UPDATESJust wanted to post a few updates that have been on Discord but may not have made it here yet.
First, the update to
v1.1.0 is making great progress. Exchanges have upgraded, the majority of masternodes have updated and based on peer connections, it looks like a majority have upgraded as well. If you haven't updated, just a reminder to update prior to block 29,000. At block 29,000, block rewards switch to 11 Rapture for masternodes and 3 Rapture for proof-of-work. For the history on this update, feel free to browse the posts here or drop into
DiscordOn the exchange front, we're still getting a small handful of users reporting issues with stocks.exchange transfers. It seems like a general stocks.exchange issue and they haven't given us any information on it. Best we can do right now is lean more on
southXchange and
CryptoBridge, both have been great for support and reliability. We've had a few requests to look into Graviex and we've reached out for more information. We've also started submitting to a few larger exchanges including Poloniex. It may be too early on to get their attention, but we feel like we have a unique approach and are innovating in the areas that we're focused on, so we feel like there's a chance they'll see something that appeals to them.
In line with this, we're also making good progress on the white paper and it's a top priority. We feel that the white paper will be an important tool in effectively communicating the goals of Rapture, so we're taking time to make sure it's a strong as possible. There are some exchanges and platforms that put a lot of weight into the whitepaper, so we want it to be clear and informative.
We've been making some updates to the design of the website as well, some based on feedback and some based on wanting clearer messaging. There will be bigger changes ahead, but there are a few updates that we can turn around pretty quick that should help.
On the tech side, the main focus is on wallets and mobile apps. Mobile apps are an important part of Rapture and we're prioritizing their development, more on that soon! We're almost ready to roll out paper wallet support and we'll be updating the qt wallets to make importing paper wallets keys more user-friendly. Visual updates will be coming to the wallet as well, they'll tie into the bigger branding updates on the website.
We're working on an updated version of the block explorer and it's available for testing here:
http://explorer2.our-rapture.com/It's on a faster server, so it should be a bit more responsive than the regular explorer. But I'm also adding and breaking and fixing, so don't be surprised if you see a page or two that throw an error. Still, please report back any errors and let me know what you like, don't like, and would like to see. One focus will be to give CharityNodes their own page so that there is easily accessible information on those nodes and the rewards they're earning.
If anyone missed it, community member (and now moderator!) @secsi published two articles on steemit:
Rapture: Masternode Rewards scheduled to increase to 79%! 30~ day ROI!
3 Coins to watch in 2018 *Strong developers, roadmaps, communities and more inside!*Becca recently launched a subreddit for Rapture and we're hoping that can be a useful place to consolidate information and host threaded discussions as well:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Our_Rapture/As we build, we're starting to push further out into social media and are particularly interested in getting exposure on steemit and medium, feel free to message Becca if you can help! Once we move past block 29,000 this week, we'll be looking to do some active marketing as well to bring more attention to Rapture!