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Exchanges

STEX onboarding completed (BURST/BTC)!

Burst Marketing Fund (“BMF”) is proud to announce that BURST is listed on the STEX Exchange since 10th of July! We want to thank everyone from the community who donated to help Burst achieve its first ever crowd-funded exchange listing.

Link to STEX

Development

Development Activity

Check the activities with the following links for the main repos:

Note: This only includes a portion of the activity from the Burst Apps Team

BRS 2.4.1 released, please update today!

The latest version of BRS 2.4.1 has been released to the Burst Apps Team GitHub. This version include minor bug-fixes, option to bind V2 API and more. Get it on GitHub today .



The latest version of BRS 2.4.1 has been released to the Burst Apps Team GitHub. This version include minor bug-fixes, option to bind V2 API and more. Get it on GitHub today Qbundle 2.52 released, please update!

With Qbundle 2.52 you will get the latest BRS version and an update for the MariaDB. Please check your Qbundle 2.51. or get it from GitHub today.





Phoenix Desktop 1.0.0-beta.9 released

Phoenix Desktop 1.0.0-beta.9 has been released, and with it comes some great new features like Deep Linking, Send All, improved Transaction Details and Block Details views, and much more. See the full release notes and download it on GitHub.



Phoenix Desktop 1.0.0-beta.9 has been released, and with it comes some great new features like Deep Linking, Send All, improved Transaction Details and Block Details views, and much more. See the full release notes and download it on GitHub. Burst Summer Hackathon Started – Submit Entries by August 31, 2019

The Burst Alliance has kicked off the 2019 Burst Summer Hackathon, and with a prize pool over 1 Million BURST, things could get interesting. If you are new to Burst, this could be a great way for you to learn about Burst, contribute, and even earn some Burst too.



The Burst Alliance has kicked off the 2019 Burst Summer Hackathon, and with a prize pool over 1 Million BURST, things could get interesting. If you are new to Burst, this could be a great way for you to learn about Burst, contribute, and even earn some Burst too. Interview with Burst Apps Team Developer Harry1453

Community member Samus_Aran has conducted another thoughtful interview, this time of Burst Apps Team member Harry1453. If you have any questions you’d like to ask, please be sure to add them to the reddit thread.

Community Contributions

Burst Firefox Add-on Now Available

BurstNeon member MrWho has published the first-ever Mozilla-approved Burst Firefox Add-on. It has a price ticker, USD converter, network overview, and more!



A proposal for making Proof-of-Capacity more Proof-of-Work-resistant

Burst Apps Team developer jjos has published an article proposing a method for Burst’s Proof-of-Capacity algorithm more resistant to Proof-of-Work.



Burst Apps Team developer has published an article proposing a method for Burst’s Proof-of-Capacity algorithm more resistant to Proof-of-Work. Crypto V.3: Proof of Capacity

ALTCOIN MAGAZINE has published an article from Feyd outlining the merits of Proof-of-Capacity. In the article, the author touches on sustainability, decentralization, mass adoption, energy efficiency, and accessibility.

Today is a big day for me. I am starting in a new position! Now I am the spokesman of https://t.co/nruaSqeQe9. It is the new platform for #Burst #smartcontracts creators. Do you have a crazy idea? #BlockPlay will help you! #Burst @GetBURST @burstflash @BurstAppsTeam pic.twitter.com/RUkUC5TJ3e — BlockPlay (@shefass) July 13, 2019

Marketing

BMF Weekly Funds Report

The BMF owns 5 accounts with the following balances:

All bounties can be found on the BMF trello



The BMF50 Pool generated a weekly income around 5,000 BURST.

The pool has61 miners and 1,580 estimated TB.

NDS-A returns next week

With the Qbundle 2.5.2 deployment as of today, we will pay the NDS-A by next week again. BMF will pay in total 20,000 BURST for the next two weeks to node-operators which fulfil the requirements. To participate in the NDS-A, you only need to operate a full-node with the current BRS version 24.1 and set your P2P.myPlatform to your BURST account. Check NDS-A last announcement

Tweets of the week

Our Explorer at https://t.co/ijvaDpPruz now has Account Achievement Banners. More will be added on the fly – Go check it out 😀@BurstAppsTeam #BurstCoin #BurstExplorer pic.twitter.com/LCTgRs2H3T — Zoh (@Zoh63392187) July 12, 2019

For the hackers, I have started to compile a list of $BURST development resources on Reddit: https://t.co/qwIojwoC2B #hackathon — blankey1337 ?‍? (@blankey1337) July 5, 2019

Da gibt es eine einfache Lösung: Proof of Capacity (@PoC_Consortium) mit @burstflash.



20 Minuten – Bitcoin verbraucht mehr Strom als die Schweiz – News https://t.co/V9jtYg0oWx via @20min — Elias Meier (@meierelias) July 4, 2019

My collection of Burst items expanding! Thank you Reddit user Draeth85 for nice coin design and @Hangoutmint for mugs design. I don't want to spoil but underway new burst merchandise … @GetBURST @burstflash #Burst pic.twitter.com/Eg6uF4ChEl — BlockPlay (@shefass) July 13, 2019

Exchange Coverage

The Burst Apps Team has agreed to support new and existing exchanges wishing to list BURST. Exchanges may contact exchanges@burst-coin.org for technical support.

Disclaimer:

The author does not endorse and does not take responsibility for any project mentioned in the Weekly Burst Report. All content is for informational purpose only and is not financial advice