Highlights and interesting items from the past week on the Lisk subreddit and beyond.....Hello everybody. The Lisk project and it's enthusiasts are always busy, and this week past has certainly been no exception.
Seeing is believing, so here is a recap of the highlights and interesting items from the past week on the Lisk subreddit and beyond.....
Lisk; Win or Learn! Following an edit to the August 2nd development blog (
https://blog.lisk.io/development-update-road-to-core-1-0-mainnet-august-2-2018-35cfcc2b5b8a ) that was not communicated clearly to the public, HQ decided to make a positive change to their blogs going forward. This came in a tweet from Lisk President & CEO, Max Kordek, where he wrote *"Learning from mistakes; From now on we will add a change log to our blog posts in the case we had to edit the text after we published it" (
https://twitter.com/MaxKordek/status/1026448348696465408 ).
Lisk Elements v1.0.0 is released!The all new general-purpose JavaScript library, Lisk Elements, replaces LiskJS as the go-to resource for Lisk-related JavaScript functionality. It is intended primarily for JavaScript developers, and HQ currently use it in several of their own products, including Lisk Hub and Lisk Commander. This release will significantly change the Lisk ecosystem, therefore all of Lisk products need to align to ensure the next release goes smoothly. The introduction of of JS Promises in the new Lisk Elements is an addition which promises to lighten mental load and lead to less programming errors by the user.
Lisk Sidechain News; MADANA! MADANA, the platform for data analysis, which is due to be one of the first major dApps to be built on a Lisk sidechain had their ICO listed on betaico.com; an ICO aggregator that has compiled a lot of the MADANA token sale info in one location. You can view that here....
http://betaico.com/madana . Also Christian Junger, CEO & Co-Founder at MADANA, released his latest blog post titled *"Blockchain industry, what’s wrong with you?"* This enlightening blog post can be found here....
https://blog.madana.io/blockchain-industry-whats-wrong-with-you-93789f8b8f08 .
Lisk Marketing Manager drops hints to French Crypto magazine!Lindsay Buescher, the Marketing Manager at Lisk was interviewed recently by journalist, Yanis, for French crypto magazine journalducoin.com . On the subject of new exchanges listing Lisk, Lindsay was quite positive when she said *"Lisk has had ongoing conversations with a few of the major exchanges that we're not currently listed on; Kraken is one of those exchanges; some of these exchanges may be waiting for the Lisk Core 1.0 release to mainnet in order to avoid the migration"*. You can dig deeper into the article and have your say on it here...
https://journalducoin.com/altcoins/interview-4-lindsay-buescher-marketing-manager-at-lisk/ .
Lisk videos around the world; Crypto Love!United states crypto Youtuber "Crypto Love" has released a new video titled *"Ethereum Classic Moon | Lisk SDKs | $ADA Wallet |"*. Crypto Love, whose real name is Randal, has been a long time supporter of the lisk project has been evidenced by his praise of it in his previous videos. In this 3 minute long clip that I have captured he speaks about Lisks first sidechain ICO, MADANA, and he states he still loves and holds his Lisk. You can view the video here...
https://ytcropper.com/cropped/wW5b69d3e9ae5e0 .
Lisk mobile hub accepted by Apple!Lisk reddit contributor and delegate, u/Elevate_Lisk was delighted to announce yesterday that " I finally released my App on the App Store". u/Elevate_Lisk explained that "currently the features are very limited because I wanted to have the minimum released and after that implement the features you really want to see". Max Kordek the President & CEO of the Lisk project even popped into the Reddit announcement thread for the Mobile Hub to offer a supportive post of *"Great work!
"*. If you would like to test new App out then the link to download is here......
https://itunes.apple.com/at/app/mobile-hub-for-lisk/id1390358799?mt=8 .
Lisk blockchain education!Have you seen the latest Lisk official videos? Well now is your chance to check out the two new Lisk Academy animations. The latest ones are Digital Signatures.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR4_RBb8A9Q and What is Hashing?......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BldESGZKB8 . Don't forget to give the each vid a thumbs up if you found them educational.
Lisk videos around the world; CryptoMed! Arabic Youtuber "CryptoMed" has released a new video titled *" تحليل اكاديمي للعملة LISK و كيف يمكنها ان تحقق لك سيارة مرسيديس اخر موديل بالدليل"*, which roughly translated reads as "Hilel Academy of currency Lisk, and how she can get you another Mercedes model car". Needless to say this analyst appears very bullish on the Lisk token. You can view the video here.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sr8HanUzLU . I would welcome any input from speakers of the aforementioned language on the content of the video.
Lisk meetup date featuring LiskUSA!Lisk Houston will have their first meetup on the 17th of this month, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM, at the Station, 1301 Fannin street, in Houston, Texas. This newly formed #LiskHOU group will be joined on the night by LiskUSA founder, Edward Trosclair, along with delegates Bloqspace and Nimbus. But that's not all; how about TORCHYS TACOS for everyone that attends........ FIERY! You can book your place at this link......
https://www.meetup.com/Lisk-Houston-Blockchain-Meetup/ .
Lisk Core 1.0 is on the public Testnet! The important step of migration from Lisk Core 1.0.0-rc.1 to 1.0.0-rc.2 on Testnet network has occurred. It went smoothly and successfully as could be seen by the upbeat comments on Lisk chat by community members monitoring the transition. HQ are very proud of this achievement, as it brings all of us very close to the long-awaited Lisk Core 1.0.0 release to Mainnet. If Testnet network remains stable over the weekend and no new issues are detected, you can expect an announcement regarding the Mainnet migration block height next week. Fingers crossed for a smooth weekend.
Whew, that's a lot of action involving the Lisk project!
So that's it for another roundup of the past weeks highlights; I hope you enjoyed them.
These highlights go out weekly on r/CryptoCurrency, so keep an eye out for it on these outlets also.
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https://lisk.chat/direct/John_Muck Keep the faith Liskers! 👍