, allows users to buy DTH on Dether.io and AirSwap.io using the AirSwap trading widget. Soon, with the release of the Dether app on mainnet, and the integration of AirSwap into the app, individuals will be able to become ERC20 token ATMs.

Together, we hope to further the standards for cryptospatial coordinantes

FOAM develops geospatial protocols, standards and proof of location designed to empower users to build a consensus-driven map of the world that can be trusted for every application. With FOAM and Dether, the possibilities of advancing crypto-spatial research are endless. One important implication of our work together would be FOAM’s standards and protocols used within Dether for Shops, where users can look for a place to spend their cryptocurrency, and merchants can broadcast that they accept crypto.

In July, the DTH token was listed on ForkDelta, a project that shares our vision of dencentralization

At Dether, decentralization is a key focus of our mission: we’ve built the app as a PWA (progressive web app), we don’t take any fees on Dether trades, and there’s no middleman involved in the crypto-to-cash trade process. We are so happy to have been listed on ForkDelta in July, an exchange that shares our vision for a more decentralized world.

ForkDelta is a decentralized trading platform that lets you trade ether and Ethereum-based tokens directly with other users. ForkDelta (a fork of EtherDelta) offers many ERC20 tokens for trade, and is constantly adding more.

Noteworthy editorials

All the excitement of the World Cup, with no yellow cards!

With all of the excitement surrounding the World Cup, we decided to host our own event between Croatia and France. We wanted to know more about the blockchain and crypto regulations in each country, and how the governments in each respective region had welcomed the new technology. After much deliberation, it was the Croatian Vatreni who were victorious in our book!

Five reasons we stand apart from the crypto-to-cash competition

We wanted our community to know five reasons why Dether is a standout application, and give previously unfamiliar individuals a chance to discover the app. Here’s the deal: we’re banking the unbanked, we don’t take any fees on trades, decentralization is the cornerstone of our mission, our user experience is seamless, and we’re helping aid organizations solve real problems.

Check out this great write-up of Dether from Gingerbreadfork!

Merch mania, new t-shirts and competitions

We hosted a crypto shop t-shirt competition on Twitter! Can YOU guess how many shops will be listed on the Dether Map on launch day?

The Ether Price Prediction Challenge is back for round 3. Predict what the price of Ether will be on Tuesday August 7, 2018 and win fabulous prizes!

Prizes include:

- 1st prize winner will win 10,000 DTH + a Dether t-shirt!

- 2nd prize winner will win 5000 DTH + a Dether t-shirt!

- 3rd prize winner will win a Dether t-shirt!

On the horizon

In July, our CMO extraordinaire, Penelope, launched a series of weekly marketing reports on the blog, to better update our community on our marketing efforts and new projects. In her first update, Penelope gave updates on securing interviews with key influencers, development, and new country targets. In her second update, she gave us a sneak peak at some upcoming AMAs…we can’t wait!

One of the key developments was the User FAQ Zendesk Support tool, a major support tool for app users who have questions on how to perform certain functions on the app. Zendesk will provide a very important hub for both customer service and search engine optimisation.

Now that you’re updated on the latest Dether news, how about signing up for early access to the app, which gets you a Dether license to become a Dether seller, and gives you exclusive first access to the app?

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