Good evening everyone 👋

Happy Friday 😀

We’re cracking forward with delivery on v2, and are hitting milestones week in, week out. I have @adamkdean with me this evening to talk to you about the latest.

Adam:

Good evening folks!

Earlier today XE Blockchain v1.4 went live. This update introduces on-chain staking to the XE mainnet, along with on-chain variables too. On-chain variables are block-level global configuration variables which power the variable stake values in the network. These can be updated by custodian wallets, but can be read by all.

Custodian wallets were set in block 189541 (https://xe.network/block/189541).

Staking variables were set in block 189552 (https://xe.network/block/189552).

You can view the current on-chain variables here: https://api.xe.network/vars

Staking is now enabled on the blockchain, and we’ll be releasing the new CLI in the coming weeks which will allow you to create and manage stakes. Legacy stakes will be migrated over soon, so if you staked in DADI, there’s nothing to worry about, your stakes will be transferred over automatically.

Following this, device onboarding for v2 will open up. There will be a further CLI update to support this and we’ll let you know more closer to opening up. Stakes from new partners in support of coming services will also be being prepared.

Stake values will be as they were before staking was put on hold in the first instance, factored down for the conversion to XE. Over time this will change as the requirements of the network evolve. We’ll talk about this in this forum.

A few weeks ago, we spoke of making the XE testnet public. Work continues on this and we expect to open the testnet up next week. This will include a testnet explorer, a testnet wallet, and the testnet XE blockchain. There are plans for an XE faucet too. In time, a testnet CLI and testnet v2 device onboarding will also be made publicly available.

The release schedule for the rest of Q4 is packed. You’re going to love what’s coming up.