By MadMaxx | | 11 May 2020 We all love blockchain technology. It represents freedom of money and freedom from control. But our current blockchains have problems. Not the regular kind of problems like double spending of a cryptocurrency, but problems that prevent new users from coming on the blockchain seamlessly.  Enter Aelf. Aelf aims(and succeeds) to solve many of these problems posed by current blockchains. By the end of this post, you'd have understood what exactly Aelf is, how it works and what you can do with it.   Simply put, Aelf is a customisable operating system, that is built specifically for blockchains. As we all know, Bitcoin paved the way for blockchain technology by being the pioneer digital currency to embrace the power of blockchain technology. From the inception of Bitcoin, Ethereum was born to correct Bitcoin's mistakes, and add a very wonderful feature: Smart contracts which enabled the use of Decentralised apps, or DApps. However, there is a problem with these DApps, which is that they can't run efficiently on Windows, MacOS and Linux,  our current operating systems. So how do we implement blockchain tech that can be run easily on our current operating systems? Easy. With Aelf! But how? To answer that question, we'll have to know how Aelf works.   Aelf has envisioned to solve the problems of current blockchains by implementing two innovative properties into the blockchain. These innovative properties are side chains and a very unique governance system. These two will be explained in detail in the following lines. SIDE CHAINS: Aelf consists of two chains: The main chain and the side chain. The main chain is the backbone of all operations. The main chain can equally communicate with all other chains in the network. The side chains however are where things get interesting. The side chains have each one dedicated to s specific smart contract, which makes everything run very, very smoothly. It's like having one RAM chip for every process you want to implement on your mobile device. However, each side chain cannot communicate with another. They have to go through the main chain to be able to communicate with each other. All side chains are connected to the main chain through a side chain index system. The system categorises side chains into the following groups: THE UNIQUE GOVERNANCE SYSTEM Aelf makes use of a unique consensus system to record information from all the side chains to the main chain. Because of the complexity of this network, a regular proof of work or proof of stake consensus system won't work. Rather, the Aelf main chain makes use of the Delegated Proof of Stake consensus system. As an Aelf holder, you have a say in which nodes become miner nodes by exercising your ability to vote for them. As a reward for this vote, the elected nodes then decide how to share the bonuses they obtained form mining to the nodes that voted them in. The Aelf network determines how many miners are on the network through the formula: Miners = 2N + 1. The integer "N' starts at 8 and increases every year. Just like miners on the bitcoin blockchain, the mining nodes on the Aelf network are responsible for confirming transactions, adding transactions to blocks and transferring data across the blockchain. Back in December 2017, the Aelf team held a token sale for its inside investors. The team distributed 25% of the total ELF token supply to the investors, with the remaining 75% of tokens reserved for special use. The tokens were shared as thus:   Aelf has a lot of great minds behind its development. Aelf was developed by Ma Haobao, who is equally the CEO of Hoopox. The team's advisory board comprises of Michael Arrington (who is the CEO of TechCrunch). The team is planning on releasing the blockchain's potential to be put to use in industries. The team also promised to improve other chains in the ecosystem by providing a template for interaction among all side chains in the network. The team has also partnered with a great many famous startups and companies, including AlphaBit, BitMain and Hashed, to mention a few.     ELF is an ERC-20 compliant token, and can be stored in any wallet which supports ERC-20 tokens, such as the Trust wallet and Atomic wallet. You can equally store it in the Exodus wallet on desktop and the Ledger and the Trezor hardware wallets. The ELF token can be purchased from Changelly with credit it debit cards through an integration with Simplex.  ELF is also traded on all major spot exchanges like Binance and Huobi. It has numerous trading pairs, and has performed well over the years.     As of today, the Elf token has a market cap of over 30 million dollars with a maximum supply of 180 billion tokens. The token was launched at a price of just $1.10, and within a month rose by 161% to be traded at $2.61. Many renowned analysts say the price may rise to as high as over $100 in 2023, when there is an increased demand for the features it provides, and I don't doubt that because of its useful features.   The Aelf protocol differs from other cryptocurrencies in the following ways:   That's all your need to know about Aelf! Thanks for reading. You can visit the Aelf website through this link.  Have a nice day! MadMaxx Shitcoin flipper. Derivatives and options trader. Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and inverse swap contracts. Professional trader. Never financial advice. All you need to know about crypto! Send a $0.01 microtip in crypto to the author, and earn yourself as you read! We pay the tips from our rewards pool. costanza 16 hours ago 1 minute read Djordi 22 hours ago 4 minute read MarkHelfman 16 May 2020 9 minute read Get FREE CRYPTO Just for Tipping this Article. 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With the rise in the use of blockchain-based products and services, the enterprise demand for reliable performance, versatility, and blockchain interoperability solutions has increased as well. One of the most prominent bottlenecks that are hindering the mainstream adoption of distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions is their interoperability. However, the rapid pace of development of blockchain interoperability solutions comes as a ray of hope that seeks to close the informational gap between different isolated blockchains. At a broad level, blockchain can be viewed as both – a distributed and an independent ledger. An interoperability or a cross-chain solution is of particular significance in the DLT ecosystem as it would function as a catalyst that transforms an isolated blockchain into an interconnected one. It won’t be an exaggeration to state that robust blockchain cross-chain solutions hold the potential to increase blockchain’s utility exponentially and play a key role in fostering the maturity of the DLT ecosystem. As a decentralized open-source blockchain project, has successfully developed a cross-chain transfer protocol based on its multi-level “main chain – multiple side chains” structure. The cross-chain protocol developed by aelf specifically focuses on ease of use, scalability, and security. Per sources close to the matter, the newly developed protocol processes smooth cross-chain transfers between independent blockchain systems. What’s more, it also supports applications that demand the transfer of assets between different blockchain systems. aelf’s protocol provides a standard solution for cross-chain transfers and a unified specification for cross-chain asset transfer between DLT systems. Additionally, it also offers a standardized interface and data structure that enables decentralized cross-chain asset transfer services thereby functioning as a common solution for developers. The protocol’s goal is twofold. First, it seeks to eliminate the issues pertaining to lack of data connection and low interoperability resulting from the incompatibility of different blockchain protocols. Second, the protocol wants to solve the notorious problem of low efficiency/high cost of cross-chain asset transfers. The cross-chain protocol is applicable to the following three scenarios: 1. Cross-chain asset transfers between blockchain systems. 2. Cross-chain asset exchange between blockchain systems. 3. Finish existence proof between blockchain systems. The need for the establishment of unified data format standards is the need of the hour to facilitate seamless interaction among different blockchain systems using different governance protocols and data structures. These data standards must be compatible with various blockchain protocols so they enable cross-chain transfers and, subsequently, help establish common assets cross-chain standards. In essence, there’s an immediate need to define the standard structure of asset cross-chain transfer data. At the same time, it’s also worth noting that the cross-chain asset transfer process is based on cross-chain Existence Proof, which, in turn, is dependent on the Merkle Proof mechanism. This necessitates the need for a unified verification method to foster cross-chain verification across different blockchain systems which can only be achieved by defining the standard method of cross-chain Existence Proof. There’s no doubt that a future where blockchain solutions and services are the norms, there will be no dearth of cross-chain and interoperability solutions. The blockchain-enabled world of the future will inarguably comprise of chains that are able to interact with one another without any hiccup. As the vast majority of chains today are heterogeneous in nature, the free flow of information from one chain to another is central to creating value and utility around these networks. This can only be achieved by establishing a unified cross-chain protocol that stretches the corners of today’s blockchain ecosystem. Concluding, aelf’s cross-chain transfer protocol is a testimony to its commitment to foster a tomorrow that is not only decentralized and secure but also communicates freely. Through its protocol, aelf aims to enable seamless cross-chain interaction between chains. The of the aelf ecosystem will directly lead to increased use-cases and value of its cross-chain protocol.

By aelf_blockchain | | 7 Sep 2020 DeFi has been growing exponentially since June. As of September 1st, the market cap of DeFi projects has reached a record-high $18.65 billion. According to the growth in total locked value and market cap of DeFi projects over the last two weeks, it seems the meteoric growth has given way to a more moderate rate. Following DeFi, cross-chain became all the rage. On August 22nd, DOT, Polkadot’s token, was split at a ratio of 1:100. After that, the prices of DOT began to skyrocket on major exchanges. In fact, the popularity of cross-chain was partly helped by DeFi. Although DeFi aspires to reshape the financial ecosystem, it is in a difficult situation, the main reason being the poor infrastructure. Since the end of 2017, Ethereum has been running at high capacity, and as its gas fees rise and transactions are being processed increasingly slowly, there was even the news that some star DeFi projects might consider turning to other public chains because of Ethereum’s high gas fees. In order to solve the problems faced by Ethereum 1.0, upgrading infrastructure is necessary. However, since the upgrade of Ethereum 2.0 has been delayed time and time again, and due to the complexity of sharding technology, people are turning their attention to some star cross-chain projects. In the future, the combination of cross-chain and DeFi will be the prevailing trend. What problems and difficulties is cross-chain technology facing? As of today, there have been numerous blockchains, but the information isolation of many chains has inevitably made blockchains isolated islands independent of each other. Cross-chain, as the name suggests, is aimed to build a bridge between two isolated islands, connecting different blockchains together. In practice, the problem to be solved in cross-chain is how to transfer tokens from one chain to another. This process is not only the transmission of information flow, but also the value transfer behind the information flow that needs to be accurately recorded. At present, the problems and difficulties cross-chain technology is facing are mainly in two aspects: one is how to verify the transaction status of the original chain in a distributed way, the other is how to verify cross-chain data to ensure security. Cross-chain interaction can be divided into homogeneous and heterogeneous cross-chain depending on the underlying blockchain platform. Mainstream cross-chain solutions include notary mechanism, hash locking, side chain / relay chain, and distributed private key control. Polkadot’s vision is to use a Relay chain to verify the transactions of other chains and to establish a parallel chain to realize the transaction and communication with the original chain. Cosmos is similar to Polkadot in some concepts, but it also hopes to create a heterogeneous system to solve cross-chain problems. However, the compatibility of the two chains will not be easily solved by the heterogeneous design. Aelf, which uses the side chain scheme, proposed its own cross-chain model to solve the above two difficult problems. In the cross-chain process, aelf uses a method called “indexing” to achieve cross-chain communications. Indexing refers to the transfer of data from one chain to another according to the defined structure and is the premise of any cross-chain function. Aelf also adopts the concept of “joint mining”, that is, miners can complete the indexing process on their own. This kind of design can effectively solve two problems: the first is whether a certain chain can be trusted or not. The concept of “joint mining” solves this problem in a fundamental way. It can take into account the normal running of the main-chain and side-chain, without the need to design a redundant trust mechanism. The second problem is whether data indexing is decentralized. The strategy is that the miners can complete indexing independently, and then consider the indexed data participating in the consensus verification process as common data. Therefore, the indexing process and data source of aelf are completely decentralized, which can ensure the security of indexed data. Cross-chain + DeFi For example, Telegram’s blockchain project TON was also popular for a time, being known as the combination of Ethereum 2.0, EOS and Polkadot. TON proposed an extensible multi-chain blockchain architecture and prepared a slew of network infrastructures to support various on-chain services, cryptocurrencies and applications. However, TON went belly-up in the end. Telegram terminated its blockchain project TON in May 2020, but its testnet still ran for nearly a year. In the update on July 6th, TON’s dev team announced that it would stop supporting the TON testnet, and the remaining TON validators would be shut down on August 1st. TON advised all testnet participants to save all relevant data and stop their testing process. Telegram, which raised $1.7 billion in an ICO, has failed. In the meantime, aelf has built its blockchain network with little funding which is not an easy task. Recently, aelf has updated the aelf product landscape on its website, which offers an overview of aelf’s architecture, including basic cloud environment, core services, components and instances, and scenario applications. As can be seen from the aelf product landscape, aelf has been working on DeFi for a long time. Aelf will start with AESwap and lending and strive to cover the entire DeFi ecosystem in the future. At present, Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem is relatively complete, but there are still a lot of possibilities out there. It is believed that aelf’s “cross-chain + DeFi” combination will continue to surprise the blockchain industry. Aelf has built strong technical features for DeFi that will make it better prepared for applications. First, it will increase speed and reduce costs, which is critical to user experience. Second, aelf’s cross-chain capabilities will allow assets to flow freely between chains. In addition, aelf provides a well-designed governance module for DeFi, allowing them to customize their approach and engage with the community. These features will enable DeFi to perform better on aelf. As cross-chain technology continues to develop, we may see the transition from the prosperity of a single chain to the value flow between numerous chains. In this cross-chain trend, aelf will continue to be the leader in the investment on DeFi projects and in developing the underlying technology.   — Join the Community: · Get on our Telegram Discord Slack and Kakao channel · Follow us on Twitter Reddit and Facebook · Read weekly articles on the aelf blog · Catch up with the develop progress on Github · Telegram community in 한국, 日本 ng Việt · Instagram: aelfblockchain · YouTube Channel: aelf For more information, visit aelf.io aelf_blockchain Decentralized Cloud Computing Blockchain Network aelf's official blog on Publish0x - Follow for announcements, partnerships, project updates and more! Send a $0.01 microtip in crypto to the author, and earn yourself as you read! We pay the tips from our rewards pool. 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Token NewsShare.Price Action Over the past week, aelf saw its price go up by 5.69%. It is below its 20 day moving average by 4.68%, so its slightly away. aelfs bullish momentum, if assessed by its distance from its 20 day moving average, is pretty far negative compared to the other coins were covering, and thus may be due for a correction upwards or some kind of a period of low volatility. In terms of volatility, aelf exhibits greater price volatility than approximately 73% of coins in our index, so traders can expect a bit more volatility than usual. Looking ahead, if the upcoming week mirrors the volatility of three past three weeks, the price range for aelf in US dollars is expected to be between $0.1700481 and $0.2628219. Where to trade Aelf (symbol: ELF): Gate, Binance, DDEX, EthfinexVolume Update In the week prior, the daily volume for aelf has ranged between 10,778,070 and 23,329,607 currency units. Looking back over past 21 days, the trend in volume does not have a clear direction, while the price trend is clearly down. The past 7 days saw aelfs trading turnover meaning the percentage of its available supply that was traded come in at 3.69%. Its trading turnover percentage is higher than about 64.95% of the coins were tracking, so its above average and thus will have enough liquidity for many investors/traders. Engagement Update aelf saw the number of wallets holding its coin go from 50,846 to 50,929 over the past week a change of 0.16%. In terms of blockchain-recorded transactions made by these wallets since their inception, that number changed from 313,562 to 316,537, which translates to growth of 0.95% for the week. This translates to a combined engagement growth rate of 1.11% for aelf which is higher than 48.57% of the cryptocurrencies were reporting on. One interpretation of this may be that the coins weekly growth in engagement is fairly mediocre. Technology Development Status At the moment, aelf has 16 repositories open to the public on GitHub, with the oldest one now being 1.76 years young. Its most recent public update was within the past day, which is pretty good, as it suggests the coin is still under active and rapid technical development. aelfs repos that are visible to the public collectively have 625 watchers thats more than approximately 59 % of coins in its index. The coin has 169 total outstanding issues across all 16 of its public repositories on GitHub. Its number of watchers, when viewed against its open issues count, is a bit below average, and thus potentially concerning. We view the ratio of open issues on aelfs GitHub repos relative to the number of developers who follow its repos as a way to quantitatively assess the health of a coins software development processes, and for aelf we see that it fares better than only 22% of the coins we group aelf in. aelf News and Commentary Over the past week, we found one link about aelf that we thought was particularly interesting. If available, we added an excerpt from the article to help give a taste of what it is about. Amazon Web Services Lists its First Blockchain Platform with Cross-Chain CapaKey Extract: Every one of these cloud computing companies are pro blockchain by either supporting blockchain projects or developing their own blockchain solutions.There are four broad categories in which cloud computing services can fall under: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Serverless and Software as a Service (SaaS).Within the cloud computing infrastructure, there are typically three types of cloudsPublic clouds, Private clouds, and Hybrid clouds.Platform as a service refers to cloud computing services that supply an on-demand environment for developing, testing, delivering and managing software applications.aelf Enterprise 0.7.0 beta will provide high performance blockchain BaaS through massive cloud data storage, one-click-deployment blockchain toolkits and flexible DApp development modulesall functions attuned to test and implement blockchain with ease and precision by enterprises.Generally blockchain platforms only offer one of these architectures, but aelf offers all three, just like AWS offers all three type of cloud computing deployments.Where to BuyYou can trade Aelf, listed under the symbol ELF, through the following exchanges: Gate, Binance, DDEX, Ethfinex. Article by SixJupiter

Interoperability between different blockchains and cryptocurrency ecosystem is very difficult to achieve. By default, there is no reason to interact with competing projects. The Aelf blockchain sees things a bit differently, and its latest update may usher in a new era of communication. Communicating with and relying on third-party data from other chains and data sources is a big step forward.The Purpose of Chainlink OraclesTo achieve communication with other blockchains and data sources, Aelf will rely on a service known as Chainlink Oracles. This technology allows any connected blockchain to interact with data sources such as Google Cloud, SAP, and NASDAQ. On the cryptocurrency front, it allows a direct line of communication with Bitcoin and data. Every oracle in this ecosystem is capable of verifying data prior to submitting it to partner chains such as Aelf.As a result, the Aelf developers and enthusiasts will be able to develop a new plethora of applications and services in the future. Another benefit is how these data sources and blockchains can help strengthen the development of smart contracts in this ecosystem. A lot of potential use cases are waiting to be unlocked properly. Aelf is now also one of the very few chains which have this type of functionality, even though any project could in theory connect with these Chainlink oracles.Communication Isnt InteroperabilityOn the surface, this new implementation would seemingly provide Aelf with interoperability regarding data sources and other blockchains. In reality, however, that situation is very different. It is true these oracles will allow the different entities to communicate with one another to obtain and verify data and information. However, this level of communication is not sufficient to speak of interoperability at this time.That doesnt mean the Aelf team doesnt want to achieve a degree of interoperating with Btcoin, Ethereum, or other blockchains. Building such a framework will require a lot of time and effort. By experimenting with Chainlink oracles, an important first step is taken to potentially achieve that goal. Based on the feedback gathered from this venture, the team can further look into making their chain interoperable with other blockchains on the market today. It will take years, if not decades, until all blockchains in the industry can interoperate with one another.An Example for Other ChainsIt is evident that relying on third-party solutions such as oracles is not necessarily ideal. That said, the Chainlink network of oracles is fully decentralized, which means a lot of potential use cases have opened up. It is also an agnostic network indicating any project can interact with it as they see fit. One has to hope other projects will take note of this development and act on it accordingly.Image(s): Shutterstock.comThe post Decentralized Oracles Make Aelf a More Versatile Blockchain Project appeared first on The Merkle Hash.Source: themerkle.com

Although Aelf (ELF) is on large trading platforms such as Bitfinex and Binance, this digital coin had its glory stolen by other popular cryptocurrencies stealing its spotlight the most of 2017. But, with the arrival of a new year, there came new solutions, and that is when we heard about ELF again. But, as ELF has new solutions upcoming as well, in the form of a private sale organized to sell as much of this token as possible, we are witnessing a change in trending on behalf of this digital coin. To keep up with this digital token, we first need to explain what ELF exactly is and which idea it represents. ELF or Aelf is a digital coin launched and created to serve a decentralized platform which would allow utilization of Blockchain in the physical world of business. That means that developers behind this token have the idea of increasing scalability within blockchain technology so that the current model of business doing could be modified and improved. To solve the problem of scalability within blockchain technology, the developers have concluded that the best option for reaching their goal would be to create a blockchain ecosystem that would be decentralized but working in a similar way operative systems like Linux do. That is how ELF token is planning on running its platform, Aelf, based on nodes that would be organized in clusters. To put this simply, Aelf would be running on nodes that would allow transactions within different groups. So, while there would be transactions being processed in one group, other groups would be able to simultaneously perform different transactions within their network, but unrelated to other groups. The idea behind this type of system is to ensure that the groups for transactions are organized by similar “interests.” That means that different businesses would be organized in different groups, that way creating a well-organized ecosystem that would enable easy business doing and turn-key solutions. So, Aelf has the main goal to become a blockchain decentralized platform that would meet business and mainstream institution needs with each smart contract running on its own network in the form of nodes, which would at the same time solve the scalability issue most platforms have. The goal of this project is to revolutionize the way people are doing business today, but at the same time, creators of this platform are looking into efficiency and security problems that have to be solved. In that spirit, each smart contract and each transaction group will run on separate chains, that way posing a new business model and revolutionizing several mainstream markets. The idea is to accept any type of business and create a versatile community that will be able to obtain a self-sufficient status. Think about it as a reality within a reality where virtual world is actually connected to the physical world. The result would be simplified business ventures, safe and fast transactions and low fees. The ecosystem supported by this token should take on the announced novelties pretty soon, potentially creating an incentive business ecosystem that would be ready for several business types, models, and scenarios with a turn-key solution. To make this project more desirable and boost ELF sales, the team has organized a private sale where they managed to collect 55.000 ETH on behalf of ELF token, that way boosting the price of this coin along the way. Another project with the idea of promoting ELF was recently launched when the team behind this coin invited people to join a project called Azeroth. The launched project is supposed to reward anyone who applies and registers with free ELF tokens in a way known only to the registered parties that are participating in this project. All these projects, including the private sale, probably represent a way of making this no longer forgotten coin, well remembered and running across mainstream waters. It seems that this strategy is working pretty well as ELF is experiencing increases in price, leading from the original major increase in 2018 that happened on January 18th when a whole lot of different tokens were actually suffering from major decreases. And, on January 26th, ELF had another jump marked at 21% of increased price thanks to the launching of Azeroth, a free rewarding program. Look for the team behind ELF to have all the announced changes implemented into a functional community. Once implemented, the price will most certainly rise. We will be updating our subscribers as soon as we know more. For the latest on,  sign up below! Disclaimer: This article should not be taken as, and is not intended to provide, investment advice. Global Coin Report and/or its affiliates, employees, writers, and subcontractors are cryptocurrency investors and from time to time may or may not have holdings in some of the coins or tokens they cover. Please conduct your own thorough research before investing in any cryptocurrency.

Interoperability between different blockchains and cryptocurrency ecosystem is very difficult to achieve. By default, there is no reason to interact with competing projects. The Aelf blockchain sees things a bit differently, and its latest update may usher in a new era of communication. Communicating with and relying on third-party data from other chains and data sources is a big step forward. The Purpose of Chainlink Oracles To achieve communication with other blockchains and data sources, Aelf will rely on a service known as Chainlink Oracles. This technology allows any connected blockchain to interact with data sources such as Google Cloud, SAP, and NASDAQ. On the cryptocurrency front, it allows a direct line of communication with Bitcoin and data. Every oracle in this ecosystem is capable of verifying data prior to submitting it to partner chains such as Aelf.As a result, the Aelf developers and enthusiasts will be able to develop a new plethora of applications and services in the future. Another benefit is how these data sources and blockchains can help strengthen the development of smart contracts in this ecosystem. A lot of potential use cases are waiting to be unlocked properly. Aelf is now also one of the very few chains which have this type of functionality, even though any project could in theory connect with these Chainlink oracles.Communication Isnt Interoperability On the surface, this new implementation would seemingly provide Aelf with interoperability regarding data sources and other blockchains. In reality, however, that situation is very different. It is true these oracles will allow the different entities to communicate with one another to obtain and verify data and information. However, this level of communication is not sufficient to speak of interoperability at this time.That doesnt mean the Aelf team doesnt want to achieve a degree of interoperating with Btcoin, Ethereum, or other blockchains. Building such a framework will require a lot of time and effort. By experimenting with Chainlink oracles, an important first step is taken to potentially achieve that goal. Based on the feedback gathered from this venture, the team can further look into making their chain interoperable with other blockchains on the market today. It will take years, if not decades, until all blockchains in the industry can interoperate with one another.An Example for Other Chains It is evident that relying on third-party solutions such as oracles is not necessarily ideal. That said, the Chainlink network of oracles is fully decentralized, which means a lot of potential use cases have opened up. It is also an agnostic network indicating any project can interact with it as they see fit. One has to hope other projects will take note of this development and act on it accordingly.About The Author JP Buntinx is a FinTech and Bitcoin enthusiast living in Belgium. His passion for finance and technology made him one of the world's leading freelance Bitcoin writers, and he aims to achieve the same level of respect in the FinTech sector.

Open source projects depend on the public for source code improvement and maintenance. Since there is no consensus on digital asset valuation, the number of commits submitted to GitHub can be used to gauge ecosystem activity. , , and , respectively, are now the top three most active projects ranked by the number of submitted commits over the last 12 months to data provided by CryptoMiso, June 8, 2020. CryptoMiso ranks blockchain projects according to their developer activity. Herein, “activity” is defined as the number of code contributions to the popular repository platform GitHub. The more the developers, the higher the confidence in the project, a fundamental factor that directly affects the value of a digital asset. More participants also mean more features. Based on this, Lisk, aelf, and Chainlink, respectively, are the most valuable as developers were unfazed by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. For the uninitiated, Lisk is an open-source project seeking to drive blockchain accessibility and interoperability. Lisk developers are provided with a software development kit (SDK) for distributed ledger technology (DLT) applications. Closely following Lisk in terms of developer activity on GitHub is the decentralized self-evolving cloud computing blockchain network aelf. Launched in August 2017, aelf is committed toward providing a high-performance platform for commercial adoption of DLT. The coronavirus pandemic seems to have minimal impact on the aelf ecosystem as it hit its yearly ATH during the lockdown with an impressive 212 commits at the start of March. Interestingly, it only took aelf two days to submit the same number of commits (284) as Ripple had the whole year.  It will be food for thought for traders and investors most of whom are glued to price charts, making decisions solely based on price action.  From this “new” ranking, it will be a double win for , an oracle network. Perched at third in the CryptoMiso leader-board, it could mean its native token LINK may be undervalued. The Chainlink network offers reliable tamper-proof inputs and outputs for complex smart contracts across all blockchain networks. The project’s decentralized oracle network provides a robust security guarantee. The protocol’s structure allows multiple Chainlinks to evaluate the same data before it becomes a trigger. This way, it eliminates any one point of failure and keeps the overall value of a smart contract that is highly secure, transparent, and reliable. While Lisk, aelf, and Chainlink shined on GitHub, other heavyweights in the cryptocurrency ecosystem tumbled. Bitcoin, the premier cryptocurrency although has well over 100 contributors, failed to provide more than 80 commits on any given day. In the same vein, the top altcoin, Ethereum, tumbled down to 41st position despite their highly-anticipated ETH 2.0. upgrade poised to be released soon. Other smart contract projects, such as TRON and EOS displayed similar unimpressive results. Over the past six months, EOS has slid from 11th position down to 19th. TRON, similarly dropped from 18th position to 20th when comparing their 12 months and 6-month activity levels.

Microsoft now supports a one-click deployment of aelf The First Interoperable Blockchain Available on Azure 2 min readOn July 31, aelfs was officially made available on the world-leading public cloud computing platform, Microsoft Azure. Developers can now build, manage, and extend blockchain applications through aelfs Enterprise 0.7.0 Beta version on Azure Marketplace. In addition, aelf provides supporting tutorials, smart contracts, and Dapp development examples such that users can quickly begin working on business logic and application development.On top of the turn-key blockchain infrastructure available now both on Azure and (AWS), aelf also provides a library of sample codes and app development guides according to the individual needs. Aelf specializes in helping partner enterprises to establish the basics of their blockchain networks, deploy transaction nodes on cloud services such as Azure, and ultimately create decentralized applications. They have been assisting companies to unlock new business models through blockchain and accelerates the innovation of multi-institutional business connectivity. aims to become the bedrock of global blockchain ecology and will do so by creating comprehensive blockchain packages for developers and enterprises to deploy blockchain based applications rapidly and securely. Aelf will continue to drive blockchain innovation and bring more unique business advantages to users on Microsoft Azure.Create and manage aelf enterprise blockchain network: aelf Telegram community: , , , , ,, , , , , , and , aelf aelf aelf aelf aelf aelf (for the latest update and articles) aelf (complete aelf project codes)For more information, visit

In a recent article, we highlighted some crucial developments taking place in the cryptocurrency space this month. Such a calendar is always subject to change. A few new milestones and roadmap products have come to light in recent weeks. 

Decentralized finance on Tron continues to grow and evolve. The Just ecosystem is thriving, and more tools are coming shortly. One of these tools is JustLend, a decentralized lending platform. It will be accessible to Tron users only, bringing some much-needed competition to DeFi on Ethereum. According to the team, the launch of JustSwap will occur on December 7, 2020. It is one of the many developments to come for Tron enthusiasts.

Justin Sun initially announced JustLend in July of 2002.  It has taken a while to put together the working code for this decentralized lending platform. JustLend is one of the three main products developed by the JUST DeFi team, with the other two being JustSwap and JustBTC. All of these tools will help Tron’s DeFi ecosystem thrive over the months and years to come. 

The Aelf project is well-known among cryptocurrency and blockchain enthusiasts. Developers have been working hard on putting together the mainnet for this project. It will launch on December 10, assuming there are no last-minute hiccups to address. As a decentralized cloud computing network, Aelf has high expectations to meet. Its focus on high performance and flexible governance may introduce some intriguing options for users to explore. One of the more exciting upcoming developments from a technology point-of-view. 

As we recently highlighted, the SPARK airdrop is coming closer. More specifically, the Flare Network team will take the snapshot on December 12, 2020.  Based on that information, they will distribute the SPARK tokens in a few months from today. For now, there is no exact data for the token airdrop itself. It will take place in the first half of 2021, but no further details are available today. Of all the developments on the list, this one has the most hype attributed to it. 

Crypto.com, the project formerly known as MonaCo, prepares to launch the mainnet for its CRO token. In doing so, all CRO transactions and smart contract activity will take place on a native blockchain instead of relying on Ethereum.  No exact date for the mainnet launch is known, other than “December 2020”.

These developments will also introduce on-chain governance for CRO holders, assuming that will ever be a factor. Furthermore, there is a rumor of how the CRO mainnet will support native tokens. What that will entail exactly remains to be determined. 

The Serum ecosystem will undergo two significant changes in December of 2020. First, the Serum DEX will be upgraded to include more functionality and improve the user experience. Second, the Serum Swap project – which acts as an AMM exchange similar to Uniswap – will receive a significant update as well. Both of these upgrades will strengthen the Serum ecosystem. 

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Ethereum recently took its first steps towards Ethereum 2.0 after the Beacon Chain went live, with many centralized exchanges soon extending support for staking too. Joining them now is a publicly-traded company, Ether Capital Corporation, after it revealed that it began staking on the Ethereum 2.0 network back on 1 December. That’s not all either as the company has also committed itself to run a validator node on the network.

With Ether Capital having a balance of 32,407 ETH and 2,300 MKR at press time, it would seem that the company is looking to increase its participation and involvement in the space. In fact, the company also holds shares in Wyre, a cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. The aforementioned announcement added,

The company began with the minimum requirement of staking 32 ETH in the 2.0 deposit contract. The new staking protocol will make the validators eligible to earn rewards for verifying transactions on the Beacon Chain, while simultaneously participating in the network consensus. This will allow them to earn inflationary block rewards. As the announcement was quick to point out, “the annual Ether-denominated staking return, or yield, is currently over 16%, based on the number of Ether currently staked.”

CEO CEO Brian Mossof had this to say about the development,

Ether Capital Corporation is the first publicly-traded company to run the Ethereum stake, but it won’t be the last one. In fact, Ryan Sean Adams, a crypto-investor and founder of Mythos.Capital, believes that “most Fortune 500 companies in finance and tech will run staking nodes by the end of this decade.”

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