MainNet Release: Fuji
We will be releasing our mainnet in Q1, 2021 and we are calling it Fuji, an iconic mountain in Japan.
Call for Miners
While we have some miners involved in the process, we are looking for additional miners from all over the world join us and bring our technology to the world. Recently I did an interview with Linqto and they really liked the expression “uber-izing cloud storage for humanity”. One of the things I discussed is the idea of how one can scale their income on our platform, unlike a traditional mining platform or even Uber.
I’ll detail more about earnings on a future blog but it is important for miners to get involved with our platform, and take the opportunity to contribute at this early stage.
Additionally, all miners that participate will have their names etched on the genesis block, which I think is pretty cool.
The miners can get more information on our website and register themselves on our service provider channel on Telegram.
To do List
While we are 90% there, we have still have some tasks left prior to a MainNet launch. Here is a list of items that we are currently working on.
a. Release of 0Chain repo. This repo has over 3300 commits. It is the motherload of all the repos we have exposed so far to the public. It has the core blockchain code, all the smart contract code, and Byzantine test suites.
b. Release of 0Miner repo. This enables miners to easily participate on the network and provide the benefit of automation, monitoring, and management of their server.
c. Byzantine tolerance test suites. We have a bunch of them done already and upon release, hackers can add new ones as we progress along, and get rewarded for identifying potential test suites that have not been covered and for finding bugs.
d. Load test suites. We have a repository that conducts stress testing to make sure the performance of the blockchain and storage platform is optimal for heavy load conditions.
e. Prepare for future hard fork migration. While we don’t anticipate any hard forks, we may need to do so in the future if there are code changes that are not going to be backward compatible. In this event, we want to make sure that we can move the states from the older blockchain to the newer one.
f. Bridge to ERC-20. Even though we can swap our current ERC-20 token to a native token, we would prefer to have a bridge in place so that the tokens can be traded on the UniSwap platform with ease
g. Scalable storage on a server. Automating volume expansion of blobbers would allow an easy way for miners to scale storage by adding disks to their server, and they don’t need to buy a fully loaded system upfront.
h. Get 0Box production ready for iOS and Android mobile platforms as well as Mac and Windows desktop platforms, and web browser platforms of Chrome, Safari, and FireFox.
i. Get 0Wallet production ready for iOS and Android mobile platforms and 2FA Authenticator for desktop platforms of Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Progress
We have made considerable progress on all of them and doing most of them in parallel. We expect to release 0Box and 0Wallet in the coming weeks. With holidays and rise in Covid cases, we expect a slowdown and conservatively believe will push delivery of all leftover tasks to Q1. However, once we have a quorum of quality miners, we will push for a launch. Apart for mainnet delivery, there are a few other areas that we are working on in parallel, which we consider very high value for the growth, visibility, and usage of our platform.
1. Token Geyser. This is an incentivized platform to add liquidity to the UniSwap exchange
2. Integration of 0Chain platform with a crypto project. More details regarding this may appear this quarter.
3. Use of 0Chain protocol for an enterprise project. More details will be revealed in Q1.
Future Releases
In future, we plan to do several releases related to key features such as View Change and Governance, so stay tuned.
