Bismuth Team progress report – March 2020
This report covers February 15, 2019 to March 20, 2020.
Despite the news and global economic slowdown, the Bismuth team still is working hard on Bis.
Core node
Significant work was done – and continues to be done – on the core node code.
It would be too lengthy and technical to enter the details, but huge reorg is undergoing to allow for significant improvements and future features.
If you’re watching the Github hook channel on our discord, you should have seen the very regular commits there.
Hypernodes
Thanks to our user chiwalfrm, the Hypernode starting sequence has been largely optimized and makes it easier to run on lower end hardware.
Start up sequence requires heavy checks that can be lengthy on some vps.
As a result, the watchdog cronjob was sometimes killing a booting up hypernode.
Current version is 0.99i10, still under testing and includes improvement to logging as well as performance to tackle that issue.
More insight into ongoing work can be found on the – updated – Hypernode roadmap.
Current Hypernodes ROI is 18.5%. We count 254 active Hypernodes with a total amount of active collateral of 6,820,000 BIS.
Ecosystem
As other coins have been, Bismuth was targeted by malicious people creating a fake Github org – cloning our wallet with malware inside – then sending PM to the Discord users in an attempt to have them “upgrade” their wallet.
We do NOT DM spam our users. Required upgrades – rare – are announced in our “News” channel and on Twitter. Take care!
BisDraw
User Cipery made a nice dApp based upon Bis.
It’s called BisDraw and allows you to register a canvas, then draw via transactions. You can even get paid when users draw on your canvas, give it a try!
Media
Bis Draw, a new user contributed dApp here and tweet.
Hack with Bis : send a transaction from the terminal with Python.
Eggdrasyl’s roadmap, ep. 1 – Tanstaafl!.
Eggdrasyl’s roadmap, ep. 2 -Free lunch, yet no dishwashing
Links
Bismuth Website: https://bismuth.cz
Bismuth Explorer: https://bismuth.im