This week we celebrated the Year of the Dog! Although we did get a chance to spend some time with our families, we kept our eyes on the ball and continued to work around the clock. This week we added a new advisor, made serious progress with our code, were added to a new exchange, created telegram groups in over 14 different languages and held a livestream! Read more about our week below.

New Advisor

We are happy to announce that Michael Karnjanaprakorn has joined the Internet of Services team as our newest advisor. He will be helping IOST grow with his powerful network in the startup and blockchain space, as well as advising our outreach programs to get businesses involved with the Internet of Services.

Mr. Karnjanaprakorn co-founded Skillshare, Inc. In 2010 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Skillshare is an online learning community where over 3.5 Million members can explore thousands of classes, network with peers and potential employers, and showcase their talents to the world. He is also the founder of Turing Capital, which invests and incubates in blockchain companies and serves as an advisor for Blockfolio, Set Protocol, Carbon, and Urbit.

Michael Karnjanaprakorn

Developer Updates

Our dev team has been hard at work and has managed to make progress on several fronts. Below is a quick rundown on what they’ve been up to:

[Transactions] Transaction invocation and deployment were tested. Execution on blockchain is WIP.

[Nodes] Commitment of transactions on nodes was tested. Delivery service was tested. Broadcast bug fixed.

[Ledger] State changes flow finalized and code work WIP. Re-construction of state is in testing.

[Coding Guidelines] Cleared deviations. Code strictly following best practices. Unified package management tools for Go. Warnings and errors fixed.

[Documentation] Documentation initialized and followed best practices. Many troubleshooting FAQs added.

New Exchange Listing

You will now be able to trade IOST on Lykke!

Livestream

Despite fighting a cold, CEO Jimmy Zhong held a livestream Tuesday night and spoke about his path into business and cryptocurrency. We recommend checking out the video here. He also mentioned the Slogan Contest that we will be holding starting at the end of this week. More information will be posted Thursday and we hope all of you will participate!

Scam Warning

We have noticed some fraudulent activities on twitter wherein malicious accounts attempt to con crypto enthusiasts out of their hard earned money. Please note that IOS personnel will never ask for your personal information (private keys, exchange registration information, or holding position) or request you to transfer funds for any reason. Stay safe and stay smart out there!

Official IOST language groups

We created 14 different official IOST language groups so that much of our international community will be able to keep up to date on our progress in their native languages. We are currently in the process of hiring translators for longer form article translation so that medium articles will be available in multiple languages. The links for these groups are below:

🇨🇳 中文: t.me/officialioschinese. 🇯🇵 日本语: t.me/officialiosjapanese

🇰🇷 한국어: t.me/officialioskorean 🇷🇺 Russian: t.me/officialiosrussian

🇹🇷 Turkish: t.me/officialiosturkish 🇪🇸 Español: t.me/officialiosspanish

🇳🇱 Nederlands: t.me/officialiosdutch 🇮🇳 Hindi: t.me/officialioshindi

🇵🇭 Filipino: t.me/officialiosphilipine 🇩🇪 Deutsch: t.me/officialiosgerman

🇮🇹 Italiano: t.me/officialiositalian 🇮🇩 Indonesia: t.me/officialiosindonesia

🇵🇹🇧🇷 Português: t.me/OfficialiosPortuguese

🇫🇷 Français: t.me/officialiosfrench