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Development
- Development Activity
- This only includes a portion of the activity from the Burst Apps Team. It does not include private repositories or projects belonging to other teams :
— Additions: 12,999
— Deletions: 5,107
— Commits: 23
- New BURST-Explorer is ready to use
BAT member Zoh has developed a new explorer for BURST.
The current version is reachable via https://explorer.burstcoin.dk/. Zoh will continue developing this explorer and also adding more functionality to it. An instance of this explorer will be hosted on Burst Alliance infrastructure soon.
- Burst App Team starting packaging software for npm
BurstJS 0.0.11 has been published to npm, but don’t use it yet! (Alpha status) For now, just follow
- Burst WatchDog API is now up and running
Burst WatchDog is a distributed Burst Network explorer coded in NodeJS by community members gpedro and TheDailyToast and a first part of BURST-NetX. API documentation is now reachable at http://watchdog.burst-alliance.org/. A fresh dashboard will follow soon.
- ChangeNOW.io integration proposal
The Burst Apps Team received a request from ChangeNOW.io to integrate their service into the new Burst wallet (Phoenix) – this will allow trading between Burst and other cryptos and purchasing Burst with FIAT from within Phoenix. If integrated into Phoenix, they will list Burst, allowing it to be traded on all sites integrated with ChangeNOW. They have many partners including ClassicEtherWallet, Binance and Bittrex.
- New pool software coming soon!
The Burst Apps Team is preparing to start testing its upcoming pool software. It will be released under the Gnu GPLv3 so that anyone can freely run it.
- New BRS version in testing
BRS v2.3.0, the BAT’s first new version of the Burstcoin Reference Software, is being tested on the public testnet. All are welcome to help test the new version of the software! You can join the Test-Team on burstcoin discord#testnet
Community Contributions
- Burst MemPool Monitor
Reddit user MrPilotMan gave his code for implementing a MemPool-Monitor to the community. Code can be found on github.
Marketing
- Bounty Program Update
New bounties have been added to the BMF-Trello board.
- 5,000 BURST paid for Bounty – YouTube Content Creation
The BMF is proud to announce a payment of 5,000 BURST on 01/30/2019 to user Sphinxicus for his YouTube video Burstcoin | How to: Upgrade BRS Wallet to 2.2.7 making use of GitHub (Linux) . (Link to article)
- 500,000 BURST donation to the BMF
BMF received 500,000 BURST donation for the BURST Marketing Funds on 02/02/2019. This donation supports planned marketing actions from the BMF in the near future
- BURST is now on Delta Direct
The BMF and Delta teams have joined forces to get BURST included in the Delta Direct project. Using the Delta platform, BURST can reach out to a new user base and communicate development news via push notifications to mobile devices. Download the Delta App today and register to receive Burst news powered by Delta direct!
- Modern Blockchain Consensus used by NEM, BURST and CREDITS
A very good article about modern consensus algorithms including BURST’s Proof of Capacity consensus algorithm. We thank to the reddit author TwilaxAbbey for bringing PoC to a bigger audience. Read the article here
- NDS-Award for 02/01/2019
This week the BMF paid the NDS-Award to 91 node operators running the newest version of BRS (Version 2.2.7). 2,000 BURST in total were distributed. Read more
Exchange & Trading
- Trading Metrics (via ChainSage)
Market Cap $7,576,702 — (rank 244 +9)
7d Volume $ 155,853 — (minus 66,75%)
30d Volume $2,926,213 — (minus 36,42%)
Total Supply 2,158,812,800
- Charts
- Exchange Coverage
The Burst Apps Team has agreed to support new and existing exchanges wishing to list BURST. Exchanges may contact exchanges@burst-coin.org for technical support.
Disclaimer:
The author does not endorse and does not take responsibility for any project mentioned in the Weekly Burst Report. All content is for informational purpose only and is not financial advice
