After a long break for Christmas and New Year, we are back in the office well rested and raring to go. The long-awaited launch of the Insolar MainNet is fast approaching and is due to take place at the beginning of February. Work on the network is set to continue following the launch.

You can read about the MainNet, and the Insolar native coin which is set to power it, on the dedicated XNS website, where you can learn why Fortune Global 500 choose Insolar.

The year ahead is set to be a busy one, with some big announcements planned with some massive industry names. The promise of Insolar technology has sparked interest across several industries, including: commodity trading and payments.

1. Community

Announcements

2019 has drawn to a close and 2020 promises bigger things

Much work done, partnerships formed, conferences attended, new clients and award participation, not to mention the technology that we have been pioneering. This article takes a look at what Insolar achieved in 2019.

INS to XNS Swap: Important Questions Answered

This article provides answers to the most frequently asked questions by the Insolar community regarding the upcoming swap of INS tokens to Insolar MainNet native coin: XNS.

INS ERC-20 token migration to Insolar native coin — XNS

As the release of Insolar MainNet approaches, Insolar is conducting a swap from ERC-20 INS tokens to XNS — Insolar native coin. XNS will function as the fuel of the network, serving as a medium of exchange and a store of value. XNS coin is an essential part of our efforts to make Insolar MainNet fully compliant with all major regulations, and for the coin to be readily adoptable by businesses in North America, Europe and Asia.

Please see the article below for the updated swap terms.

Updated and improved INS to XNS swap terms

We updated the initial INS to XNS swap terms. We reflected on the community’s feedback and improved the terms. The updated swap terms offer a fair balance to ensure both the long-term success of Insolar and the community.

New XNS website launched

Insolar is proud to announce the launch of a new website dedicated to its XNS Insolar native coin: https://xns.insolar.io. The site explains all the benefits of the most-scalable and fastest public DLT network globally.

2. Articles

Insolar: One team, One mission

At Insolar we are very proud of our team: it is what makes us successful and pushes us forward. Over the course of two and a half years, we have grown to a team of over 80 professionals, including a 50-strong engineering team. Read the article to learn a bit about our team and what makes the company what it is!

3. Engineering highlights

The development team has been hard at work, testing and improving the infrastructure for Insolar MainNet. This includes improving the platform environment and developing a security model for managing the platform and contracts on it.

The work undertaken in January also includes creating an easy-to-go deploy process for every component of Insolar. Moreover, we have made a browsable smart contracts API, so that users are able to see the version and public API for each smart contract.

Lastly, the development team has created Insolar network dashboards for admin usage.

3. Team

Eldar Khasanov joined Insolar as a Head of Recruitment

Eldar has over 8 years’ experience in HR in start-ups, IT companies and banks (Delivery Club, MTS Bank, ATOL and others). His main specialties in HR are: recruitment, adaptation, T&D and analytics. Eldar graduated from MSU “STANKIN” with a degree in Management and HR.

Mikhail Glukhov joined Insolar as а Solution Architect

Mikhail is an experienced engineer with over 15 years’ experience. He previously worked at Waves as a Blockchain Researcher and has worked on several other blockchain projects since 2013, with particular emphasis on smart contract execution systems. Outside of blockchain, Mikhail’s specialization is programming languages, their compilers and interpreters.

Evgenia Bondareva joined Insolar as а Enterprise Marketing Manager

Evgenia is a B2B marketer with 5 years’ experience in product marketing, lead generation and data-driven analytics at international IT companies. She has carried out an array of different marketing activities, including launching new products to the market worldwide.

Vitaly Afonin joined Insolar as Head of Front End

Vitaly is a software engineer with over 8 years’ experience in software engineering and 4 in management. He is interested in developing new technology and systems that make life simpler and more pleasant. Vitaly previously led frontend efforts for major banks including Raiffeisenbank and Sberbank, as well as security shops and Skoltech university.

Do you think big and have what it takes to be part of our team? You can see all of our openings here.

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