KIRA Announcements

2022-08-11 15:51:01 WEEKLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATES

FRONTEND
Finished backwards compatible network module & added warning message when nodes run older version of interx or serve outdated responses
Frontend is now auto connecting to interx if there are no warnings and provides a list of pre-configured endpoints for the user to choose from
Added auto-refresh of all networks specified in the list

MIDDLEWARE
Added multiple RPC authentication methods for EVM chains, native full node (no key required), quicknode, infura & pokt
Finalized EVM blocks & transactions query

BACKEND
Added new permission for creating slashing proposals
Slashing proposal now allows to submit a judgement vote by each voter regarding expected percentage of stake to be slashed

WALLET
Released new versions of saifu key generator enabling verification of the secure seed phrase derivation

INFRASTRUCTURE
Finished BIP39 CLI generator including all vector tests

https://twitter.com/KIRA_Official/status/1557708689137668097 Open / Comment

2022-08-05 20:05:14 WEEKLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATES

FRONTEND (miro)
WIP - Backwards compatible networking module

MIDDLEWARE (interx)
Implement EVM status query
WIP - Caching service for EVM requests

BACKEND (sekai)
Execution fees query now returns all transaction types
Implement slashing proposals, refuting of slashing proposal & staking pool list query
Add new permission allowing to vote on slashing proposals

WALLET (saifu)
Added error reporting to ethereum transaction signer in the egress service

INFRASTRUCTURE (km, tools)
WIP - Implementing release packages support and deployment workflows to the KIRA Infrastructure Manager

https://twitter.com/KIRA_Official/status/1555600517572722688 Open / Comment

2022-07-29 16:46:18 Dear community Attention

Starting today, the interest rate on the AscendEX exchange has been reduced to 5% APY. However, you can get up to 16% of the APY on stake.kira.network Open / Comment

2022-07-29 15:13:50 WEEKLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATES

FRONTEND (miro)
WIP - Network Module allowing to establish connection with older versions of INTERX

MIDDLEWARE
Added unit test architecture to INTERX repository & resolved issue with node discovery query causing node restart

BACKEND
Created slashing proposal with support for customisable slash percentage
Automated raising of the slashing proposal at the time of the double sign event
Added GRPC & CLI query allowing for listing of all available transaction execution types

WALLET
Executed first ethereum transaction signing via dedicated Web gateway
Added support for human provided entropy to the wallet generator

INFRASTRUCTURE
Added backward compatibility with SAIFU hardware wallet to bip39 CLI generator, including human provided entropy.

https://twitter.com/KIRA_Official/status/1552990107850121216 Open / Comment

2022-07-22 14:29:06 WEEKLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATES

FRONTEND
Finished new pagination system & structure of controllers for handling list views (account balance list, transactions list, validators list etc.)

MIDDLEWARE
Added integration tests to interx repository
WIP - ethereum RPC queries rate limiting

BACKEND
Released new sekai version with finalized multi-stake module
Validators can now self-delegate tokens even if maximum number of delegators is reached (used as spam prevention mechanism)
Created basic protobufs for a new slashing-module

WALLET
WIP - egress service allowing SAIFU to sign and propagate ethereum transactions on-chain

INFRASTRUCTURE
WIP - snapshot management for sekai & state sync using Cosmos SDK tools

https://twitter.com/KIRA_Official/status/1550442434156548096 Open / Comment

2022-07-20 12:34:15 Open / Comment

2022-07-14 13:54:47 WEEKLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATES

FRONTEND
WIP - Structure of generic controllers for handling list views (account balance list, transactions list, validators list etc.)

MIDDLEWARE
Added support to configure Etherium-based chain RPC
WIP - Ethereum-based chain status endpoint

BACKEND
Implement delegators cap - each validator has limited number of delegators to protect against dust spam attacks
Implement delegators pushout - delegators can push out other delegators if they have sufficient stake
Added staking pool delegators query & automated unregister of delegator from a staking pool in the case of insufficient stake
Ensured that delegation to not active validators is no longer possible to prevent accidental slashing

WALLET
WIP offline Ethereum transactions signing with SAIFU

INFRASTRUCTURE
Refactored IPFS-API tool structure to decrease resource consumption & increase security

https://twitter.com/KIRA_Official/status/1547534463026053120 Open / Comment

2022-07-14 11:17:06 Trading and staking of KEX are available on Ascendex. Please let us know if there are any issues. Open / Comment

2022-07-11 11:57:44 We're in the process of talking to Ascendex about this issue as we speak. There has been some confusion between our market market and Ascendex in regards to trading spreads and we're waiting for both parties to be able to speak about it. We'll provide an update as soon as possible. Open / Comment

2022-07-08 14:37:42 Dear community, we continue our Friday collection of articles on getting to know KIRA:

Odaily’s Interview with KIRA CEO Milana Valmont
KIRA Network Token Metrics
Mainnet: What to Expect

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