[ANN] Introduction to the aeternity blockchain project

[vindyne8]

Aeternity Crowdsale | 1 day 12hr left to get 750 AE tokens per 1 ETH | 60% of cap reached:

https://wallet.aeternity.com/

[vindyne8]

The Aeternity Phase 2 Contribution Campaign is now at 80% of cap! You currently have 6 days 18hrs left at a price of 1 ETH = 700 AE!



https://wallet.aeternity.com/

[vindyne8]

Aeternity Phase 2 Crowdsale is at 88% of cap! Secure yours here: https://wallet.aeternity.com/

[vindyne8]

The Aeternity Phase 2 Contribution Campaign ended successfully on 6/9 Aeternity raised over 23.4 million CHF in the Phase 2 Contribution Campaign This combined with the phase 1 Contribution Campaign totals over 63 million CHF!



Yanislav was with Erlang inventor Joe Armstrong when Aeternity Phase 2 ended



More information is coming from the Aeternity team soon about distribution, the remaining ledger nano claims to be processed, and more! Keep up on what's going on with the Aeternity team and Community on Slack and Telegram!

[vindyne8]

Belt & Road to aeternity
aeternity was appointed to the RATA (Research and Technical Advisory) of the 'Belt & Road Blockchain Consortium'. The Consortium emerged from research done in 2013 on 'bridging the infrastructure gap' initiative in Asian regions. One of the primary conclusions of the report was that billions of US dollars will be necessary for the construction of new infrastructure able to connect and coordinate economic efforts between Eurasia and China.

The Belt and Road initiative is composed of two primary branches:
- SREB -?Silk Road Economic Belt (continental trade routes).
- MSR?-?Maritime Silk Road (maritime trade routes).

It encompasses six corridors spanning Asia, as well as parts of the Pacific, North Africa and Europe.

Read more: http://bit.ly/beltroadtoaeternity

[vindyne8]

Aeternity sponsored the 17th Sofia Crypto Meetup-> the monthly #blockchain event in the capital of Bulgaria. #fintech #tokens #regtech



Stay updated on all things Aeternity
Follow Aeternity on twitter: https://twitter.com/aetrnty
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Join the telegram: https://telegram.me/aeternity
Bookmark the blog: https://blog.aeternity.com/

[vindyne8]

Aeternity's first development update is now available. Learn what work is behind us and what lies ahead.
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aeternity ‘Dev-Log’ Genesis
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The aeternity Dev-Log:17–01
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This is the start of a monthly series on the development of the æternity blockchain.
Where are we now?
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Let’s analyze where we currently stand at the end of Q2 2017.
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Protocol Development
Done. All protocols to run the main-net launch features are written & implemented; currently being tested on the test-net.
Zack has started developing the features, since beginning of June.
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Read more: https://blog.aeternity.com/%C3%A6ternit ... 74a749d3f3

[vindyne8]

Aeternity Campaign Aftermath

Dear aeternity crypto community,

It has been both exciting and stressful weeks since the aeternity campaign ended. A lot of work has been done to make aeternity a reality and the best is yet to come.

Scaling an organization is tricky. Most startups fail because of this reason. It is easy to coordinate when you have 5 people on the team, but a group-size above 10 easily becomes chaotic. By all means, aeternity has been very efficient in handling operations so far. Scaling these operations and restructuring the team has been quite difficult during the past weeks. On a good note, the tech team is growing well and once we have thoroughly tested the new setup, we will announce the new hires.

Read more: https://blog.aeternity.com/aeternity-ca ... 93161604a0
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Blockchain Tech Must be “Open-Software”

Public blockchains are defining a new era in free/libre, open-source software development.

Did you know there is a difference between “free software” and “open-source software”? Turns out that just like in the case of public and private blockchains, when it comes to producing “free” or “open” software (think of “free speech,” not “free beer”)(1), there are camps who each support differing philosophies. The worldview “fork” in this case is caused by the definition of a fundamental concept and many will argue basic human right - freedom.

Read more: https://blog.aeternity.com/blockchain-t ... e6c4cfc34f

[Neoclassical]

Ouch, sorry for your lost funds aeternity!

Why did you have to keep everything in a single multi-sig wallet!?

[vindyne8]

Parity Multisig Wallet Hack
Update on the Parity 1.5 (or later) vulnerability exploit.

Due to a zero day exploit in Parity 1.5 or later, funds were moved out of a number of ETH multisig wallets without any authorization by unknown perpetrator(s).

aeternity was using a parity “enhanced” multi-signature wallet on the latest parity update. Many projects in the space have used the same practice and have been affected as well.

As far as we know three project multi-sig wallets have been affected by the black hat attack:



Read more: https://blog.aeternity.com/parity-multi ... cc507d964d

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Change log summarizing current development of the aeternity blockchain up until mid of July.
As of the beginning of May 2017, Zack Hess, our tech lead, was ready with the implementation of essential parts of the blockchain. These include;

1. Handling accounts and keys.
2. Exchanging p2p peers.
3. Syncing blocks.
4. Signing, bundling transactions and mining blocks.
5. Channels, Oracles, Governance.
6. Exposing HTTP interface for all transactions: accounts, channels, payments.
7. Persistence layer.
8. Trie itself and wrapper covering: accounts, channels, existence, oracles and governance.
9. Important use cases that require optimized blockchain design like lightning payment.
10. All of that supported by initial version of documentation and tests.

Read more: https://blog.aeternity.com/aeternity-de ... edf0fe36fe

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