

Welcome to the 57th Bitshares State of the Network (BSotN) report. A weekly report focusing on the changes in the ecosystem and track longer term changes in a effort to identify emerging trends and changes in the Bitshares platform.

The Bitshares State of the Network Reports seeks to combine raw data from a wide range of metrics and combine them into meaningful information to identify emerging trends and changes in the Bitshares network.

This section will highlight any observations made while analysing the data.

The Bitshares foundation has put forward a worker proposal to elect a spokesperson on behalf of the Bitshares network. This worker proposal is for $50,000 USD over 15 months and has already been approved by the Bitshares holders. You can find more information about the proposal HERE

Billbutler has announce a new version of the Bitshares GUI wallet this week with a brand new portfolio page showing balances, active and open orders in a much cleaner and professional looking UI. There was also a lot of smaller but very useful cosmetic changes this week. You can find his announcement HERE or check out the changes live in the official Bitshares web wallet HERE

In addition to the 'Spokesperson' worker proposal which was proposed this week there is another proposal for a 'compliance' work. This worker will focus on compliance but also strategic direction and exposure for the platform. This worker is for $50,000 USD for 15 months consisting of a team of 4 community members. You can find the proposal HERE

Asset creation is currently suspended on the network due to a potential issue discovered and being investigated by @abit. You can view the discussion relating to the topic HERE

Kevin Messerly is currently running a 5000 BTS giveaway on twitter. To be in for the chance to win view the details on his tweet HERE

The Bitshares delisting from Bittrex has been put on hold while further discussions take place. There is no clear answer at the moment and during this time trading of BTS has been disabled on Bittrex. Further evidence of this is suggest by looking at Bittrex's API which has removed references to the other project that were delisted in the same batch but at this time Bitshares is still present.

Ronny Boesing (CEO of OpenLedger ApS) has announced the release of their new rebranded website. Visit https://openledger.info to see the new design

Bitcoin.com has published an article this week focusing on Bitspark and their strategic decision to change their remittance business from the Bitcoin blockchain to Bitshares. You can find the article HERE

@abit has published Bitshares Improvement Proposal (BSIP) #33 Titled 'Refund Create Order Fees Paid in Original Asset on Cancel'. This BSIP proposes a protocol change to prevent fee pool draining from happening, while still keeping a similar "Refund Create Order Fees on Cancel" feature in the system. You can view the BSIP and participate in the discussions HERE

Bond On Blockchain is a new project that is seeking to raise funds for their project which will run on the Bitshares network. The crowdfund is KYC/AML compliant so investors will need to verify their identity to get involved. Interesting note, one of the asset classes this company is looking to invest in is the Billion Hero Challenge. You can get more information HERE

Discussions of a rebranding from the name Bitshares has been taking place on Telegram and Discord with names being suggested ranging from BTS, DEX, TRADEX, HyperDEX and more. For the time being these are just discussions and a poll of the top 26 vote proxies is being conducted to consider the pros and cons of such a change.

@bitspark have released their first fortnightly update for the Zephyr Project. Their plan is to release updates on the Zephyr project every 2 weeks to keep the community informed of their progress. You can find the first update HERE

This week’s Bitshares hangout recording has been published and is available HERE

Current registered wallets/accounts within the Bitshares network is 441361; an increase of 5810 wallets/accounts since last week