March (IV)

Welcome, dear Nxters and other followers! The world continues to show mixed feelings about blockchain tokens as Twitter announced that they will soon ban crypto ads while Malta, with the Binance exchange relocating its headquarters, desires to become the largest cryptocurrency haven. Regulators do not know what to make of this new world, but we know the truth – that Blockchain is here to stay and that our favorite tokens: NXT / ARDR and its child chains (IGNIS, AEUR) already provide great value for ecosystems that are beginning to mature into technologies that will change our future beyond our wildest dreams.

Last week Jelurida announced that they will produce a newsletter, we learned that they will be a sponsor of the upcoming Global Blockchain Technology Summit in London, a plethora of new crypto exchanges are launching and this affords our readers the opportunity to have your voices be heard as we petition them to list the NXT / ARDR / IGNIS tokens, a new lite Explorer was created, and much more.

We welcome back our old readers and warmly welcome our new ones. We want our readers to stay up-to-date with the blockchain evolution as it happens and become experts in the Nxt / Ardor / Ignis blockchain ecosystem. So lean back and learn about all of last week’s progress.

COMMUNITY

BUSINESSES ON ARDOR

DEVELOPMENT

IN THE MEDIA

PRICE EVOLUTION

This week’s newsletter is put together by jose, apenzl, James, and rubenbc.

COMMUNITY

Jelurida launched their own newsletter, which will be sent (alongside Nxter’s newsletter) to over 40000 email subscribers around the world. It is intended to be a small compendium of the latest news related to Jelurida. Nxter has a good working relationship with Jelurida but we are independent and will continue to provide our diligent and comprehensive coverage and analysis of our growing community and ecosystem, including Jelurida news.

Veronica wrote:

We have build a process and a team to launch regularly a newsletter about Jelurida news, and we [already] sent the first one to over 40k subscribers. If you are not in the list, you can subscribe here at the moment since we share the list https://www.nxter.org/newsletters/ We want this newsletter to be a quick, 5-10 minute read, not an in-depth digest. Just enough to keep you up to date, and then, of course, click in to read more. We hope it helps to keep everyone in the community up to date. As always, we welcome and encourage community questions and feedback. If there is a topic you would like to see covered in this newsletter, please feel free to submit it. … We hope you enjoy these updates going forward as well an active social media presence keeping you up to date on the latest and greatest news regarding all things, Jelurida. It is a start. More comunications will come soon.

Additionally, a new sub-section has been launched on Nxtforum.org, so there is one more place (in addition to Twitter, the #announcements channel on Slack, and Telegram…) to receive the latest official news about Jelurida marketing.

Veronica stated:

I am glad to announce our new (and first) Marketing Forum at Nxtforum.org. The goal is to keep you update.

More info

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Jelurida – Sponsors the London Global Blockchain Technology Summit

Jelurida is sponsoring the upcoming Global Blockchain Technology Summit in London, on May 17th and 18th, presented by Corporate Parity. The summit will take an in-depth look at cybersecurity, regulation, industry applications, cryptocurrency, smart contracts and much more.

Veronica, from Jelurida, wrote:

As a key sponsor, the Jelurida brand will participate in a panel of discussion and will be seen and heard about by all the key decision makers attending the conference. @almonte and I [@veronica] will be at the Global Blockchain Summit and will spend the week meeting with local blockchain people, like blockchain VC that are interested in cutting edge (and ready to use) blockchain solutions for their startups, organizers of blockchain meetups, and in general blockchain experts and enthusiasts that want to know more about Ardor Blockchain as a Service for Business, Nxt Private Blockchain Solutions for Business and Consortiums, and Jelurida. Have a lead? https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6382852562588098560

More info

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NFEA Autonomy Conference + Ardor / Ignis Workshop

Last week the NFEA Autonomy Conference in Norway took place. This highly publicized event included hands-on Ardor / Nxt workshops and a hackathon for developers. Lior Yaffe, Nxt/Ardor/Ignis core developer, and world-recognized blockchain expert gave lessons and exercises in using the Ardor platform to a very attentive audience. The busy schedule flowed very quickly last week.

March 20 16:45-18:00 Geir Hovland, University of Agder:

Introduction to Blockchain Technologies and Practical Exercise using the NXT API.

Lior:

Exercise result http://ardor.mechatronics.no/ all Green March 21st 10:30 Lior Yaffe, Jelurida B.V: State-of-the-art within blockchain technology

13:30 – 16:00 Blockchain Practical Exercises, Part 2. How to set up and use the Ardor/Ignis wallet.

Lior introduced Jelurida and the blockchain solutions they develop and maintain. That afternoon it was time for practical exercises using Ardor.

March 22nd gh2: Ardor/Ignis Hackaton currently in progress at Scandic Bystranda hotel, Kristiansand, Norway. Riker is a very good and patient teacher.

Lior wrote a post at Medium covering what happened. Whoever is interested in setting up a Nxt / Ardor development environment can follow the steps described in his post:

Once we completed this setup, students who never used Java and Javascript before, were able to follow my examples like coding gurus. We run some Node JS samples, looked into the APIs, DBShell, Bundlers and even created a simple Add-on class. Overall this turned out to be a useful workshop and I definitely intend to perform more of these workshops in the future.

These are the guys who made it to the finals #Ardor #Ignis workshop at @NFEA_NO conference. Was a great day and we had a lot of fun. pic.twitter.com/XAzCERX8G9 — Lior Yaffe (@lioryaffe) March 22, 2018

If you missed this hackathon/workshop keep in mind that the workshop was filmed and Lior will post the video after processing it. We will highlight it when this occurs.

Source

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4YFN Awards at the Mobile World Congress 2018 – Video Summary

As our readers know, Jelurida was a finalist, out of 300 startups, at the 4 Years From Now (4YFN) Awards 2018, a startup competition that took place during the Mobile World Congress 2018, in Barcelona.

The event was focused on accelerating business development and investment in new, transformative, technologies. Lior Yaffe pitched four times in front of a massive tech audience, attracting real attention for Ardor, Nxt, and Jelurida as a maturing and recognizable blockchain company. The video below shows Lior, Elizabeth (ANG) and Veronica meeting people at the event, pitching on stage, and being great brand ambassadors.

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Exchanges

A simple and easy to digest list of the latest relevant changes to exchanges.

Got any updates for your $IGNIS holders @hitbtc?

We just updated https://t.co/691K5mnhOM and see you are still missing in action. Maybe today is a good day to enable $ARDR and #Ignis wallets and #trading. The Jan 1st airdrop, eh?https://t.co/B93bli0dqshttps://t.co/NMwsmf3pN2 pic.twitter.com/sLOIbEikjr — NXTER Magazine (@Nxter_org) March 21, 2018

Ardorgate update

Last week the Ardorgate team improved their webpage, so you can now see statistics about trades, average price, and volume of exchanges that involve the AEUR token.

The Ardorgate issued AEUR child chain provides a quick and simple entry point into the crypto world using Euros. Each AEUR token on the blockchain is always backed by 1€ in the bank. Using AEUR tokens users can trade various assets on the Ardor platform and also easily exchange AEUR into ARDR tokens or other child chain coins. AEUR can also be withdrawn to your bank account without any fuzz.

CoinBit

It looks like a new cryptocurrency exchange will launch in Korea, which will list ARDR/ NXT/ IGNIS…

F2el stated:

You know what? ARDR IGNIS NXT will be listed on Korea’s new exchange. http://coinbit.co.kr/ It’s expected to open it April.

Bithumb

Bithumb, a major Korean exchange, is holding a survey including recommendations for coins to add. Korea is an important ARDR market; UpBit currently has the highest ARDR trading volume, just over Bittrex. Bithumb has announced that they plan to put crypto ATMs throughout South Korea so this is good exchange to get ARDR/IGNIS/NXT listed on.

Let your voice be heard:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzAZF-CnfquN4MomAOzoWb_GZEUl9PZmtLQi18Cfg4sZPJXg/viewform

https://twitter.com/BithumbOfficial/status/974560572451598336

Dontoshi

Dontoshi is another upcoming crypto exchange that will be launch next month. They have set up polls to let users show which coins they like, in order to list the most popular ones. This is another opportunity for the community to help out.

You can vote for NXT/ARDR/IGNIS:

https://dontoshi.featureupvote.com/suggestions/6975/nxtdecentralizing-the-future

https://dontoshi.featureupvote.com/suggestions/6945/ardor-platform-ardr

https://dontoshi.featureupvote.com/suggestions/7053/ignis-coin

CoinPulse

The CoinPulse Exchange plans to launch in June 2018. They have set up a pool designed to be an avenue for the community to vote on their favorite tokens or coins that they would like to be able to trade on the exchange. Yes, this too is an open invitation for community members to petition!

You can vote for NXT/ARDR/IGNIS there:

https://request.coinpulse.io/suggestions/7170/nxt-coin-decentralizing-the-future

https://request.coinpulse.io/suggestions/7171/ardor-platform-ardr

https://request.coinpulse.io/suggestions/7172/ignis-coin

Lescovex

Last month Lescovex announced that Ardor (ARDR) will be listed on their exchange. But we can do better by asking them to ALSO list NXT and IGNIS, details below. Lescovex is a new exchange, based in Switzerland, that will go live right after their ICO ends next month on April 19th.

We can ask them to also list NXT and IGNIS – by upvoting them daily:

https://lescovex.featureupvote.com/suggestions/5716/nxt-the-blockchain-application-platform

https://lescovex.featureupvote.com/suggestions/5772/ignis-coin

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BUSINESSES ON ARDOR

Janus – Status Update

The Janus team keeps working hard to launch their new aggregator sites and to set up their mining building. They also previewed the release of their news aggregator, still in beta testing.

Have a look: https://www.krediblepolitics.com

Also, some weeks ago, they announced that Kreds will be sponsoring Willie Monroe Jr who, together with the ability to knockout their boxing rivals, also wanted to give a hand to team with the refurbishment of their mining building.

Follow Janus on Telegram and Twitter



Do you want more info about Kreds? Visit: https://www.kredsblockchain.com/

Janus asset ID on the ARDOR platform: 4348103880042995903

Here is how to Claim your Kreds Balance if you are a Janus Holder.

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DevTeam.Space – The Rise and Rise of Blockchain as a Service

This article at DevTeam.Space talks about Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS ) solutions that you can find out there and how they can be used to help businesses of all shapes and sizes. The article introduces basic terms and examines the services that BaaS providers such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, and IBM want to offer – and which Jelurida is already offering with Nxt, Ignis and the Ardor platform.

They wrote:

Ardor is the kind of company that the cloud giants are trying to outrun. It is one of several dynamic new companies that have the potential to make a huge splash in future BaaS marketplace. Ardor is a public blockchain platform that allows companies to use NXT blockchain technology. This technology relies on what has become known as “child chains” which are individual blockchains that are hosted on the “Parent” blockchain that is maintained by Ardor. Each of these child chains can have a completely different function and so allow Ardor to offer a range of BaaS services to its customers. Their website details exactly how the company intends to use this technology and what benefits it will bring their customers. What is clear is that utilizing these child chains is a novel approach to overcoming some of the downsides that blockchain technology currently suffers from.

Tokens24 – What is Ardor? This article introduces the Ardor blockchain and examines the rich history of Ardor and begins to explain the key functionality of this 100% Proof-of-Stake platform. The article also speaks to how it solves the blockchain bloat problem, a huge advantage when compared to the competition. They wrote: Ardor applies an exceptional parent-child design that permits companies to develop individual products and services by applying the child chain model. However, these products are still under the wing of Ardor’s parent chain and thus, are secure. Ardor’s baas system is extremely energy saving, using the Proof-of-Stake system. As opposed to the Proof-of-Work system, Ardor eliminates mining competition and helps achieve harmony through a disseminated system. Therefore, the Ardor infrastructure can run on cost-efficient hardware and modest electricity. Lastly, Ardor reduces blockchain bloat almost entirely. After the approval, child chain transactions are removed from the blockchain, leaving it light and consequently proficient. Source (Back to the Index)

TradingView – ARDR by Avalontrading



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