Weekly Dev Update #62

Summary

V15 was released successfully to both nets and work continues to prepare for the upcoming Bitcoin testnet.

THORChain received new features such as native Rune, as well as native Gas. THORChain will not require users to pay for gas in RUNE, rather, they can pay for gas in the asset they are sending, since THORChain is aware of the prices of all assets in the system. In addition, transfer of liquidity assets will also not require RUNE, rather Gas can be paid in the asset itself. This is likely to be the first for a production blockchain, and only possible because THORChain is its own oracle.

New Releases

V15 was deployed to Testnet and Choasnet. V15 fixed a bug that caused Nodes to not receive bond rewards when over-bonded. This was found and fixed by a community developer.

THORNode

Work for Bitcoin, as well as native assets.

• add BTC chain at genesis
• [feature] add native gas fee
• [bugfix] Fix native coin sending
• release version `0.15.0` to chaosnet

Midgard

Fixes and tweaks for stability.

• Resolve “Add poolEarned, assetEarned and runeEarned to /v1/pools_detail”
• Resolve “Use jsonb for events features in new database scheme (store v2)”
• BUG: Midgard will continue to scan new blocks even if database connection is not healthy

Clients

BEPSwap Client

Numerous UI/UX tweaks based on community feedback

ASGARDEX Client

Work continues to prepare the client for Chaosnet. Bitcoin and Ethereum have been integrated.

Community Work

The following tools receive regular updates:

Telegram Bot

@thornode_testnet_bot

@thornode_chaosnet_bot

Twitter Bot

https://twitter.com/thor_bot

Delphi Defi Dashboard

https://defi.delphidigital.io/thorchain/chaosnet/network

THORChain Network Explorer

https://thorchain.net/

THORChain Official Block Explorer

https://viewblock.io/thorchain

Audits

A final security audit is underway.

Next Milestones

Bitcoin testnet.

Community

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

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/thorchain_org
• Telegram Community: https://t.me/thorchain_org
• Telegram Announcements: https://t.me/thorchain
• Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/thorchain
• Github: https://github.com/thorchain
• Medium: https://medium.com/thorchain