In case you missed our Weekly Progress Update shared on Telegram, here it is …

A. Technical development

CrossPay Mobile App Development

1. Our team successfully tested the CrossPay app in real time farm conditions in NayPyiTaw, Myanmar. We meticulously recorded the tagging process and the changes required in the CrossPay app based on testing done from the ground conditions.

2. Livestock owners can now update details of livestock when the livestock’s identity hasn’t yet been verified.

3. To successfully drive the adoption of the app in Myanmar, we are reviewing its design to support -

a. older versions of Android and to support the local phone models that were used by end users there.

b. the native Myanmar language, Zawgyi and Unicode language.

4. We completed proof of concept to remove the AKV authorization secret from App Server by using a ProxyApp in Azure App Service and leveraging the Managed Service Identity. This addresses the security concern of AKV authorization secret not being exposed in AppServer.

5. We are reviewing design to issue asset from the AKV wallet while all private keys from multichain have been removed. This is an ongoing effort to use the AKV to sign transactions for better security.

Sentinel Chain Development

1. Bridge testing between SENI to SENC is completed. This enables Sentinel Chain to interconnect with Ethereum MainNet and allowing SENC ERC20 tokens to be relayed into Sentinel Chain as SENI — Sentinel Chain internal native token.

2. Design of SENC node connectivity depending node type is also completed. This design will demonstrate how different node types interconnect with each other on Sentinel.

3. Sentinel Chain architecture redesign is under review. This architecture will be a blueprint of the workings of the entire Sentinel ecosystem.

4. Reviewing design for possibility of fixing and controlling gas price value. This will allow possibility of changing the gas unit price to make SENI worth paying for.

5. Reviewing design to modify Etherchain-light explorer for Sentinel Chain and to include bridge log events. Showing bridge events will be useful as it shows the user what is going on with the transaction and also helps with the debugging process.

B. Country updates

From Europe to Latin America, our CEO Roy Lai is travelling around the world forging partnerships to widen our network.

Argentina

1. Infocorp Argentina hosted our first meet-up on 7 June in Rosario in partnership with agro-education offices. We thank our country manager for successfully organising the event despite juggling multiple priorities, including welcoming his two day old baby into the world. More than 50 participants attended this face-to-face event to discuss, debate and discover topics such as IOT and technology, and how blockchain is applied to livestock to bring about financial inclusion for rural communities. Roy shared Sentinel Chain’s pilot project in implementation in Asia, and possibilities in Argentina and Latin America.

2. ROFEX: Our team met with ROFEX — Argentina’s leading financial services platform offering futures contracts and options for various financial and agricultural products.

3. Roy lunched with Ignacio Plaza @tatopata, who leads the Corporate VC arm of ROFEX. It invests in supporting extraordinary entrepreneurs who have developed technology and business models that can positively transform our society.

4. Rosgan: We went on to Rosgan, the largest livestock market in Argentina. The only televised auction market in Argentina, Rosgan allows for distance buying and selling of animals from across the country. https://twitter.com/roylai1/status/1004783448526082048

Myanmar

1. The Joint Pilot Project kicked off successfully on 5 June in NayPyiTaw, Myanmar with participants from Myanma Insurance (MI) — representing the Ministry of Planning and Finance (MoPF), and veterinarians from the Livestock, Breeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI). We tested different phone models on the ground, and collected more inbound (user-centric) information to improve our app development.

2. 30 cows were tagged in 1 day with our tamper-proof livestock NFC tags.

3. Comprehensive training was delivered for government officers, staff Myanma Insurance and local farmers. We familiarised them with the user flow of our CrossPay mobile app.

C. Our Team

1. Our new Chief Operating Officer, Ng Ling Soon, is onboard. Read the official announcement here: https://medium.com/sentinelchain/infocorp-technologies-appoints-ng-ling-soon-as-chief-operating-officer-7d245d84df07

D. PR, Marketing, Community

1. We ran contest last week on Telegram and WeChat to win Premium Passes to the 2nd Blockchain for Finance Conference, APAC. The winning tagline for the Telegram Contest was “Making Every SENC Worthy”. The winning tagline for the WeChat Contest was “惠农融资，神牛所驰” (Providing inclusive finance to farmers is where Sentinel Chain will move swiftly towards)

2. Upcoming events:

a. 20 June — Our CEO and Founder Roy Lai will be at the United Nations on 20th June to share Sentinel Chain with their Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) team, USAID and their partners.

b. 20–21 June — Sentinel Chain is proud sponsor for the Blockchain for Finance Conference in Singapore. Our CEO and Founder will be delivering keynote speech on the 2nd day of the conference, at 2pm.

E. InfoCorp Foundation