Hello to all crypto enthusiasts and blockchain fans! The biweekly report on Beam became a lovely tradition that we are happy to follow! “Picking up speed on all fronts” — this is how Alexander Zaidelson, Beam CEO, commented on the development of the project. During the past two weeks, team Beam performed amazing progress and featured it in the small informative video-updates by CTO Alex Romanov. Watch and learn about the upcoming Web Wallet release and catch a short preview of the forthcoming desktop Beam wallet release, which includes the feature of receive tokens, replacing the SBBS address in the user interface. The second video report highlights the latest Android release, as well as a working demo of their forthcoming ‘Lelantus’ additional privacy functions — a world first on the Mimblewimble protocol. The latest Beam android wallet release brings the platform up to date with the current iOS version and includes user-friendly seed phrase restoration and the new dark mode. All in all, last week, they had 93 commits in /beam, 254 open issues in /beam, 16 open issues in /android-wallet, and 20 open issues in /ios-wallet.

Beam also started to provide the community and newcomers with comprehensive deep-dives and user-friendly tutorials so that everybody can quickly get acquainted with the technology. Recently, Alex Romanov shared a video on The Beam Secure Bulletin Board System (SBBS) and how they intend to improve it in forthcoming releases. In addition, he posted a tutorial explaining how private Beam transactions work, including a short overview of the Mimblewimble protocol.

Furthermore, a lot of effort is put by the team to expand the community and enlighten its members about Beam. One of the ambassadors presented about Beam & Privacy Cryptocurrencies in the «Startup Grind» event with the key topic “Investment in Cryptocurrencies” in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Another ambassador from Beam Africa, Agbona Igwemoh, attended the Startup Grind Lagos event that featured Dr. Olumuyiwa Oludayo, who taught the participants practical goal setting. Several meetups are planned — check the upcoming events section not to miss team Beam in your region!

By the way, the number of subscribers in social networks and Telegram chat maintains its usual upward trend. Join a well-built Beam community and stay tuned!