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Weekly Dev Update #53

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2020-07-29 — 2 min read

THORChain Weekly Dev Update for Week 21–28 July 2020; Testnet4.2 and chain improvements. ASGARDX Chrome Extension.

Summary

Testnet 4.1 Issues and Improvements

Testnet 4.1 ended in being terminated due to Binance Chain Nile being retired, but it did suffer from an issue due to token-handling, as well as some TSS isuses. The team also took the time to build out chain-upgrade features.

Testnet 4.2

Has been deployed and undergoing stress testing.

THORNode

Launch of Testnet 4.2, some bug fixes, as well as a chain-halt feature for better future upgrades.

TSS

The team are trying some fixes to upgrade the libp2p module to improve reliability.

Midgard

Midgard support for Testnet 4.2, ability to parse mimir-overides as well as a community-requested feature of historical data.

Infra

Quality of life improvements and stability.

Clients

BEPSwap Client

Numerous UI/UX tweaks based on community feedback

ASGARDEX Client

Work continues to prepare the client for Chaosnet.

Community Work

  • A Cross-chain Defi Dashboard (starting with THORChain) is being built.
  • A Cross-chain Chrome Extension (ASGARDX) is being built
Dashboard
ASGARDX Chrome Extension

Audits

A final infrastructure audit is planned post-Chaosnet.

Next Milestones

Testnet 4.2 has been deployed and under-going stress-testing.

Chaosnet is expected once testnet has been fully-validated in several environments.

Community

To keep up to date, please monitor community channels, particularly Telegram and Twitter:

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