Biweekly update 27th November — 11th December

ICON published a roadmap update for the month of November, with a promising update in the first half of 2020.

The network was momentarily paused a few weeks back due to a leader node initializing bug. The ICON team and P-Reps worked through the night to resolve and troubleshoot the issue. ICON is now working on 2 internal releases and 1 external release. It is expected that with Revision 8, the network will be fully stabilized.

ICONists can now enjoy mobile staking capabilities on the iOS version of the ICONex wallet. The Android version should soon be updated following a QA revision that ICON is working on resolving.

ICON is continuing efforts with BTP and is preparing its Proof of Concept (POC) of BTP version 0.5, with an expected launch in the coming weeks. More details will be shared once the team releases their design plans for BTP version 1.0.

The Iconist met the ICON’s resident cryptoeconomic experts, Changju Lee and Bong An Ha to discuss post-decentralization and what lies ahead for the ICON network.

The decentralized advertising ecosystem (and main P-Rep) weBloc has officially launched JUBJUB, a blockchain-based service that rewards users for taking offline actions. JUBJUB users can earn WOK tokens by coming within 150 meters of a participating cafe. In the future, you’ll earn tokens for undertaking certain “missions,” such as visiting locations, ordering certain menu items or providing particular information.

Stay tuned!