EthHub Weekly #107
In this issue: Uniswap announces its v2 system; Gitcoin Grants Matching Round 5 launches; MakerDAO hands over control of MKR tokens; and more!
Planner of this issue: Anthony Sassano (@sassal0x) and Eric Conner (@econoar)
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weekly news
A newly formed political action committee (PAC) hopes to promote public policy that favors cryptocurrencies by providing financial support to congressional candidates.
Founded by former Cato Institute staffer Tyler Whirty, HODLpac aims to advocate for blockchain legislation by funding various congressional candidates, however, HODLpac takes a decentralized approach.
Whirty said: Donors can eventually use Ethereum-based tokens to vote for which candidates, although the initial vote will not use any tokens, but throughWe the Peepsaccording to
according toFederal Election Commission Files, PAC’s founding donors include some of the biggest names in the crypto world.
The document lists Gemini's Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Coinbase's Brian Armstrong and Emilie Choi, DRW's Donald r. Wilson Jr, Polychain's Olaf Carlson-Wee, Anchorage's Nathan McCauley, and the Blockchain Association's Kristin Smith.
🤔China takes another step towards issuing digital currency
China’s central bank: The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is purportedly taking another step forward in issuing its own digital currency.
The Global Times on Tuesday quoted "industry insiders" as saying, the People’s Bank of China appears to have completed the development of the basic functions of the digital currency in cooperation with private companies.
According to reports, the People’s Bank of China is currently drafting relevant laws to promote the circulation of the digital yuan.
An industry insider who asked not to be named told the Global Times that Alipay's recent patents all revolve around the basic functions of digital currency, including circulation, payment and issuance.
Alipay, the financial subsidiary of Chinese tech giant Alibaba, is said to have published five patents related to China's digital currency earlier this year.
project update
project update
Virtual hackathon goes live this week
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Eth2 Phase 0 Spec audit completed
herehereRead (reminder: purely technical report).
Uniswap V2 will bring a series of new features to the Uniswap protocol, including token trading pairs, flash swaps, price oracles, and more.
MKR token contract control is transferred to community governance
This week, the Maker Foundation announced that the transfer of control of the MKR token to the Maker governance community has been completed, and the MKR token contract has been 100% controlled by MKR holders!
Currently, Aztec is actively working on zkzk Rollup (ZK² for short), so called because it consists of two or more layers of SNARKs:
“Lower Leve” ZK-SNARKs, each representing a private transaction
"Upper Level" ZK-SNARKs, or aggregated SNARKs, succinctly prove the correctness of Lower Level SNARKs
In addition, Aztec will soon support you to send private payments at 100 tps on the mainnet with balance privacy and user privacy in mind.
UMA announces“Priceless” synthetic tokens (Synthetic Tokens)
UMA's new DeFi contract design allows synthetic tokens, without on-chain transaction fees, and the risk is shared by multiple parties. It is a completely synthetic ERC20 token.
[Coinmetrics Announces Series A Funding Round](http://The $6 million funding round was led by Highland Capital Partners with participation from FMR, LLC, Castle Island Ventures, Communitas Capital, Collaborative Fund, Avon Ventures, Raptor Group, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group.)
The $6 million round was led by investment firm Highland Capital, with participation from FMR, LLC, Castle Island Ventures, Communitas Capital, Collaborative Fund, Avon Ventures, Raptor Group, Coinbase Ventures and Digital Currency Group.
Introduction to Ceramic Protocol
Ceramic is a new permissionless protocol for creating and accessing unstoppable documents that are the foundation for building an interconnected, interoperable network without silos.
Coinbase Wallet Integrates DeFi Apps
Now you can use the Coinbase Wallet mobile app to borrow and borrow and earn interest on Compound and dYdX.
GridPlus Mini Update: March 24, 2020
Justin Leroux gives us an update on GridPlus, including details of his team's development of the Lattice1 hardware and firmware, their work on GridPlus Energy, and more.
OpenSea announces approach to embeddable NFTs
OpenSea gives you a way to embed NFTs directly into your blog, Medium article or website!
Last week, dex.ag added a user balance page, a transaction history page, and some general UX/UI upgrades.
This month's Nimbus technical update covers interoperability, auditing, libp2p, and more.
Wyre launches international support
Wyre's Apply pay / debit Card widget adds over 20 new countries (including Australia, Denmark, Norway).
Yul+ is a new low-level intermediate language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
Balancer Labs raises $3 million
This week we will focus on
community focal point
This week we will focus on Mike DemaraisExcellent work!
Mike is the co-founder of Rainbow Wallet, an Ethereum mobile crypto wallet in development (currently available on iOS).
Mike, who calls himself Uniswap's "part-time sailor", has been a big supporter of the project since day one.
funny tweet
funny tweet
[No bank money system](http://The bankless money system)
Bits and pieces of the ecosystem
blog post
Daos Ex Machina:An in-depth timeline of Maker's recent crisis(Translator's Note: Daos Ex Machina comes from Deus ex machina, please check the meaning yourself)
podcast
Into the Ether Livestream:Coronavirus Impact on Markets, Eth2 Progress, Money Printing Machines and Virtual Worlds - Into the Ether
David HoffmanEth is Gold - Epicenter
Ether: three-point asset - Bankless
video- The Block Experience
video
Misc miscellaneous
Weekly Meme
Looking for a job?
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Solidity engineer - Synthetix
Golang developer - Matic Network
Ethereum Smart Contract Engineer - MakerDAO
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