Nov 19th, 2018: Welcome to the NULS bi-monthly progress update.

What’s the latest news? Let’s find out together!

Technology Progress

Product Progress

1. NULS Wallet

Current Progress:

a. Updated the test-net to v1.1.3-beta2.

• Optimized the NVM class loading mechanism;

• Fixed the bug that the smart contract internally invoking does not take effect;

• Fixed the bug of having exception when restarting node after dropping the forked chain.

b. Test-net v1.1.3-beta3 is undergoing public beta.

• Optimized the block download process;

• Improved download efficiency and optimized the switching logic of the chain after forking;

• Optimized memory management;

• Optimized network handshake logic, etc.

Plan for the next stage:

After the test-net has proven to be stable, the new version of main-net will be released. It is expected that the main-net v1.1.3 will be launched at the end of November.

2. Web Wallet

Current Progress:

• The mobile adaptation has been developed and launched on the test-net for public beta on Nov 12th.

Plan for the next version:

• Multi-asset function is in the process of product design. It is expected to support multi-assets after the upgrade of the main-net to v1.1.3 protocol.

3. Blockchain Explorer

Current Progress:

• The explorer now supports the token list display. Users can view which tokens are currently issued using NRC-20 standard, and can further view the token details, such as basic information, addresses which hold the tokens, transactions related to the tokens, etc.

• The explorer supports the display and query of the Contracts list, and the further query of Contract details, such as basic information, transactions related to the contract, and all methods of the contract;

• Optimized the mobile adaptation;

• The test-net has been launched for public beta and will be released along with the main-net v1.1.3.

Plan for the next version:

• Optimized the back end of the explorer to improve performance and the speed of access and query; The design style of the new explorer has been decided, and it is expected to complete product review before November 21st, and complete the launch at the end of November.

Other Progress

1. Official Website (nuls.io)

Current Progress (launched already):

• Added the NULS intro video on the homepage to explain the NULS technical architecture;

• Added Developer page that allows users to access GitHub, documents, tools and test-net;

• Added Media page, which consists of four parts: Activities, News, Guide and Find Us.

Plan for the next version:

• Add the Chinese version;

• Add the community section;

• Update Developer page to add the CCC part;

• Add the content display of the bi-monthly report on Media page;

It is expected that new features will be published before Nov 26th.

2. Industry Research

We will regularly research what other blockchain projects are doing. Last week, we researched the scaling solutions of Ethereum, of which the Layer 1 solutions and Layer 2 solutions including Capser, Sharding, Plasma, etc., and also shared internally with team members. The technical members conducted in-depth research on the anonymous technology projects such as Dash, Monero and Zcash to enrich the module repository of NULS and provide support for more scenario applications.

3. Data Analysis

In September, the team began to add event tracking to explorer and web wallet in collection of usage data, and began to add event tracking to official website in November to collect access data. The product group analyzes the data of these three products every two weeks and observes the usage information, to help improve the core products with the data.

4. Smart Contract Library

The technical team built a Smart Contract Library on GitHub to collect quality contracts written by the community, providing them to other members of the community for selection and use. With the growing contributors, the smart contract library will gradually enrich. In the library, there are already contracts for voting, red packets, auctions, lottery, pixels, etc. The product group will organize the smart contract library every two weeks.