Welcome back to the IOST world! Since its launch on February 25, 2019, the IOST mainnet has grown rapidly in all significant facets: DApps, mainnet accounts and mainnet transactions. By Feb 12, 2020, the number of transactions on the IOST blockchain officially exceeded 220 million. The IOST mainnet block has exceeded block height of 61 million. The actual block height of IOST has far surpassed the block height of other mainnets in the same period after mainnet deployment. The IOST mainnet can provide high scalability while maintaining high levels of decentralization & security. Thanks to this rapid and solid development, IOST has become one of the world’s big 4 leading DApp platforms! IOST continues to expand its business development with governments and enterprises from all over the world.

In 2019 the IOST team achieved great results in terms of technical development, ecosystem expansion, market development and introduction of new partner nodes. This year IOST will continue to improve on the Node Program, staking mechanism, Dapp ecosystem, cross-chain technology, mass adoption, compliance development, government-enterprise cooperation.

Unfortunately, China is now struggling to contain the outbreak of the coronavirus. The epidemic is affecting billions of people in China and beyond. IOST deeply cares about the epidemic in Wuhan. Last week, Aiou Technology, a project in IOST’s ecosystem, launched a charity information disclosure platform based on blockchain technology, in conjunction with Ningbo and Changsha local governments, the China Enterprise Federation and China Software Association, to promote the transparency of charity organizations and contribute to the prevention and control of the epidemic. Numerous institutions are on the Aiou information disclosure platform. Whenever some particular or an organization wishes to donate materials or funds to a certain institution, they just need to register on the platform and then they will be able to see the all donation details and also material reception & distribution processes details. Read on to find out more details. May the epidemic recede as soon as possible!

Moving to IOST successful collaborations! IOST strikes cooperation deals with prominent local partners in Switzerland. Terry, co-founder of IOST and Makoto, Head of IOST Japan, were invited to Switzerland by the Swiss ambassador in Japan. There they attended three business conferences with blockchain consulting company & law firm MME, the Zug City Government & Crypto Valley Association and the University of Zurich to conduct in-depth partnership discussions. Stay tuned to know more about IOST’s cooperation with the University of Zurich and more activities in the Swiss market.

The IOST team are also excited to announce their partnerships with leading DAO project ditCraft and the well-known European investment-winning wine company Vault Wines as part of our European expansion. It’s an important step for IOST to fully enter the European market.

Moreover, IOST has recently cooperated with ROAD to boost the application of Internet of Vehicles. The two parties will explore common ecological fields in multiple application scenarios such as cars on bockchain, human-vehicle interaction, vehicle-vehicle communication, and vehicle-road coordination, and jointly promote system development and commercial implementation of Internet of Vehicles in the 5G network environment.

IOST always aims at empowering and supporting online services with scalable, efficient and secure technology. In this Biweekly you’ll find a step-by-step instruction related to the IOST staking process and discover an easy way to stake IOST.

More news to follow!